EXTRACORPOREAL TERMINAL, CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, CAPSULE-ENDOSCOPE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

An extracorporeal terminal includes a wireless communication unit including a plurality of antenna elements, and configured to transmit and receive a signal with a capsule endoscope that is able to set a frame rate, a storage unit configured to store a position database showing relationships between coordinates and the frame rate, a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of the capsule endoscope using a signal level of the signal received by the wireless communication unit, and a frame rate-setting unit configured to set the frame rate corresponding to the coordinates when a distance between a position shown by the coordinates included in the position database retained in the storage unit and a position of the capsule endoscope estimated by the position estimation unit is less than a distance threshold that is preset. The wireless communication unit transmits a signal showing the frame rate set by the frame rate-setting unit to the capsule endoscope.