A system includes a device swallowed, passing through a subject, and
including a constant magnetic field generator generating a constant
magnetic field; and a position transducer. The position transducer
includes a magnetic detector, a calibration magnetic field generator, a
magnetic detector detecting an intensity of a magnetic field, a
coordinate calibrating unit, and a position processor. The calibration
magnetic field generator is disposed at a fixed relative position to the
subject, and generates a calibration magnetic field for position
calibration of the magnetic detector. The coordinate calibrating unit
calibrates a position coordinate of the magnetic detector using an
intensity of the calibration magnetic field. The position processor
calculates a position of the device in the subject based on the intensity
of the constant magnetic field and the position coordinate of the
magnetic detector calibrated.