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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Yipeng Lu, Davis, CA (US);
David William Burns, San Jose, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor array, a light source system and a control system. Some implementations may include an ultrasonic transmitter. The control system may be operatively configured to control the light source system to emit light that induces acoustic wave emissions inside a target object. The control system may be operatively configured to select a first acquisition time delay for the reception of acoustic wave emissions primarily from a first depth inside the target object. The control system may be operatively configured to acquire first ultrasonic image data from the acoustic wave emissions received by the ultrasonic sensor array during a first acquisition time window. The first acquisition time window may be initiated at an end time of the first acquisition time delay.