JP2024030555A - Imaging device, control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that makes it possible to display an imaging standby screen according to a medical department. [Solution] An imaging unit, a display unit, an acquisition unit for acquiring specific information corresponding to a specific medical department among a plurality of clinical departments, and a photography standby screen for capturing an image by the imaging unit. The imaging standby screen is characterized by comprising a display control means for controlling the imaging standby screen to be displayed in a display format corresponding to the specific medical department based on the specific information when displayed on the display unit. The present invention provides an imaging device that performs [Selection diagram] Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to an imaging device, a control method, and a program.

2. Description of the Related Art Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are known as screen display techniques related to photographing medical images. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique that prevents a decrease in work efficiency caused by setting information such as imaging conditions when taking medical images by performing screen transitions that take into account the medical image imaging workflow. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique that reduces the workload of taking medical images by transitioning the screen after a predetermined waiting time, except for instructions to start taking medical images.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-265455 International Publication No. 2017/086101

What kind of screen display is useful to the photographer may vary depending on which clinical department the images are taken for, but conventional techniques do not take this point into account.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that makes it possible to display an imaging standby screen according to a medical department.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes an imaging section, a display section, an acquisition means for acquiring specific information corresponding to a specific clinical department among a plurality of clinical departments, and an image capturing section that uses the imaging section to obtain an image. Display control means for controlling the imaging standby screen to be displayed in a display format corresponding to the specific medical department based on the specific information when displaying an imaging standby screen for imaging on the display unit. Provided is an imaging device comprising:

According to the present invention, it is possible to display an imaging standby screen according to the medical department.

Note that other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the description in the following detailed description.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an imaging device 100. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a network system within a hospital in which an imaging device 100 participates. 5 is a flowchart of processing executed by the imaging device 100. The figure which shows the example of a display of a photography standby screen. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the photographing process in S309 of FIG. 3. The figure which shows the example of the screen display setting linked|linked with a medical department. The figure which shows the example of a display of a photography parameter display screen.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention. Although a plurality of features are described in the embodiments, not all of these features are essential to the invention, and the plurality of features may be arbitrarily combined. Furthermore, in the accompanying drawings, the same or similar components are designated by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an imaging device 100. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a network system within a hospital in which the imaging device 100 participates. As shown in FIG. 2, the in-hospital network system includes an in-hospital network 201 and an in-hospital system 202. In-hospital system 202 includes one or more clinical department systems. In the example of FIG. 2, five clinical department systems are included in the hospital system 202. The imaging device 100 connects to an in-hospital network 201 via a communication unit 109, which will be described later, and communicates with an in-hospital system 202. A plurality of imaging devices 100 (for example, imaging devices 100a and 100b shown in FIG. 2) may be connected to the in-hospital network 201.

As shown in FIG. 1, the imaging device 100 includes an internal bus 150. For the internal bus 150, a CPU 101, a memory 102, a nonvolatile memory 103, an image processing section 104, a display 105 (display section), an operation section 106, a recording medium I/F 107, a communication section 109, and a camera section 110 (imaging section) are connected to the internal bus 150. ) are connected. Each component connected to the internal bus 150 is configured to be able to exchange data with each other via the internal bus 150.

The memory 102 is composed of, for example, a RAM (volatile memory using a semiconductor element, etc.). The CPU 101 controls the entire imaging apparatus 100 using the memory 102 as a work memory, for example, according to a program stored in the nonvolatile memory 103. The nonvolatile memory 103 stores image data, audio data, other data, and various programs for the CPU 101 to operate. The nonvolatile memory 103 is composed of, for example, a hard disk (HD) or a ROM.

The image processing unit 104 operates under the control of the CPU 101. The image processing unit 104 performs various image processing on image data stored in the nonvolatile memory 103 or the recording medium 108, image data acquired via the communication unit 109, images captured by the camera unit 110, etc. give Image processing performed by the image processing unit 104 includes A/D conversion processing, D/A conversion processing, encoding processing, compression processing, decoding processing, enlargement/reduction processing (resizing processing), noise reduction processing, color conversion processing, etc. is included. The image processing unit 104 may be configured with a dedicated circuit block for performing specific image processing. Further, depending on the type of image processing, the CPU 101 may perform image processing according to a program without using the image processing unit 104.

