IP Library Granted Patent US 7,472,597
Granted Patent B2
US 7,472,597 · App. 11/323,087 · Granted Jan 6, 2009

Ultrasonic imaging device and the information processing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,472,597
App. No.
11/323,087
Granted
Jan 6, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ultrasonic imaging device, comprising: a receiver, for receiving ultrasonic signals which carry information about human body; a processor, for analyzing and processing the received ultrasonic signals in order to get image and/or sound signals; a controller, for issuing at least one instruction; and a recorder, for recording the image and/or sound signals on recording medium in digital form in accordance with the instruction.

Claims (30)

1. An ultrasonic imaging device, comprising:

a receiver, for receiving ultrasonic signals which carry information about a human body;

a processor, for analyzing and processing the received ultrasonic signals in order to obtain image and/or sound signals;

a controller, for issuing at least one instruction;

a recorder, for recording the image and/or sound signals on a recording medium in digital form in accordance with the instruction, wherein the recorder is integrated within the ultrasonic imaging device; and

an encoding compressor, for encoding and compressing the image and/or sound signals in accordance with the instruction,

wherein the recorder records the encoded and compressed signals onto the recording medium in accordance with the instruction.

2. The ultrasonic imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a decoding decompressor, for decoding and decompressing the digital signals in the recording medium in accordance with the instruction;

an imaging device, for transforming the scan format of the decoded and decompressed signals in order to display the ultrasonic signals which carry information about human body on a display device.

3. The ultrasonic imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor comprises:

a Doppler signal processing unit, for rendering the signals by use of Doppler frequency-shifting effects.

4. The ultrasonic imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein the Doppler signal processing unit comprises:

a pulse wave and/or continuous wave Doppler signal processing unit.

5. The ultrasonic imaging device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a sound output device, for outputting the decoded and decompressed signals as audible sound signals.

6. The ultrasonic imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises:

M mode and/or B mode ultrasonic signals processing unit, for rendering the signals in a brightness modulation way.

7. The ultrasonic imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a sound input device, for transferring the received sound signals to the encoding compressor.

8. The ultrasonic imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein, the controller issuing the instruction via serial communication protocol.

9. An information processing method for ultrasonic imaging device, comprising:

(a) receiving the ultrasonic signals which carry information about human body;

(b) analyzing and processing the received signals in order to obtain image and/or sound signals;

(c) issuing at least one instruction;

(d) recording the image and/or sound signals onto a recording medium in digital form in accordance with the instruction; and

(e) encoding and compressing the image and/or sound signals in accordance with the instruction; wherein the encoded and compressed signal are recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the instruction.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

decoding and decompressing the digital signals in the recording medium in accordance with the instruction; and transforming the scan format of the decoded and decompressed signals in order to display the signals which carry information about human body.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein, in step (b), the received signals are at least one of M mode ultrasonic signal, B mode ultrasonic signal, C mode ultrasonic signal, CM mode ultrasonic signal and Doppler ultrasonic signal.

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Jun 24, 2022
From: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIOMEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN MINDRAY ANIMAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060440/0796 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2005
From: ZHANG, LIGUO; GUAN, ZHIYONG; HE, XUJIN
To: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017425/0455 →