Ultrasound probe
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasound probe comprising;
a body terminating at a nose;
an ultrasound transducer adjacent the nose and facing in a first direction; and
a first touchpad zone to detect a sliding gesture of a first digit, the first touchpad zone extending along a first surface facing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a second touchpad zone to detect a sliding gesture of a second digit, the second touchpad zone extending along a second surface facing a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and perpendicular to the second direction; and
a controller to receive sensed signals from the first touchpad zone in response to detection of the sliding gesture of the first digit and to receive sensed signals from the second touchpad zone in response to detection of the sliding gesture of the second digit, wherein the controller is configured to generate first control signals in response to a detected sliding motion of the first digit across the first touchpad zone and to generate second control signals in response to a detected sliding motion of the second digit across the second touchpad zone.
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Abstract
An ultrasound probe comprises a body terminating at a nose, an ultrasound transducer adjacent the nose and facing a first direction, and a touchpad zone to detect a sliding gesture of a first digit. The first touchpad zone extends along a first surface facing a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an ultrasound probe comprising; a body terminating at a nose; an ultrasound transducer adjacent the nose and facing in a first direction; and a first touchpad zone to detect a sliding gesture of a first digit, the first touchpad zone extending along a first surface facing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a second touchpad zone to detect a sliding gesture of a second digit, the second touchpad zone extending along a second surface facing a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and perpendicular to the second direction; and a controller to receive sensed signals from the first touchpad zone in response to detection of the sliding gesture of the first digit and to receive sensed signals from the second touchpad zone in response to detection of the sliding gesture of the second digit, wherein the controller is configured to generate first control signals in response to a detected sliding motion of the first digit across the first touchpad zone and to generate second control signals in response to a detected sliding motion of the second digit across the second touchpad zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a non-transient computer-readable medium containing computer-readable code to direct a processor to; receive first sensed signals from a first touchpad zone of an ultrasound probe in response to a first interaction of a first digit with the first touchpad zone; receive second sensed signals from a second touchpad zone of the ultrasound probe in response to second interaction of a second digit with the second touchpad zone; and generate control signals to adjust one of an active operating sensing characteristic of the ultrasound probe or a presentation of display results based upon a combination of the first interaction with the first touchpad zone and the second interaction with the second touchpad zone, wherein the control signals are based upon detection of at least one of a direction and shape of a sliding motion of the first digit across the first touchpad zone and detection of at least one of a direction and shape of a sliding motion of the second digit across a second touchpad zone.
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving first sensed signals from a first touchpad zone of an ultrasound probe in response to a first interaction of a first digit with the first touchpad zone, the first sensed signals indicating at least one of a direction and shape of the first digit across the first touchpad zone; receiving second sensed signals from a second touchpad zone of the ultrasound probe in response to second interaction of a second digit with the second touchpad zone, the second sensed signals indicating at least one of a direction and shape of the first digit across the first touchpad zone; and generating control signals to adjust one of an active operating sensing characteristic of the ultrasound probe or a presentation of display results based upon a combination of a detected one of the direction and shape of the first interaction with the first touchpad zone and a detected at least one of the direction and shape of the second interaction with the second touchpad zone. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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