Display 105 displays images under the control of CPU 101. Further, the display 105 can also display a GUI screen that constitutes a GUI (Graphical User Interface) under the control of the CPU 101. The CPU 101 generates a display control signal according to a program, and controls each component of the imaging apparatus 100 to generate a video signal to be displayed on the display 105 and output it to the display 105. Display 105 displays video based on the output video signal. Note that the imaging device 100 itself includes an interface for outputting a video signal to be displayed on the display 105, and the display 105 may be an external monitor.

The operation unit 106 is a device that inputs instructions from the photographer into the imaging apparatus 100. The operation unit 106 includes, for example, a power button, a shutter button, a mode dial, a dial for switching operation modes such as a shooting mode, and the like. The operation unit 106 may include a touch panel. The touch panel is an input device configured in a planar manner so as to be superimposed on the display 105, and configured to output coordinate information according to the position touched.

The recording medium I/F 107 is configured such that a recording medium 108 such as a hard disk, memory card, CF card, SD card, or USB memory can be attached thereto. The recording medium I/F 107 reads data from the attached recording medium 108 and writes data to the recording medium 108 under the control of the CPU 101 .

The communication unit 109 is configured to connect to the in-hospital network 201 via a wired cable or wirelessly, and input and output video signals, audio signals, various data, and the like. The communication unit 109 transmits and receives data to and from the hospital system 202 via the hospital network 201 . The data that the communication unit 109 receives from the in-hospital system 202 includes medical information regarding the patient to be imaged (for example, information regarding the medical department, photographer information, patient information, and affected area information). The data sent by the communication unit 109 to the hospital system 202 includes image data such as barcodes and QR codes necessary for referring to medical information in the hospital system 202, as well as images of the affected area and images added to it. There is medical information.

The camera unit 110 is configured with an image sensor (image sensor) configured with a CCD, CMOS device, etc. that converts an optical image into an electrical signal. The camera unit 110 includes a lens group (taking lens) including a zoom lens and a focus lens, a shutter with an aperture function, an image sensor, an A/D converter that converts an analog signal output from the image sensor into a digital signal, and an imaging system. Contains a barrier to cover and prevent dirt and damage.

The image processing unit 104 performs predetermined pixel complementation processing, resizing processing, color conversion processing, etc. on the data captured and acquired by the camera unit 110. Based on the calculation results obtained by the image processing unit 104, the CPU 101 performs exposure control, distance measurement control, and AWB (auto white balance) processing. Image data captured by the camera unit 110 and subjected to image processing by the image processing unit 104 is displayed on the display 105. A digital signal captured by the camera unit 110, once A/D converted by the A/D converter, and stored in the memory 102 is converted into analog by the D/A converter, and sequentially transferred to the display 105 for display. Live view images (LV images) can be displayed (LV display). Live view display can be performed in a still image shooting standby state, a moving image shooting standby state, and when a moving image is being recorded, and the captured subject image is displayed almost in real time.

The CPU 101 controls the camera unit 110 and the camera unit 110 to start operations such as AF (autofocus) processing, AE (automatic exposure) processing, and AWB processing in response to a shooting preparation instruction based on a user operation performed on the operation unit 106. Controls the image processing unit 104. The CPU 101 performs control to start a series of photographing processing operations (main photographing) in response to photographing instructions. A series of photographic processing operations (main photographing) include performing main exposure, reading signals from the image sensor, processing the photographed image in the image processing unit 104 to generate an image file, and storing the image on the recording medium 108. Including recording. The photographing instruction can be given by a user operation on the operation unit 106. The camera unit 110 is capable of capturing still images and moving images.

Next, the processing executed by the imaging device 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 3. The processing of each step in this flowchart is realized by the CPU 101 controlling each component of the imaging apparatus 100 according to a control program stored in the nonvolatile memory 103, unless otherwise specified.

In S301, the CPU 101 determines whether the operation mode of the imaging apparatus 100 is the medical mode. The imaging device 100 has a medical mode (first mode) and a normal mode (second mode) as operating modes. The user can select an operation mode in advance on a setting screen displayed on display 105. If the operation mode is the medical mode, the process proceeds to S302, and if the medical mode is the normal mode, the process proceeds to S305.

