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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Sung-chan Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyu-hong Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-ho Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/8977 (2013.01); G01S 7/52047 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic beamforming method is provided. The ultrasonic beamforming method includes dividing an input ultrasonic signal into a plurality of regions in an observation space, calculating a weight value for each of the plurality of regions, calculating a pixel weight value for each pixel using the weight value for each region, and calculating a beamforming value using the pixel weight value.