IP Library Granted Patent US 10,271,813
Granted Patent B2
US 10,271,813 · App. 15/076,110 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Radiography system, control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Tadahiko Iijima (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
A61B6/54A61B6/4208A61B6/4283A61B6/461A61B6/5205A61B6/5241A61B6/56A61B6/4233
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Patent No.
US 10,271,813
App. No.
15/076,110
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiography system for executing long-length imaging by using a plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire respective states of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses, and a state control unit configured to shift power consumption of one radiation imaging apparatus to a same state as that of another radiation imaging apparatus based on the respective states acquired by the acquisition unit in a case where at least the one radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is in a state where the power consumption is higher than that of the another radiation imaging apparatus.

Claims (27)

1. A radiography system for executing long-length imaging using a plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses, the radiography system comprising:

a processor coupled to a storage medium storing a program that when executed causes the processor to function as,

an acquisition unit configured to acquire state information for each of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses; and

a state control unit configured to control a change of state of at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses to a same state as that of another radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses based on the state information acquired by the acquisition unit in the case that the at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is in a state where the power consumption is higher than that of the another radiation imaging apparatus having a different state,

wherein the state information includes information indicating whether or not each radiation imaging apparatus is in an imaging state, and

wherein the state control unit changes the state of each of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses into the imaging state based on the state information acquired by the acquisition unit in the case that at least one radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is in the imaging state.

2. The radiography system according to claim 1 , wherein the state information includes information indicating whether or not a radiation imaging apparatus is turned on.

3. A radiography system for executing long-length imaging using a plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses, the radiography system comprising:

a processor coupled to a storage medium storing a program that when executed causes the processor to function as,

an acquisition unit configured to acquire state information for each of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses; and

a state control unit configured to control a change of state of at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatus to a same state as that of another radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses based on the state information acquired by the acquisition unit in the case that the at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is in a state where the power consumption is higher than that of the another radiation imaging apparatus having a different state;

wherein the state control unit changes a state of the at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses to a state having a lower power consumption based on the state information acquired by the acquisition unit in the case that the at least one radiation imaging apparatus is in a state where the power consumption is higher than that of another radiation imaging apparatus having a different state.

4. The radiography system according to claim 3 , further comprising a display unit configured to display a state of a part of radiation imaging apparatuses from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses.

5. The radiography system according to claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses includes a radiation detection panel configured to convert detected radiation into an image signal.

6. A radiography system for executing long-length imaging using a plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses, the radiography system comprising:

a processor coupled to a storage medium storing a program that when executed causes the processor to function as,

an acquisition unit configured to acquire state information for each of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses;

a state control unit configured to control a change of state of at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatus to a same state as that of another radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses based on the state information acquired by the acquisition unit in the case that the at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is in a state where the power consumption is higher than that of the another radiation imaging apparatus having a different state; and

a setting unit configured to set a state priority with respect to each of the states to the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses,

wherein the state priority is set based on a degree of possibility of being in a state where imaging is executable.

7. The radiography system according to claim 6 , wherein the setting unit sets the state priority as any one of a stand-by state, an imaging preparation state, and an imaging executable state in that order from highest priority to lowest priority.

8. The radiography system according to claim 6 , wherein, in a case where one radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is in a state where the priority set by the setting unit is higher than that of another radiation imaging apparatus, the one radiation imaging apparatus is shifted to a same state as that of the another radiation imaging apparatus.

9. A control method of a control apparatus that controls long-length imaging using a plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses, the control method comprising:

acquiring state information for each of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses;

controlling a change of state of at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatus to a same state as that of another radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses based on the state information acquired by the acquisition unit in the case that the at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is in a state where the power consumption is higher than that of the another radiation imaging apparatus having a different state: and

changing a consumption state of at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses to a same state as that of another radiation imaging apparatus from among the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses based on the acquired state information in the case that the power consumption state of the at least one of the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses is higher than power consumption of the another radiation imaging apparatus.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that when executed on a computer causes the computer to execute the control method according to claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2016
From: IIJIMA, TADAHIKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038925/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-067070 · Mar 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160278729A1 · Sep 29, 2016