Patents Represented by Attorney Kojima Moonray
  • Patent number: 5555514
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating Doppler sounds, even when there are segmented Doppler modes, wherein I and Q components of a Doppler signal are respectively converted into left and right sound signals in accordance with Hilbert transformation, then, a segmented waveform, interposed between zero crossing points of the left and right sound signals, is take out so as to created a positive side segmented waveform, obtained by rendering the sign of the segmented waveform positive, and so as to create a negative side segmented waveform, obtained by rendering the sign of the segmented waveform negative, then, respective pairs of positive side segmented waveforms and negative side segmented waveforms of respective segmented waveforms are made continuous in order of appearance of the segmented waveforms so as to create double lengthened sound signals which are then joined to produce a continuous sound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Taiho Ri, Hiroshi Hashimoto