Patents by Inventor KIMBERLY A. CANOVA

KIMBERLY A. CANOVA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for touch screen control of an ultrasound system
    Patent number: 9848849
    Abstract: An ultrasound system includes a display device and a processor module. The display device is configured to display an ultrasound image. At least a portion of the display device includes a touch sensitive portion that is responsive to a touch in each of a plurality of user selectable elements presented on the display device. The processor module is configured to adjust at least one of the ultrasound image and an imaging setting based on the touch in at least one of the user selectable elements of the display device. The ultrasound image and the user selectable elements are concurrently displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Pfeiffer, Brent Jason Lavin, Kimberly A. Canova
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SELECT SYSTEM SETTINGS AND PARAMETERS IN PERFORMING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20120157843
    Abstract: A selector system to select one of a series of transducer probes to perform an ultrasound imaging procedure is provided. The selector system includes a user interface, and a controller in communication to receive input and generate graphic illustrations at the user interface. The controller includes a processor to execute a series of programming instructions stored in a computer readable medium. The programming instructions instruct the processor to perform acts that include instructing the processor to request a series of input data at the user interface, receiving at the processor the series of input data from the interface, instructing the processor to automatically calculate a selection of one of the series of transducer probes in response to receiving the series of input data received at the user interface, and generating a graphic illustration of the selection of the one of the series of transducers to show at the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Brent Jason Lavin, Kimberly Canova
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL OF AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100049046
    Abstract: An ultrasound system includes a display device and a processor module. The display device is configured to display an ultrasound image. At least a portion of the display device includes a touch sensitive portion that is responsive to a touch in each of a plurality of user selectable elements presented on the display device. The processor module is configured to adjust at least one of the ultrasound image and an imaging setting based on the touch in at least one of the user selectable elements of the display device. The ultrasound image and the user selectable elements are concurrently displayed on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: JEFFREY SCOTT PEIFFER, BRENT JASON LAVIN, KIMBERLY A. CANOVA