A Capsule Endoscope System for Wide Visualization Field and Location Tracking

Abstract

A capsule endoscope system that can support wide visualization field image capturing and location tracking capability is proposed. The body channel communication (BCC) transceiver integrated circuit (IC) and 4-camera module is integrated in the proposed capsule endoscope. To support 4-camera image transmission, BCC transceiver provide high speed data rate with low-power. With cross-coupled camera module, 360-degree of image capturing is supported. For the accurate (sub-cm range) capsule localization, contact attenuation compensation scheme is proposed. The system is integrated on the rigid flexible printed circuit board (PCB) to reduce system form factor. The proposed endoscope system operates longer than 8 hours with 4fps and 12 hours with 2fps with conventional small size coin battery and verified through human mimicking phantom.