HAND-HELD ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING RECONFIGURABLE USER INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A hand-holdable ultrasonic imaging device comprising:
- a hand-holdable housing supporting a transducer array;
a display supported on the housing; and
,control circuits comprising a programmable data processor in the housing, the control circuits configured to control operation of the ultrasonic imaging device based at least in part on a user input corresponding to a first function;
wherein;
the imaging device has a first mode wherein the first function is assigned to a first user control supported on the housing at a first location; and
the imaging device has a second mode wherein the first function is assigned to a second user control supported on the housing at a second location.
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Abstract
A hand-holdable ultrasound machine has a number of user controls. The machine can be switched between at least a first mode wherein controls providing certain functions are in first locations and a second mode wherein the controls are in second locations. The machine may switch between modes in which the controls are positioned for convenient left- or right-handed operation and/or modes in which the controls are positioned for convenient one- or two-handed operation. The controls may be provided on a touch-sensitive display. A hand-holdable ultrasound machine displays images on a display. The images are rotatable. In some embodiments the machine senses a direction of motion and auto-rotates the images in response to the sensed direction.
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28 Claims
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1. A hand-holdable ultrasonic imaging device comprising:
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a hand-holdable housing supporting a transducer array; a display supported on the housing; and
,control circuits comprising a programmable data processor in the housing, the control circuits configured to control operation of the ultrasonic imaging device based at least in part on a user input corresponding to a first function; wherein; the imaging device has a first mode wherein the first function is assigned to a first user control supported on the housing at a first location; and the imaging device has a second mode wherein the first function is assigned to a second user control supported on the housing at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for operating an ultrasonic imaging device comprising a transducer and a display on a hand-holdable unit, the method comprising:
switching the imaging device between a first mode wherein a first function is assigned to a first user control supported on the housing at a first location and a second mode wherein the first function is assigned to a second user control supported on the housing at a second location.
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28. A method for operating an ultrasonic imaging device comprising a transducer and a display on a hand-holdable unit, the method comprising:
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moving the transducer across a body of a subject while operating the transducer to acquire ultrasound data; determining a direction of motion of the transducer across the subject relative to an orientation of the transducer; processing the ultrasound data to generate image data; and displaying the image data on the display in an orientation based upon the direction of motion of the transducer across the subject.
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