Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Hewlett-packard Company

Rachel M Kinicki

Daniel Gerard Maier

Grace M Saccardo

Donald W Lewallen

Charles R Dowdell

Brian Collamore

Kerry C Short

Janice Bisson

Peter Koester Rhoads

Janice M Blackwell-Jones

Joseph Kobrenski

An ultrasound imaging device including a display which displays an ultrasound image of an object (such as a portion of a body of a patient) and a soft keyboard displayed on the display, which enables entering of identification information relating to the ultrasound image. The soft keyboard replaces the ultrasound image during an identification entry mode, to easily enable the entry of the identification information. The identification information may be patient identification information or date/time information, for example. The ultrasound imaging device may include software which enables the soft keyboard to be displayed in a plurality of different languages.

Ultrasound imaging device having a soft keyboard for entering data

A software program executing externally to an ultrasound imaging device. The software program enters user control values for the ultrasound imaging device and calculates parameters based on the entered user control values. The parameters are then transferred to and stored in the ultrasound imaging device. The ultrasound imaging device includes parametrically defined machines controlled by the stored parameters to generate ultrasound images.

Configuration tool for use in ultrasound imaging device

An ultrasound diagnostic device includes a console portion and a display portion. The console portion includes a control panel, which includes a plurality of input keys. A user may input commands on the control panel by actuating one or more keys on the control panel. The console portion comprises control circuitry, which controls the operations of the ultrasound diagnostic device. The control circuitry receives input signals from the control panel. The input signals correspond to commands entered by the user on the control panel. The control circuitry processes the electrical signals and performs operations on an ultrasound image being displayed on a display monitor. The ultrasound images being displayed on the display may be modified by the control circuitry in response to one or more keys of the control panel being actuated by the user. A transducer assembly connected to the console portion is used by the user to acquire ultrasound image information from a subject. Each of the keys on the console portion represent a particular function to be performed by the control circuitry on image information acquired by the transducer assembly. This &ldquo;one button per function&rdquo; feature of the invention utilizes icons, which inform the user of the function of each key. This feature of the invention renders the control panel suitable for use all over the world since the icons are capable of being understood by people of different nationalities. The overall size and weight of the ultrasound diagnostic device is reduced because the number of keys needed to operate the ultrasound diagnostic device is minimized. In another aspect of the invention, the ultrasound diagnostic device includes logic configured to allow the device to be localized by the user based on a number of different parameters, including, but not limited to, language, date appearance convention and decimal point convention.

Intuitive user interface and control circuitry including linear distance measurement and user localization in a portable ultrasound diagnostic device

In an ultrasound imaging system, sets of imaging parameter values are saved as preset modes. When a user later selects one of the preset modes, the system automatically operates in accordance with the corresponding set of imaging parameter values. The imaging parameter values for each preset mode are selected and adjusted by the user while the system is generating a desired ultrasound image, thereby ensuring that the stored imaging parameter values correspond to a desired ultrasound image. The system can store preset modes for different exam types, for different image displays, for different patients and for different users. Each of the preset modes can be selected with a single keystroke.

Ultrasound imaging system having user preset modes

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Rachel M Kinicki