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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Sara Akiko Prokop, Seattle, WA (US);
FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for controlling an ultrasound device. The method, for example, can include indexing a location of a part of a palm of the operator on the user interface. The method can also include indexing locations of one or more fingers of an operator on a user interface based on the location of the part of the palm. The method can further include assigning one or more functions of the ultrasound device to the indexed locations of the one or more fingers on the user interface. In addition, the method can include sensing the one or more fingers of the operator near or on the indexed locations on the user interface. The method can also include performing the assigned one or more functions based on sensing the one or more fingers of the operator near or on the indexed locations.