In S<b>302 , the CPU 101 performs processing for connecting the imaging device 100 to the in-hospital system 202 via the in-hospital network 201 by controlling the communication unit 109 . As described above, in the example of FIG. 2, five clinical department systems are included in the in-hospital system 202. The imaging device 100 is connected to any one of the five clinical department systems included in the in-hospital system 202. Although the method for selecting the medical department system to be connected is not particularly limited, for example, a configuration may be adopted in which the medical department system is selected by the user's operation on the operation unit 106. Further, a configuration may be adopted in which the clinical department system to which the previous connection was made is automatically selected when the connection is made for the second time or later.

In S303, the CPU 101 determines whether the connection with the in-hospital system 202 is successful. If the connection is successful, the process advances to S304; if the connection fails, the process advances to S305.

In S<b>304 , the CPU 101 controls the communication unit 109 to perform processing for acquiring medical information regarding the patient to be imaged from the in-hospital system 202 . The medical information to be acquired includes information regarding the medical department (for example, the name of the medical department, screen display settings linked to the medical department, and imaging parameter settings), photographer information (for example, the photographer's name and photographer ID, etc.) ), patient information (eg, patient name, patient ID, date of birth, gender, etc.), and affected area information (eg, list of affected area names, etc.). The acquired medical information is stored in memory 102 (or nonvolatile memory 103). Regarding patient information, the imaging device 100 photographs a barcode related to the patient ID, the photographed barcode image or information read from the barcode image is transmitted from the imaging device 100 to the hospital system 202, and as a response. Patient information may be acquired from the in-hospital system 202. The photographer information may also be acquired from the in-hospital system 202 by barcode photography in the same way as the patient information. Further, when patient information and photographer information are associated, by photographing one barcode, the information on the other may also be acquired from the in-hospital system 202.

The shooting parameter settings are settings for specifying shooting parameters that can be changed by the user on the shooting standby screen, which will be described later. Depending on the clinical department, a configuration is adopted in which only some imaging parameters (for example, shutter speed and aperture value) are allowed to be changed by the user, and the remaining imaging parameters are set to fixed values or values automatically determined by the CPU 101. This may improve usability. Therefore, the CPU 101 controls whether or not each imaging parameter can be changed by the user in accordance with the imaging parameter setting according to the medical department.

In S305, the CPU 101 displays a shooting standby screen on the display 105 according to the screen display settings acquired in S304.

Here, a display example of the imaging standby screen will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 6. Each medical department is associated with one or more display formats for the imaging standby screen for photographing images with the camera unit 110. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, five display formats with ID = "1" to "5" are defined, and each clinical department is associated with a portion of these five display formats. .

In the display format of ID=“1”, for example, as shown in FIG. 4(a), the imaging standby screen is displayed so as to include medical information. In the example of FIG. 4A, the name of the photographer 401, the name of the patient 402, and the name of the affected area 403 are displayed as medical information superimposed on the LV image. Actually, as shown in FIG. 4B, for example, the information acquired in S304 is displayed as the photographer's name 401, patient's name 402, and affected part name 403. The shooting standby screen corresponding to ID=“1” also includes a send button 404 and an end button 405. When the end button 405 is operated, the CPU 101 ends the processing of this flowchart regarding the current medical department. The send button 404 will be described later. The send button 404 may not be displayed if no affected area image has been taken. In addition, in S304, when displaying the imaging standby screen in the display format in which medical information of FIG. 4A is displayed in S305 without receiving the photographer information and patient information, the photographer's name 401, The patient name 402 may be displayed to indicate that it has not been set. In that case, in response to the photographer's name 401 and patient's name 402 being selected by the operation unit 106, the photographer information and patient information may be acquired by barcode photography as described above. Furthermore, even if the photographer information and patient information have already been acquired and are displayed as shown in FIG. It may also be configured to perform code photography and acquire new photographer information and patient information.

