Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kidokoro

Takeshi Kidokoro 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).

  • Patent number: 4253338
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic equipment of linear electric scanning type includes a plurality of pulse generators for supplying electric pulses to a plurality of ultrasonic transducers disposed on a plane, gate circuits for driving the pulse generator, a plurality of analogue switching circuits for selecting the reflected ultrasonic pulse signals received by the ultrasonic transducers, and a control circuit for controlling these pulse generators and switching circuits. The control circuit synchronizingly controls the operations of the gate circuits and analogue switching circuits in order to operate a given number of ultrasonic transducers of the plural of the ultrasonic transducers. The pulse generator and switching circuit are provided corresponding to each transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Iinuma, Takeshi Kidokoro, Kinya Takamizawa