Patents Assigned to Medison Co., Ltd.
  • METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ULTRASONIC IMAGE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20220059227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for displaying an ultrasonic image, comprising the steps of: identifying a lesion area included in an ultrasonic image; diagnosing the lesion area to obtain a diagnostic result; generating a diagnostic image by displaying, in the lesion area of the ultrasonic image, a first area which is at least one area on which the lesion is diagnosed; and displaying a user interface screen including the diagnostic image and the diagnostic result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MoonHo Park, YeongKyeong Seong
  • Wireless ultrasound probe, ultrasound diagnostic apparatus connected to wireless ultrasound probe, and operating method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 11253229
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless ultrasound probe configured to detect a state in which the wireless ultrasound probe is detached from a charging terminal of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, causing supply of the charging power to the wireless ultrasound probe to be discontinued, and the wireless ultrasound probe is paired with the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus by using a wireless communication scheme when supply of the charging power is discontinued. Also provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an operating method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus configured to be automatically paired with a wireless ultrasound probe in a state in which the wireless ultrasound probe is detached from a charging terminal of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, causing supply of the charging power to the wireless ultrasound probe to be discontinued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngseuk Song, Gilju Jin
  • Ultrasound probe, ultrasound imaging apparatus, ultrasound imaging system, and method for controlling thereof
    Patent number: 11246560
    Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound probe, an ultrasound imaging apparatus, an ultrasound imaging system including the ultrasound imaging apparatus, and a method of controlling the ultrasound imaging apparatus. In accordance with one aspect, the ultrasound probe includes a transducer configured to receive an echo ultrasound signal by emitting a plane wave at least three times at different emission angles or at emission angles which are dependent on each other; and a probe controller configured to obtain an ultrasound image by determining a Doppler shift frequency from the received echo ultrasound signal and calculating at least one of a speed of an object and a speed of the object in each of directions on the basis of the determined Doppler shift frequency and either the different emission angles or the dependent emission angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Sik Kim, Tae-kyong Song, Ji Won Park
  • Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11241172
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus an a method of controlling the same, capable of allowing a sonographer to take an appropriate rest by measuring the usage time and the angle of bend of the probe and assigning weights to the usage time and the angle of bend of the probe such that the wrist fatigue of a sonographer is determined, and warning the sonographer about the determined wrist fatigue, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including a probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to a target object and receive a ultrasonic signal reflected from the target object; a storage configured to store a weight that is determined on the basis of a type of the probe and an application of the probe; and a controller configured to determine a wrist fatigue of a user who uses the probe on the basis of the stored weight and a usage time of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Chan Mo Kim, Tae-Heon Roh
  • Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 11234672
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe configured to acquire a plurality of shear wave data segments from a target object; a controller configured to determine at least one shear wave data group by grouping the plurality of shear wave data segments according to a predetermined condition; and a display configured to display at least one image corresponding to the at least one shear wave data group, and display the plurality of shear wave data segments at positions different from a specific position at which the image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun-Mo Yang
  • Method and ultrasound apparatus for displaying location information of bursa
    Patent number: 11234674
    Abstract: Provided is a method of displaying location information of a bursa, which includes: obtaining shoulder ultrasound image data; detecting a fat layer located between a deltoid muscle and a tendon, based on information about an intensity of an echo signal contained in the shoulder ultrasound image data; detecting the bursa located between the fat layer and the tendon by using a location of the fat layer; and displaying the location information of the bursa on a shoulder ultrasound image generated based on the shoulder ultrasound image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-mi Cho, Jung-taek Oh
  • Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 11224400
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe configured to irradiate an ultrasonic signal to an object and receive the ultrasonic signal reflected from the object; a pressure device configured to contract or expand a blood vessel of the object and is divided into a plurality of regions; and a controller configured to operate in one region of the plurality of regions to generate an image related to the blood vessel of the object and sequentially operate in other regions of the plurality of regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Ri Yim, Chan Mo Kim, Eun Ho Yang, Gil Ju Jin
  • Ultrasound imaging apparatus and controlling method for the same
