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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Carl Lawrence Chalek, Scotia, NY (US);
William Macomber Leue, Albany, NY (US);
William Thomas Hatfield, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Complex equipment operated by a plurality of computerized task functions is coupled to a host processor which controls operation of a plurality of task functions performed by the equipment. Included in the equipment are a plurality of client processors, a communications network coupling the host processor to the client processors, and a plurality of programs providing respective task interfaces for running selected task functions of the equipment on any of the client processors as remote processes. Each task interface program includes a library of communications handlers and a designated task interface. When the complex equipment comprises an ultrasound imager system, the task functions of shaping a transmit waveform and shading the transducer reception parameters are performed through preferred embodiments of such task interfaces. A voice input task function may also be run as a remote process coupled to the imager host through the network interface.