Patents by Inventor Trond Kleveland

Trond Kleveland 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).

  • Methods and systems for automatic setting of color flow steering angle
    Patent number: 9877701
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically controlling a color flow steering angle during ultrasonic color flow imaging are provided. In one embodiment, a method for ultrasound imaging comprises automatically adjusting a color flow steering angle responsive to an adjustment of a focal depth setting. In this way, a sensitivity to color flow data may be increased by maintaining a constant overlap between a color flow image and a B-mode image, thereby increasing the accuracy of color flow imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Trond Kierulf, Trond Kleveland, Jan Otto Strand
  • OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF BANDWIDTH BETWEEN ULTRASOUND PROBE AND DISPLAY UNIT
    Publication number: 20170086798
    Abstract: Various embodiments include systems and methods for optimizing utilization of bandwidth between ultrasound probes and display units. Data transfer limits for a connection between an ultrasound probe and a corresponding display-and-control unit may be determined. Based on the data transfer limits, one or more functions in the ultrasound probe may be controlled. The one or more functions relate to acquiring of ultrasound image data via the ultrasound probe, processing of the acquired ultrasound image data, and/or communication of the acquired ultrasound image data. Further, the controlling is adapted to reduce amount of data acquired and/or transferred, between the ultrasound probe and the display-and-control unit, during ultrasound imaging, to meet the data transfer limits for the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Steinar Bjaerum, Trond Kleveland, Trond Kierulf, Per Arne Linnerud
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC SETTING OF COLOR FLOW STEERING ANGLE
    Publication number: 20160074010
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically controlling a color flow steering angle during ultrasonic color flow imaging are provided. In one embodiment, a method for ultrasound imaging comprises automatically adjusting a color flow steering angle responsive to an adjustment of a focal depth setting. In this way, a sensitivity to color flow data may be increased by maintaining a constant overlap between a color flow image and a B-mode image, thereby increasing the accuracy of color flow imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Trond Kierulf, Trond Kleveland, Jan Otto Strand
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDICATING ULTRASOUND PROBE ORIENTATION AND ACTIVATION STATUS
    Publication number: 20100305448
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe has a probe casing and a light emitting diode (LED). The probe casing has an inner surface and an outer surface. The LED is mounted and contained entirely within the probe casing and the LED is configured to be illuminated when the probe is active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Anne Cecile Dagonneau, Jean Marc Hebrard, Trond Kleveland, Svein Bergstoel, Kjell Kristoffersen