Wireless image communication system and wireless image communication apparatus
A wireless image communication system comprises a transmitter that wirelessly transmits image data and a receiver that receives the image data transmitted by the transmitter. The transmitter comprises: a communication channel change instruction unit that accepts, from an operator, an instruction to change a communication channel currently used in the wireless communication with the receiver for the transmission of the image data to a predetermined communication channel different from the currently used communication channel; and a transmitting unit that wirelessly transmits, on the basis of the instruction, information related to the predetermined communication channel to the receiver. The receiver comprises: a receiving unit that receives the information wirelessly transmitted by the transmitter; and a wireless communication control unit that performs a process to change the communication channel currently used in the wireless communication with the transmitter to the communication channel indicated by the received information.
1. A wireless image communication system for an endoscope apparatus, comprising a transmitter that wirelessly transmits image data and a receiver that receives the image data transmitted from the transmitter, wherein
the transmitter comprises:
a channel setting switch configured to set a communication channel, which is used in wireless communication with the receiver related to transmission of the image data; and
a transmitter communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit the image data to the receiver, and
the receiver comprises:
a receiver communication unit configured to receive the image data wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter,
when a second communication channel, which is different from a first communication channel that has been set, is newly set, then
at least one of the transmitter and the receiver includes a determination unit configured to perform a detection of a use state of each of the second communication channel and adjacent communication channels and to determine whether or not the second communication channel is available based on a result of the detection,
the transmitter and the receiver perform a process of changing the communication channel to use in the wireless communication between the transmitter and the receiver from the first communication channel to the second communication channel when the determination unit determines that the second communication channel is available,
the adjacent communication channels are communication channels each of which has a use frequency band partially overlapping that of the second communication channel and is not accepted as a communication channel to use in the channel setting switch.
2. The wireless image communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the determination unit is included in the transmitter, and
the transmitter communication unit transmits the information related to the second communication channel to the receiver when the determination unit determines that the second communication channel is available.
3. The wireless image communication system according to claim 2 , wherein the transmitter or the receiver further comprises a notifying unit configured to notify the operator of the fact that it is difficult to change the communication channel to use to the second communication channel when the determination unit determines that the second communication channel is not available.
4. The wireless image communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the determination unit is included in the receiver, and
the receiver communication unit transmits information indicating that the second communication channel is available to the transmitter when the determination unit determines that the second communication channel is available.
5. A wireless image communication apparatus for an endoscope apparatus, comprising:
a communication unit configured to receive image data wirelessly transmitted from a transmitter by a first communication channel and receive information of changing a communication channel to use from the first communication channel to a second communication channel from the transmitter during reception of the image data; and
a determining unit configured to perform a detection of a use state of each of the second communication channel and adjacent communication channels and to determine whether or not the second communication channel is available based on a result of the detection when the communication receives the information, and
a process of changing a communication channel to use in wireless communication with the transmitter from the first communication channel to the second communication channel is performed when the determination unit determines that the second communication channel is available,
the adjacent communication channels are communication channels each of which has a use frequency band partially overlapping that of the second communication channel and is not accepted as a communication channel to use in the channel setting switch.
6. A wireless image communication apparatus for an endoscope apparatus, comprising:
a communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit image data to a receiver by a first communication channel;
a channel setting switch configured to set a communication channel to use in a wireless communication with the receiver related to a transmission of the image data;
a communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit the image data to the receiver; and
a determination unit, wherein, when a second communication channel, which is different from a first communication channel that has been set, is newly set, the determination unit performs a detection of a use state of each of the second communication channel and adjacent communication channels and determines whether or not the second communication channel is available based on a result of the detection,
wherein, when the determination unit determines that the second communication channel is available, then a communication channel to use in a wireless communication with a transmitter and the receiver from the first communication channel to the second communication channel,
the adjacent communication channels are communication channels each of which has a use frequency band partially overlapping that of the second communication channel and is not accepted as a communication channel to use in the channel setting switch.