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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Laurence M. Yudkovitch, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Farshid Farrokhnia, Brookfield, WI (US);
Richard Chiao, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Laurence M. Yudkovitch, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Farshid Farrokhnia, Brookfield, WI (US);
Richard Chiao, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing voice control of a device, an ultrasound device for example. One embodiment of the present invention comprises an apparatus for providing voice control of the ultrasound device having a plurality of features. The apparatus comprises a memory device adapted to store a plurality of voice commands for controlling the ultrasound device, where the plurality of voice commands has at least two different voice commands that active a single feature of the ultrasound device; a selection module adapted to selecting at least one of the at least two different voice commands; and a translator module adapted to derive a signal from the selected voice command and transmit it to the ultrasound device.