In the display format of ID=“2”, as shown in FIG. 4(c), the shooting standby screen is displayed so as to include the aperture value, which is one of the shooting parameters. In the display format of ID=“3”, as shown in FIG. 4(d), the shooting standby screen is displayed so as to include two shooting parameters: shutter speed and aperture value. In the display format of ID="4", as shown in FIG. 4(e), the photographing standby screen is displayed including a spirit level. In the display format of ID=“5”, as shown in FIG. 4(f), the imaging standby screen is displayed so as to include the histogram of the LV image.

As shown in FIGS. 4(b) to 4(f), the LV image is included in the imaging standby screen in all display formats with ID=“1” to “5”. However, a configuration may be adopted in which it is possible to switch whether or not to display the LV image on the imaging standby screen. In this case, for example, the user can switch whether or not to display the LV image on the imaging standby screen by operating the operation unit 106. Furthermore, as another example, there may be a display format that defines a shooting standby screen that does not include an LV image. As an example of such a display format, a display format that displays an "imaging parameter display screen" as an imaging standby screen can be considered. The "imaging parameter display screen" is a screen that displays setting values of a plurality of imaging parameters without displaying an LV image, as shown in FIG. 7, for example. On this screen, the user can change the setting values. Since the "imaging parameter display screen" does not display the LV image, the setting values of multiple imaging parameters are displayed in a large size, allowing the user to easily check the imaging parameters. However, since the LV image is not displayed, the user needs to look at the viewfinder or switch to a display format in which the LV image is displayed in order to take a picture.

As shown in FIG. 6, each display format of each medical department is associated with a selection order. In S305, the shooting standby screen is displayed in the first display format (the display format associated with order=“1”). In the example of FIG. 6, the display format in which medical information is displayed (ID=“1”) is associated with the order=“1” in all medical departments. This is because when photographing medical images, it is considered that medical information is most likely to be the most important to the photographer. Therefore, in this embodiment, the selection order of display formats in which medical information is displayed is set to "1" regardless of the clinical department. Regardless of the setting of the selection order, the display format initially displayed as the imaging standby screen for any medical department may be a display format in which medical information is displayed. However, the selection order shown in FIG. 6 is only an example, and there may be a medical department whose display format in which medical information is not displayed is associated with the first order. In addition, in the example in Figure 6, all medical departments are linked to the display format in which medical information is displayed (ID = "1"), but the medical departments that are not linked to the display format in which medical information is displayed A family may exist.

Each medical department is associated with a display format that displays information that is likely to be important when imaging patients in that department. For example, in dermatology, in addition to medical information, shutter speed, aperture value, and RGB histogram are considered to be important, so as shown in Figure 6, three display formats ( ID=“1”, “3”, and “5”) are linked to the dermatology department. Similarly, for neuropsychiatry, for example, a spirit level is considered to be important in addition to medical information, so the two display formats (ID = "1" and "4") in which this information is displayed are It is linked to the Department of Neuropsychiatry. However, this embodiment is not limited to the linking shown in FIG.

Further, each medical department may be associated with a display format in which imaging parameters that can be changed by the user are displayed on the imaging standby screen. For example, if the user can change the shutter speed and aperture value for internal medicine, the display format (ID = "3") in which the shutter speed and aperture value are included in the shooting standby screen is linked to internal medicine, as shown in Figure 6. It will be done. Similarly, for surgery, for example, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the user can only change the aperture value, and the display format (ID = "2") in which the aperture value is included in the imaging standby screen is linked to surgery. . By employing such linking, the user can easily recognize which imaging parameters can be changed.

Note that when the operation mode of the imaging device 100 is the normal mode (when the process transitions from S301 to S305), and when acquisition of information regarding the clinical department fails (when the process transitions from S303 to S305, or when the process transitions from S303 to S304) (If acquisition fails for some reason), in S305, the CPU 101 displays a shooting standby screen in a predetermined display format. The predetermined display format is not particularly limited, but is, for example, a display format in which the shutter speed, aperture value, and ISO sensitivity are included in the shooting standby screen. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, in the medical mode, the imaging standby screen is displayed in a display format corresponding to a specific medical department, and in the normal mode, the imaging standby screen is displayed in a predetermined display format. .

