Patents by Inventor Yoshiyjki Okuno

Yoshiyjki Okuno 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).

  • Ultrasonic probe apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 7883466
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe apparatus which applies a RF pulse signal with a DC bias signal superimposed thereon to c-MUTs and transmits/receives an ultrasound wave is configured such that a transmission control system includes bias regulators which regulate the voltage value of the DC bias signal, a reception control system has a plurality of different frequency band pass filtering characteristics including at least those for a low pass and high pass and a frequency band pass filtering processing section which can select at least one frequency band pass filtering characteristic from those frequency band pass filtering characteristics. The apparatus controls voltage settings of the bias regulators in conjunction with the selection of frequency band pass filtering characteristics of the frequency band pass filtering processing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Yoshiyjki Okuno, Akiko Mizunuma, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Takuya Imahashi, Yukihiko Sawada, Masayoshi Omura, Etsuko Omura, legal representative, Kozaburo Suzuki, Shuji Otani, Naomi Shimoda, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto
  • Ultrasonic probe apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
    Publication number: 20070083119
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe apparatus which applies a RF pulse signal with a DC bias signal superimposed thereon to c-MUTs and transmits/receives an ultrasound wave is configured such that a transmission control system includes bias regulators which regulate the voltage value of the DC bias signal, a reception control system has a plurality of different frequency band pass filtering characteristics including at least those for a low pass and high pass and a frequency band pass filtering processing section which can select at least one frequency band pass filtering characteristic from those frequency band pass filtering characteristics. The apparatus controls voltage settings of the bias regulators in conjunction with the selection of frequency band pass filtering characteristics of the frequency band pass filtering processing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Yoshiyjki Okuno, Akiko Mizunuma, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Takuya Imahashi, Yukihiko Sawada, Masayoshi Omura, Etsuko Omura, Kozaburo Suzuki, Shuji Otani, Naomi Shimoda, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto