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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jean-Marie Bussat, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0436 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An acoustic imaging system can contain a plurality of individual acoustic elements that each contain an acoustic transducer, drive circuitry, and low voltage sense and/or read circuitry. In many embodiments both the drive circuitry and the read circuitry can be independently addressable. For example, if the individual acoustic elements are arranged into rows and columns, each acoustic element can include row/column drive circuit enable switches and row/column read circuit enable switches.