Inspection apparatus for diagnosis

• US 20040225476A1
• Filed: 01/28/2004
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Der Yang Tien
• Original Assignee: Der Yang Tien
• Inventors: Tien, Der Yang
• Application Number:
  US10/767,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20040225476A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/04 Electric stethoscopes microphones, acoustic transducers therefor H04R
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00

Abstract

An inspection apparatus incorporates at least a stethoscope inspection mode and an ultrasonic wave inspection mode. A signal processing module converts the analog signals received by a conversion module into digital signals, and stores the digital signals in a storage unit. A communicate module transmits the digital signals to a data processing device comprising wireless communicating interface, and thus a user of the data processing device obtains the inspection results displayed on a display unit of the data processing device.

Claims

1. An inspection apparatus for diagnosis, comprising:

a micro processing unit for actuating units and modules of the inspection apparatus via an instruction of a user or a program;

an input unit for allowing the user to input the instruction or data;

a conversion module comprising at least a receive unit for receiving sound and a transceiver unit for emitting and receiving ultrasonic wave energy signals;

a signal processing module for converting analog signals received by the conversion module into digital signals;

a memory unit for allowing high-speed data access for the units and modules of the inspection apparatus;

a storage unit for storing data processed by the micro processing unit according to the instruction inputted via the input unit; and

a communicate module controlled by the micro processing unit, for allowing data communication between the inspection apparatus and at least one data processing device connected to the inspection apparatus.

2. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input unit is one selected from the group consisting of a keyboard, touch panel, mouse, and track ball.

3. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion module further comprises an infrared body temperature inspection unit.

4. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conversion module further comprises a pulse inspection unit.

5. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the memory unit is one selected from the group consisting of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), and double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM).

6. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage unit is one selected from the group consisting of a hard disk drive (HDD), compact flash (CF) card, smart media (SM) card, memory stick, secure digital (SD) card, and extreme digital (XD) card.

7. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communicate module comprises a wireless transmitting interface.

8. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the wireless transmitting interface is one selected from the group consisting of a radio frequency (RF) transmitting interface, infrared transmitting interface, and blue tooth transmitting interface.

9. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display unit controlled by the micro processing unit, for displaying inspection results or processes from the inspection apparatus.

10. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the display unit is a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor.

11. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the monitor is a touch screen.

12. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data processing device comprises a control module connected with the communicate module of the inspection apparatus via a wired or wireless transmitting interface to control operation of the inspection apparatus.

13. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control module is a software program or firmware incorporated in the data processing device.

14. The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the data processing device further comprises a display unit for displaying inspection results from the inspection apparatus.