Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus And Method For Generating Commands In Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus

• US 20100125196A1
• Filed: 04/10/2009
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Medison Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Medison Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Park, Jong Min, Song, Young Seuk
• Application Number:
  US12/422,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20100125196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/437
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/467 characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/043 using propagating acoustic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including: a touch panel unit to sense a contact; a pattern identification unit to identify a pattern of the sensed contact; and a command generation unit to generate a command signal corresponding to the identified pattern, as a response to the contact is provided.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:

a touch panel unit to sense a contact;

a pattern identification unit to identify a pattern of the sensed contact; and

a command generation unit to generate a command signal corresponding to the identified pattern, as a response to the contact.

2. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a grouping unit to group, into a contact group, a plurality of contacts that are sensed within a predetermined period of time and are identified as the same pattern,

wherein the command generation unit generates the command signal by further considering a number of contacts that are included in the contact group.

3. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a database to register a command signal, retrieved according to a user'"'"'s selection on a menu list, in correspondence to a pattern associated with the menu list,

wherein the command generation unit generates the command signal that is registered in the database in correspondence to the identified pattern.

4. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the pattern is identified as a click, the command generation unit generates, as the response to the contact, a command signal associated with at least one of a set, an exist, and a change.

5. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the pattern is identified as a drag, the command generation unit generates, as the response to the contact, a command signal associated with at least one of a pointer movement, a region of interest (ROI) box movement, an image movement, a forward movement, a backward movement, an increase in a screen brightness, and a decreases in the screen brightness.

6. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the pattern is identified as an extend, the command generation unit generates, as the response to the contact, a command signal associated with an image size enlargement or a ROI box size enlargement.

7. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the pattern is identified as a gather, the command generation unit generates, as the response to the contact, a command signal associated with an image size reduction or an ROI box size reduction.

8. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the pattern is identified as a rotate, the command generation unit generates, as the response to the contact, a command signal associated with an image rotation or an indicator rotation.

9. A method of generating a command signal at an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, the method comprising:

sensing a contact;

identifying a pattern of the sensed contact; and

generating a command signal corresponding to the identified pattern, as a response to the contact.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

grouping, into a contact group, a plurality of contacts that are sensed within a predetermined period of time and are identified as the same pattern,

wherein the generating comprises generating the command signal by further considering a number of contacts that are included in the contact group.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

maintaining a database to register a command signal, retrieved according to a user'"'"'s selection on a menu list, in correspondence to a pattern associated with the menu list,

wherein the generating comprises generating the command signal that is registered in the database in correspondence to the identified pattern.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the identifying comprises identifying, the pattern of the sensed contact as any one of a click, a drag, an extend, a gather, and a rotate.