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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Ryoichi Suetoshi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Atsushi Uodome, Nishinomiya, JP;
Dorian Cretin, Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shape detection method and device for detecting a shape of an object are disclosed. The device includes an ultrasonic wave transmission module, a reception module, an incoming direction detecting module, a propagation time detecting module, a front-surface reflection point detecting module, and a shape deriving module. The shape deriving module derives a shape of a front surface of the object using a plurality of the reflection points on the front surface of the object detected by the front-surface reflection point detecting module for a plurality of transducer groups.