Next, in S306, the CPU 101 determines whether a display switching instruction has been performed by a user operation via the operation unit 106. It is assumed that the operating unit 106 includes an operating member to which a display switching function is assigned, and when the user operates the operating member, it is determined that a display switching instruction has been issued. If a display switching instruction has been given, the process proceeds to S307; if a display switching instruction has not been given, the process proceeds to S308.

In S307, the CPU 101 switches the display format of the imaging standby screen among a plurality of display formats corresponding to the medical department according to the order associated with the plurality of display formats. Note that for a medical department such as orthopedic surgery that is associated with only one display format, switching of display formats does not occur.

For example, if the current medical department is dermatology and the current display format is the display format with ID=“1”, the display format is switched to the display format with ID=“3”. As a result, a screen transition occurs from FIG. 4(b) to FIG. 4(d). If the current display format is associated with the last order, a switch is made to the display format associated with the first order.

Note that the imaging device 100 may be configured so that the display format can be switched in both the forward and backward directions. For example, when a specific operating member included in the operating unit 106 is operated, the CPU 101 switches the display format in the direction of increasing order, and when a specific operating member included in the operating unit 106 is operated, the CPU 101 switches the display format in the direction of returning the order.

Furthermore, instead of switching display formats according to a specific order, a configuration may be adopted that allows switching to a display format specified by the user. For example, in response to a specific operation member included in the operation unit 106 being operated, the CPU 101 displays a list of a plurality of display formats associated with a medical department on the display 105. When the user selects a display format to switch to from the list by operating the operation unit 106, the CPU 101 switches to the selected display format.

Note that the display switching process in S307 is performed based on the screen display settings associated with the medical department, and does not depend on the shooting mode such as manual priority mode, aperture priority mode, or shutter priority mode.

In S308, the CPU 101 determines whether the user has given a shooting instruction. If a photographing instruction has been given, the process proceeds to S309; if a photographing instruction has not been given, the process returns to S306. It is assumed that the user's shooting instruction is based on the user's operation of the operation unit 106, for example, pressing down a shutter button or operating a touch panel.

In S309, the CPU 101 controls the camera unit 110 to perform photographing processing. Details of the photographing process will be described later with reference to FIG.

In S310, the CPU 101 determines whether the user has given a transmission instruction. If a transmission instruction has been given, the process proceeds to S308; if a transmission instruction has not been given, the process returns to S306. The user's operation for instructing transmission is, for example, a touch operation on the transmission button 404 in FIG. 4(b).

In S311, the CPU 101 controls the communication unit 109 to transmit the captured image obtained by the photographing process in S309 to the in-hospital system 202.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of the photographing process in S309 of FIG. In S501, the CPU 101 controls the camera unit 110 to photograph the affected area of the patient and obtains an image of the affected area (captured image).

In S502, the CPU 101 determines whether medical information is stored in the memory 102. If medical information is stored, the process advances to S503; if no medical information is stored, the process advances to S310.

In S503, the CPU 101 adds the medical information stored in the memory 102 to the captured image. The CPU 101 temporarily stores the captured image to which medical information is added in the memory 102 or records it on the recording medium 108 via the recording medium I/F 107.

