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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2023
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method for an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of activating an ultrasound probe only by an operation of an apparatus main body and achieving power saving. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound unit that acquires ultrasound image data, a probe-side first communication circuit and a probe-side second communication circuit each of which performs wireless communication with the apparatus main body and which have transmission capacities different from each other and power consumptions different from each other, and a power supply controller that selects one communication circuit among the probe-side first communication circuit and the probe-side second communication circuit according to a power supply mode of the ultrasound probe and performs wireless communication with the apparatus main body by using the selected communication circuit.