Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd.

Masami Uchibori

Mitsuhiro Nozaki

Sotaro Kawae

Kiyoshi Takeuchi

Shinichi Kawamura

Toshihiko Yamagata

Tamon Mizoguchi

Makoto Magara

Shigekazu Nagashima

In order to facilitate recognition of the correct orientation of a connector, the rear portion of a connectoris configured to form an elevation angle when the front portion of the connector can be correctly inserted into a receptaclein a horizontal direction.

Connector case, ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic imaging apparatus

In order for an operator to perceive a lock completion of the mechanical connection between a connector of an ultrasonic probe and a socket of an ultrasonic diagnostic equipment main body, the following structure is provided. In the ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, the ultrasonic probe includes a connector portion having a lock mechanism (a cam shaft penetrating a connector, a conductive movable contact/lock pin projecting from the cam shaft, and a connector lock releasing handle), and an ultrasonic probe main body. The ultrasonic diagnostic equipment main body includes a socket having connection hole H for connecting the connector, a locking confirming contact points for conducting by being in contact with the movable contact/lock pin as the connection with the connector being mechanically locked, LED for illuminating under conduction, and a safety circuit for allowing for starting scanning when conducting.

Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment

In order to prevent a troublesome result if a wrong operation button is pressed by mistake, a signal is transmitted from a &ldquo;New Patient&rdquo; button to a control section &prime; when a normal/lock switching switch is in a normal mode. When the normal/lock switching switch is in a lock mode, no signal is transmitted from the &ldquo;New Patient&rdquo; button to the control section &prime;, and an LED is lit.

Control panel for ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a device for preventing erroneous operation

A real-time endoscopic image processing system for removing a net pattern from an image has an image processing section (1000) which includes a first controlling circuit (400) for receiving a video signal (S2) from one of a video signal S1 output from a television camera (14) and a VTR, or the like. A horizontal sample-hold circuit (500) generates a horizontal peak sample-hold signal (S5) by continuously sampling and holding the peak value of a sinusoidal video signal voltage from the video signal output (S2) which corresponds to the bright and dark portions of an image. A second controlling circuit (600) delays the horizontal peak sample-hold signal (S5) and compares a delay signal (S5D) with the horizontal peak sample-hold signal (S5) to detect the peak value of the original voltage which varies in a sinusoidal form with respect to the vertical scanning direction, and outputting a vertical peak sampling controlling signal (S6). A vertical sample-hold circuit (700) receives the vertical peak sampling controlling signal (S6) and the delay signal (S 5D) and outputs a continuous vertical peak sample-hold signal (S7) according to the vertical peak sampling controlling signal (S6). The vertical peak sample-hold signal (S7) output from the image processing section (1000) is displayed on a monitor.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masami Uchibori