Note that the above description has been made of a configuration in which the CPU 101 acquires screen display settings associated with a medical department from a connected medical department system included in the in-hospital system 202. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this configuration, and any configuration can be adopted as long as the imaging apparatus 100 can display the imaging standby screen in a display format that corresponds to a specific medical department. For example, a configuration in which the CPU 101 obtains screen display setting information corresponding to a plurality of clinical departments in advance from each clinical department system of the in-hospital system 202 as shown in FIG. may be adopted. In this case, the CPU 101 may select a specific medical department according to the user's instruction at the time of imaging, and acquire the display format corresponding to the selected medical department from the nonvolatile memory 103. Alternatively, the CPU 101 may obtain information indicating a specific clinical department from the in-hospital system 202 in S304 of FIG. As another example, the CPU 101 may obtain the ID of each display format and information indicating the content of the display format corresponding to each ID from the in-hospital system 202 in advance and store the information in the nonvolatile memory 103 (recording unit). . In this case, the CPU 101 acquires one or more display format IDs and the selection order (display switching order) corresponding to each display format ID from the connected clinical department system included in the in-hospital system 202 in S304 of FIG. It may also be held in the nonvolatile memory 103. Thereafter, the CPU 101 acquires the contents of the display format corresponding to the acquired display format ID from the nonvolatile memory 103, thereby making it possible to display the imaging standby screen in the display format corresponding to the specific clinical department.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the imaging device 100 acquires specific information corresponding to a specific medical department among a plurality of medical departments. When displaying on the display 105 a shooting standby screen for shooting an image with the camera unit 110, the imaging device 100 displays a shooting standby screen in a display format corresponding to a specific clinical department based on the acquired specific information. Control the display of the screen. The specific information acquired here corresponds to a specific clinical department, received from an external system such as the clinical department system included in the in-hospital system 202, as described in S304 and S305 of FIG. 3, for example. This is screen display setting information including information indicating the display format. However, as explained above, the configuration for making it possible to display the imaging standby screen in a display format corresponding to a specific medical department is not particularly limited. Therefore, the specific information to be acquired may be any information as long as it allows the imaging standby screen to be displayed in a display format that corresponds to a specific medical department. With such a configuration, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to display an imaging standby screen that is highly likely to be useful to the photographer, depending on the medical department.

[Other embodiments]
The present invention provides a system or device with a program that implements one or more of the functions of the embodiments described above via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in the computer of the system or device reads and executes the program. This can also be achieved by processing. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

[summary]
Although the embodiments described above disclose at least the inventions shown in the following items, the invention is not limited to these inventions.

[Item 1]
an imaging unit;
A display section;
an acquisition means for acquiring specific information corresponding to a specific medical department among the plurality of medical departments;
When displaying an imaging standby screen for photographing an image by the imaging unit on the display unit, the imaging standby screen is displayed in a display format corresponding to the specific clinical department based on the specific information. a display control means for controlling the
An imaging device comprising:

[Item 2]
When the specific clinical department supports a plurality of display formats, the display control means displays the imaging standby screen in the current display format selected from the plurality of display formats, and displays the imaging standby screen in the current display format selected from the plurality of display formats, and The imaging device according to item 1, wherein control is performed to switch a display format between the plurality of display formats.

[Item 3]
the plurality of display formats are associated with a specific order;
The imaging according to item 2, wherein the display control means controls the current display format to be switched among the plurality of display formats according to the specific order each time the user operation is performed. Device.

[Item 4]
The plurality of display formats include a first display format in which the imaging standby screen includes medical information regarding the patient to be imaged, a second display format in which the imaging standby screen includes a live view image and one or more imaging parameters; a third display format in which the shooting standby screen does not include the live view image but includes a plurality of shooting parameters; a fourth display format in which the shooting standby screen includes a spirit level; and a fourth display format in which the shooting standby screen includes the live view image. The imaging device according to item 2 or 3, characterized in that the imaging device includes at least one of the fifth display formats including a histogram of an image.

[Item 5]
The imaging device according to any one of items 1 to 3, wherein the display format corresponding to the specific medical department is a display format in which the imaging standby screen includes one or more imaging parameters.

[Item 6]
The imaging device according to item 4 or 5, wherein the one or more imaging parameters are one or more imaging parameters that can be changed by the user on the imaging standby screen.

[Item 7]
The imaging device according to any one of items 1 to 6, wherein the acquisition means acquires the specific information from an external system through communication.

[Item 8]
8. The imaging device according to item 7, wherein the specific information includes information indicating the display format corresponding to the specific clinical department.

[Item 9]
The imaging device according to item 7, wherein the specific information includes information indicating the specific medical department.

[Item 10]
Items 7 to 9, characterized in that if acquisition of the specific information from the external system fails, the display control means controls to display the photography standby screen in a predetermined display format. The imaging device according to any one of the items.

[Item 11]
further comprising a first selection means for selecting one of the plurality of medical departments as the specific medical department according to a user instruction,
The imaging device according to any one of items 1 to 6, wherein the specific information includes information indicating the specific medical department selected by the first selection means.

