Patents by Inventor Simon Scharinger

Simon Scharinger 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).

  • Ultrasound imaging system and method
    Patent number: 11399803
    Abstract: A method and ultrasound imaging system includes displaying a plurality of steps of a workflow on a touchscreen, graphically indicating one of the plurality of steps in the workflow, displaying a text instruction describing the one of the steps in the workflow on the touchscreen at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps, and displaying an ultrasound image on the main display at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps and the text description on the touchscreen. The method and system includes implementing the step described in the text instruction on the ultrasound image displayed on a main display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Walter Duda, Klaus Pintoffl, Simon Scharinger
  • ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200046321
    Abstract: A method and ultrasound imaging system includes displaying a plurality of steps of a workflow on a touchscreen, graphically indicating one of the plurality of steps in the workflow, displaying a text instruction describing the one of the steps in the workflow on the touchscreen at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps, and displaying an ultrasound image on the main display at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps and the text description on the touchscreen. The method and system includes implementing the step described in the text instruction on the ultrasound image displayed on a main display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Walter Duda, Klaus Pintoffl, Simon Scharinger
  • Method and system for fetal visualization by computing and displaying an ultrasound measurement and graphical model
    Patent number: 10368833
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system and method that provide fetal visualization. The method can include acquiring, by an ultrasound system, ultrasound data for a region of interest. The method may include computing, by a processor of the ultrasound system, a fetal measurement based on the acquired ultrasound data. The method can include generating, by the processor, a graphical model based on one or more of the fetal measurement and the acquired ultrasound data. The method may include displaying, at a display system, the computed fetal measurement and the generated graphical model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Francesca Patruno, Simon Scharinger, Klaus Pintoffl, Walter Duda, Jr., Karl-Heinz Lumpi, Lucienne van der Veen
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FETAL VISUALIZATION BY COMPUTING AND DISPLAYING AN ULTRASOUND MEASURMENT AND GRAPHICAL MODEL
    Publication number: 20160074006
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system and method that provide fetal visualization. The method can include acquiring, by an ultrasound system, ultrasound data for a region of interest. The method may include computing, by a processor of the ultrasound system, a fetal measurement based on the acquired ultrasound data. The method can include generating, by the processor, a graphical model based on one or more of the fetal measurement and the acquired ultrasound data. The method may include displaying, at a display system, the computed fetal measurement and the generated graphical model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Francesca Patruno, Simon Scharinger, Klaus Pintoffl, Walter Duda, JR., Karl-Heinz Lumpi, Lucienne van der Veen