Patents by Inventor Toshikatsu Kodama

Toshikatsu Kodama 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: 4674516
    Abstract: The equipment in this invention provides an ultrasound diagnostic equipment with a matrix switch checking means configured in a combined use with means commonly furnished to said device heaving a built-in test sequencer, whereby taps on the delay line is selected in due order from one end of said taps for each channel of the matrix switch to input a checking signal to that channel from a transducer circuit every time these taps are selected; as a result a signal obtained from the delay-line output terminals is shown on a display screen of a display device as a mimic echo signal to determine the presence or absence of any fault of switching elements in the relevant channel of the matrix switch based on a mimic echo image pattern shown on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirota, Toshikatsu Kodama, Hideya Akasaka, Yasuhito Takeuchi