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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Price, Cambridge, MA (US);
Eric G. Nestler, Long Beach Township, NJ (US);
Mikael Mortensen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ashraf Saad, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52034 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for compressing and decompressing data in an ultrasound beamformer. The systems and methods include an encoder for compressing delay data based at least in part on a smoothness of a delay profile, and for compressing apodization data based at least in part on a smoothness of an apodization profile.