[Item 12]
Based on the information indicating the specific medical department, the display control means selects the display corresponding to the specific medical department from a recording unit storing information indicating a display format corresponding to each of the plurality of medical departments. The imaging device according to item 9 or 11, characterized in that information indicating a format is acquired.

[Item 13]
further comprising second selection means for selecting a first mode or a second mode as an operation mode of the imaging device,
When the first mode is selected, the display control means controls to display the imaging standby screen in the display format corresponding to the specific clinical department,
According to any one of items 1 to 12, wherein when the second mode is selected, the display control means controls to display the shooting standby screen in a predetermined display format. The imaging device described.

[Item 14]
A method for controlling an imaging device including an imaging section and a display section, the method comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring specific information corresponding to a specific medical department among the plurality of medical departments;
When displaying on the display unit a photography standby screen for photographing an image by the imaging unit, the photography standby screen is displayed in a display format corresponding to the specific clinical department based on the specific information. a display control process for controlling the
A control method comprising:

[Item 15]
A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the imaging device according to any one of items 1 to 13.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the following claims are hereby appended to disclose the scope of the invention.

100...Imaging device, 101...CPU, 102...Memory, 103...Nonvolatile memory, 104...Image processing unit, 105...Display, 106...Operation unit, 107...Recording medium I/F, 109...Communication unit, 108...Recording Medium, 110...Camera unit, 150...Internal bus

Claims (15)

an imaging unit;
A display section;
an acquisition means for acquiring specific information corresponding to a specific medical department among the plurality of medical departments;
When displaying an imaging standby screen for photographing an image by the imaging unit on the display unit, the imaging standby screen is displayed in a display format corresponding to the specific clinical department based on the specific information. a display control means for controlling the
An imaging device comprising: When the specific clinical department supports a plurality of display formats, the display control means displays the imaging standby screen in the current display format selected from the plurality of display formats, and displays the imaging standby screen in the current display format selected from the plurality of display formats, and The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing apparatus is controlled to switch a display format between the plurality of display formats. the plurality of display formats are associated with a specific order;
3. The display control means controls to switch the current display format among the plurality of display formats according to the specific order each time the user operation is performed. Imaging device. The plurality of display formats include a first display format in which the imaging standby screen includes medical information regarding the patient to be imaged, a second display format in which the imaging standby screen includes a live view image and one or more imaging parameters; a third display format in which the shooting standby screen does not include the live view image but includes a plurality of shooting parameters; a fourth display format in which the shooting standby screen includes a spirit level; and a fourth display format in which the shooting standby screen includes the live view image. The imaging device according to claim 2, comprising at least one of the fifth display formats including a histogram of an image. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display format corresponding to the specific medical department is a display format in which the imaging standby screen includes one or more imaging parameters. The imaging device according to claim 4, wherein the one or more imaging parameters are one or more imaging parameters that can be changed by the user on the imaging standby screen. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the specific information from an external system through communication. The imaging device according to claim 7, wherein the specific information includes information indicating the display format corresponding to the specific medical department. The imaging device according to claim 7, wherein the specific information includes information indicating the specific medical department. 8. If acquisition of the specific information from the external system fails, the display control means controls to display the imaging standby screen in a predetermined display format. imaging device. further comprising a first selection means for selecting one of the plurality of medical departments as the specific medical department according to a user instruction,
The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information includes information indicating the specific medical department selected by the first selection means. Based on the information indicating the specific medical department, the display control means selects the display corresponding to the specific medical department from a recording unit storing information indicating a display format corresponding to each of the plurality of medical departments. The imaging device according to claim 9, wherein information indicating a format is acquired. further comprising second selection means for selecting a first mode or a second mode as an operation mode of the imaging device,
When the first mode is selected, the display control means controls to display the imaging standby screen in the display format corresponding to the specific clinical department,
The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the second mode is selected, the display control means controls to display the shooting standby screen in a predetermined display format. A method for controlling an imaging device including an imaging section and a display section, the method comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring specific information corresponding to a specific medical department among the plurality of medical departments;
When displaying an imaging standby screen for photographing an image by the imaging unit on the display unit, the imaging standby screen is displayed in a display format corresponding to the specific clinical department based on the specific information. a display control process for controlling the
A control method comprising: A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the imaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

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