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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasunori Onishi, Nagano, JP;

Jiro Tsuruno, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/4411 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); B06B 1/0269 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); G01S 7/5202 (2013.01); G01S 7/52046 (2013.01); G01S 15/895 (2013.01); G01S 15/8925 (2013.01); G01S 7/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasonic device includes a substrate, first ultrasonic elements having a resonance characteristic of a first frequency, and second ultrasonic elements having a resonance characteristic of a second frequency lower than the first frequency. The first ultrasonic elements are arranged along a first direction to make a first to an n-th high-frequency ultrasonic element lines. The second ultrasonic elements are arranged along the first direction to make a first to an n-th low-frequency ultrasonic element lines. The first to the n-th high-frequency ultrasonic element lines and the first to the n-th low-frequency ultrasonic element lines are arranged along a second direction. The first and second ultrasonic elements have an opening, a vibrating membrane, and a piezo element part. A length in the second direction of the opening of the first ultrasonic element is shorter than a length in the second direction of the opening of the second ultrasonic element.


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