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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Masuda, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/34 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/348 (2013.01); G01N 29/4463 (2013.01); G01S 7/52038 (2013.01); G01S 7/52047 (2013.01); G01N 29/34 (2013.01); G01N 29/44 (2013.01); G01S 15/8977 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image generation apparatus including a computation processing section that generates an ultrasonic image from a received signal associated with each scanning of an object in which an ultrasonic wave is transmitted and received is provided. The computation processing section sets, for each scanning, a selection range over which the received signal is received and which includes the direction of the scanning, calculates weights used in a beamforming process based on the received signals within the selection range, and carries out the beamforming process based on the weights to generate an image associated with the scanning.