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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Gangwon-do, KR;
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-Do, KR;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging apparatus may control an ultrasound image in various ways and improve user convenience by controlling a touch screen or display output by the ultrasound imaging apparatus in accordance with a touch pressure or touch time of a user. The ultrasound imaging apparatus may include a probe configured to emit an ultrasonic signal to an object and receive a reflected ultrasonic signal; a processor configured to generate an ultrasound image based on the ultrasonic signal received by the probe; and a touch screen configured to output the ultrasound image generated by the processor and receive a touch of a user or a pressure of the touch, wherein the processor controls the ultrasound image and the touch screen based on the pressure of the touch.