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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Mckee Dunn Poland, Andover, MA (US);

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4455 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/462 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); G01S 7/52096 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G01S 7/5208 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1637 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical (imaging) device comprises a housing configured for handheld use, a transducer array, a display coupled to the housing, a plurality of sensors distributed about a periphery of the housing and configured to detect when a hand of an operator is positioned around the housing, and a computing device disposed within the housing, wherein the computing device is in communication with the transducer array, the display, and the sensors. The computing device is operable to: monitor the sensors, determine whether a reading from a first sensor at a first edge of the periphery of the housing exceeds a threshold, set the first edge as a primary edge based at least in part on the reading from the first sensor, and orient the display such that the primary edge is at the bottom of the display.


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