    Patent number: 11219429
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging apparatus capable of setting a region of interest having a shape corresponding to a shape of the cervix canal in an elasticity image of the cervix and displaying the region of interest, and a control method thereof. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an ultrasound elasticity image and a controller configured to select a point included in a path corresponding to the cervix canal in the elasticity image of the cervix displayed on the display unit, configured to set a region of interest having a shape corresponding to a shape of at least one portion of the cervix canal based on the selected point, and configured to display the region of interest on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kuk Shin, Dal Kwon Ko, Jong-Sik Kim, Soo-young Oh, Dong-Wook Kwak, Kunwoo Kim, Moon Young Kim, Hyun Soo Park, Hyun-Joo Seol, Sae Kyung Choi, Joon Seok Hong, Han Sung Hwang
  • Ultrasonic apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11215702
    Abstract: An ultrasonic apparatus including a plurality of channels, each includes a transmission channel configured to generate and output a transmission signal based on a synchronization signal; a transducer element configured to convert the transmission signal output from the transmission channel into an ultrasonic signal and output the ultrasonic signal; a transceiver switching circuit configured to attenuate and output the transmission signal output from the transmission channel, and to output a reception signal that returns after the ultrasonic signal is transmitted to an object and is reflected from the object; and a reception channel configured to receive the attenuated output transmission signal and the output reception signal, and to detect transmission waveform information based on the attenuated transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongcheol Hyeon
  • Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11191526
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus configured to automatically search a cross-section including a desired feature of an object. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a display; a memory storing one or more instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the stored one or more instructions to: acquire three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volume data regarding a region of interest of an object; identify a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) cross-sections, each including at least one feature to be observed, based on the 3D ultrasound volume data; determine priority levels of the plurality of 2D cross-sections based on the at least one feature included in each of the plurality of 2D cross-sections; and control the display to display a plurality of 2D ultrasound images respectively corresponding to at least some of the plurality of 2D cross-sections based on the priority levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong-kuk Shin
  • Ultrasound probe
    Patent number: 11185306
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes a first assembly having a first case, a second assembly coupled with the first assembly, having a second case, and configured to be rotatable between a first position of being unfolded with respect to the first assembly and a second position of being folded on the first assembly, a first acoustic module disposed in the inside of the first case, a second acoustic module disposed in the inside of the second case, and a first space reducing portion disposed in at least one of a portion of the first case toward the second assembly and a portion of the second case toward the first assembly, and configured to reduce a space between the first acoustic module and the second acoustic module when the second assembly is at the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soon Ho Kwon
  • Ultrasound imaging apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 11185310
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: an image processor configured to generate an ultrasound image based on an ultrasound echo signal; a display; and a main controller configured to detect a liver area and a kidney area in the ultrasound image, extract a border line between the liver area and the kidney area, automatically establish a region of interest of the liver and a region of interest of the kidney based on the border line, obtain a diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the liver and a diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the kidney, and control the display to display information about the diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the liver and the diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the kidney.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gun Woo Lee, SeWon Kim, JongHyon Yi, ChoongHwan Choi
  • Ultrasonic probe, method for controlling the ultrasonic probe, and ultrasonic imaging apparatus including the ultrasonic probe
    Patent number: 11154275
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe, a method for controlling the same, and an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including the same are disclosed. The ultrasonic probe includes a housing; a first contact sensing portion located at one position of an outer surface of the housing, and configured to detect contact; and a second contact sensing portion located at a different position from the first contact sensing portion, and configured to detect contact. A combination of contact sensing results obtained from the first contact sensing portion and the second contact sensing portion is determined such that an operation corresponding to the determined combination of the contact sensing results is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Ho Gu, Gil-Ju Jin
  • ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210282750
    Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a control method thereof, the ultrasound imaging apparatus including: an input/output interface; a storage; and at least one processor configured to: display, via the input/output interface, at least one resulting value calculated based on a plurality of medical images; when one of the at least one resulting value is selected by an input via the input/output interface, retrieve, from the storage, a plurality of measurement values and a plurality of medical images used to calculate the selected resulting value; and output, via the input/output interface, the retrieved plurality of measurement values and the retrieved plurality of medical images on a single display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungah Park, Eunho Yang
  • Obstetric and gynecologic diagnosis apparatus and obstetric and gynecologic diagnosis method using the same
    Patent number: 11103408
    Abstract: Provided are an obstetric and gynecologic diagnosis apparatus and an obstetric and gynecologic diagnosis method using the same. The obstetric and gynecologic diagnosis apparatus includes a chair unit on which an object is mounted, the chair unit including an upper body support, a seat, and a leg cradle sequentially arranged in one direction and connected to each other; a storage configured to store body information of the object; an input interface configured to input identification (ID) information of the object; a controller configured to generate a control signal for moving at least one of the upper body support, the seat, and the leg cradle according to first body information of the object identified by the input ID information; and a driver configured to generate a driving force for moving at least one of the upper body support, the seat, and the leg cradle according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-won Lim, Ui Kim, Jun-pil Moon, Cheon-seop Shin, Kil-su Ha
  • Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11096667
    Abstract: A method of controlling an ultrasound imaging apparatus includes setting a region of interest on a contrast-enhanced image or an ultrasound image that is registered and displayed; obtaining feature information of the contrast-enhanced image or the ultrasound image from the set region of interest; detecting at least one region, in which feature information similar to the feature information of the region of interest is obtained; and displaying the at least one region that is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-geun Park, Ho-kyung Kang, Jung-ho Kim
  • Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 11083434
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an ultrasonic imaging apparatus of successively displaying a plurality of slice images of an object at predetermined frame rate, and a control method of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus. According to an embodiment of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus, the ultrasonic imaging apparatus may include: an image processor configured to extract a target in an object based on volume data of the object; a controller configured to determine a region of interest in the object, based on the extracted target; and a display unit configured to successively display a plurality of slice images of the object, including the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sang Yoo, Kwang-Hee Lee, Soo In Cho
  • ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210236092
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: a probe configured to output ultrasound signals to an object and detect echo signals reflected from the object; a display; and at least one processor configured to generate a first ultrasound image based on the echo signals, detect at least one object of interest, each corresponding to a fetus's finger or toe in the first ultrasound image, and when the at least one object of interest is detected, place at least one arrow indicator outside a vicinity of a region of interest corresponding to the detected at least one object of interest, and orientate the at least one arrow indicator toward the region of interest
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Songyi HAN, Yeonah KANG, Jaesung LEE
  • Ultrasound imaging apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 11076826
    Abstract: It is an aspect of the present disclosure to provide an ultrasound imaging apparatus of transmitting/receiving an ultrasound signal to/from an ultrasound probe, and successively changing inductance using a plurality of inductors for impedance matching between the ultrasound probe and a main body during a transmission/reception time period of the ultrasound signal, and a control method of the ultrasound imaging apparatus. The ultrasound imaging apparatus may include an ultrasound probe; a signal transceiver configured to transmit/receive an ultrasound signal to/from the ultrasound probe; and a variable inductor device configured to successively change inductance for impedance matching with the ultrasound probe during a transmission/reception time period of the ultrasound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam-Woong Kim, Yong-cheol Hyeon
  • Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method for displaying ultrasound image
    Patent number: 11076833
    Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and method for displaying an ultrasound image. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: a display; and a processor configured to set, from among a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of scan line groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of subframes constituting a first frame, control the display to display the first frame, set, from among the plurality of scan lines, a plurality of scan line groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of subframes constituting a second frame, and control the display to display the second frame subsequently to the first frame. The processor may set the plurality of scan line groups such that a position of a boundary line between adjacent ones of the plurality of subframes in the first frame does not overlap a position of a boundary line between adjacent ones of the plurality of subframes in the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-lai Park, Rae-Eun Kim, Sun-joong Lee