Patents by Inventor Won Ik HEO

Won Ik HEO 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: 11419578
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to an object and receive an echo signal reflected from the object; a display configured to output an ultrasound image output by the ultrasonic probe and a medical image having a modality different from that of the ultrasound image in a matched state; an inputter configured to receive a user input for adjusting a range of an output area of the medical image; and a controller configured to control an ultrasonic beam of the ultrasonic probe to adjust an output area of the ultrasound image in response to detecting that the output area of the medical image is adjusted by the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Gil Ju Jin, Jin Jeon, Won Ik Heo
  • Publication number: 20180168550
    Abstract: It is an aspect of the present disclosure to provide an ultrasound imaging apparatus capable of recommending a probe adequate for an organ of a patient to be diagnosed to allow a user to replace an existing probe to efficiently and precisely diagnose the patient and a method of controlling the same. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, an ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising: a first ultrasound probe configured to obtain an ultrasonic image of an object by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals; a second ultrasound probe of a different type from the first ultrasound probe; a display portion configured to display an ultrasonic image obtained by at least one of the first ultrasound probe and the second ultrasound probe; and a controller configured to derive information of the object based on an ultrasonic image obtained by the first ultrasound probe and guide replacing the first ultrasound probe with the second ultrasound probe based on the information of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Won Ik HEO, Eun Ho YANG, Ae Ri YOUN, Jin JEON