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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Socionext Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
SOCIONEXT INC., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic probe includes a transducer; a pulser; an amplifier; a wireless transmitter; temperature detectors at two or more locations from among a location of the pulser, a location of the amplifier, and a location of the wireless transmitter; and a processor comparing temperatures detected by the temperature detectors with first temperature thresholds set for the temperature detectors, and, when one or more temperature detectors detect temperatures that exceed corresponding first temperature thresholds, selecting any one of low power consumption operating modes based on which temperature detectors are the one or more temperature detectors detecting the temperatures that exceed corresponding first temperature thresholds, and switching an operating mode of each of one or more from among the pulser, the amplifier, and the wireless transmitter from a normal operating mode to the selected low power consumption operating mode.