Apparatus and method for processing an ultrasound image
    1.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for processing an ultrasound image 有权
    用于处理超声图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07628755B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-08

    申请号:US11508196

    申请日:2006-08-23

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing an ultrasound image of a target object including a periodically moving object, including: an ROI setting unit for setting regions of interest (ROIs) to each of frames constituting ultrasound volume data acquired from a target object; a VOI setting unit for selecting a predetermined number of first reference frames from the ultrasound volume data and setting a predetermined number of volumes of interest (VOIs) by combining ROIs of the first reference frames with ROIs of frames adjacent to the reference frames; a motion compensating unit for processing the VOIs to compensate a motion of the target object; a correlation coefficient curve calculating unit for calculating a correlation coefficient curve for a predetermined interval at each VOI; a period setting unit for setting a moving period of the moving object based on the correlation coefficient curve in the volume data; and an ultrasound volume data reconstructing unit for reconstructing the ultrasound volume data based on the moving period.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于处理包括周期性移动物体的目标物体的超声波图像的装置,包括:ROI设置单元,用于将构成从目标对象获取的超声波量数据的每个帧设置为感兴趣区域(ROI); VOI设置单元,用于从超声体积数据中选择预定数量的第一参考帧,并通过将第一参考帧的ROI与参考帧相邻的帧的ROI组合来设置预定数量的感兴趣体积(VOI); 运动补偿单元,用于处理所述VOI以补偿所述目标对象的运动; 相关系数曲线计算单元,用于在每个VOI处计算预定间隔的相关系数曲线; 周期设定单元,用于基于体数据中的相关系数曲线来设置移动对象的移动周期; 以及超声量数据重建单元,用于基于所述移动周期来重建所述超声波体积数据。

    Segmentation, including classification and binarization of character regions
    2.
    发明授权
    Segmentation, including classification and binarization of character regions 失效
    分割,包括字符区域的分类和二值化

    公开(公告)号:US07567709B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-28

    申请号:US10767061

    申请日:2004-01-30

    IPC分类号: G06K9/34 G06K9/40

    摘要: Disclosed is a device for binarizing an image. The device comprises an input part for receiving an image, a block classification part for dividing the received image into blocks, and classifying the divided blocks into character blocks and background blocks, an edge enhancement part for enhancing edges of a character block using relations between neighboring pixels in the character block classified by the block classification part, and generating a threshold for distinguishing character pixels and background pixels of the character block, and a binarization part for binarizing pixels of character blocks output from the edge enhancement part into a first brightness value for character pixels and a second brightness value for background pixels by comparing the pixels of the character blocks with the threshold, and binarizing pixels of background blocks output from the block classification part into the second brightness value.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于二值化图像的装置。 该装置包括用于接收图像的输入部分,用于将接收到的图像分割成块的块分类部分,并将分割的块分类为字符块和背景块;边缘增强部分,用于使用相邻的关系之间的关系来增强字符块的边缘 通过块分类部分分类的字符块中的像素,以及生成用于区分字符块的字符像素和背景像素的阈值,以及二值化部分,用于将从边缘增强部分输出的字符块的像素二值化为第一亮度值, 通过将字符块的像素与阈值进行比较,并将从块分类部分输出的背景块的像素二值化为第二亮度值,对背景像素进行字符像素和第二亮度值。

    Method of controlling washing machine and washing machine
    3.
    发明申请
    Method of controlling washing machine and washing machine 有权
    洗衣机和洗衣机的控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090089938A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-09

    申请号:US12285510

    申请日:2008-10-07

    申请人: Nam Chul Kim

    发明人: Nam Chul Kim

    IPC分类号: D06F29/00 D06F39/04

    CPC分类号: D06F39/008

    摘要: A method of controlling a washing machine and a washing machine, in which the energy efficiency of a washing machine can be optimized without incurring additional costs are provided. The method includes heating wash water contained in a washing tub; and supplying steam into the washing tub, wherein a time frame during which the heating the wash water is performed at least partially overlaps with a time frame during which the supplying steam is performed. The washing machine includes a cabinet; a washing tub disposed in the cabinet; a wash water heating unit; and a steam supply unit, wherein a time frame during which the wash water heating unit heats the wash water in the washing tub at least partially overlaps with a time frame during which the steam supply unit supplies steam into the washing tub.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种控制洗衣机和洗衣机的方法,其中可以优化洗衣机的能量效率而不产生额外的成本。 该方法包括加热洗涤桶中所含的洗涤水; 以及将蒸汽供应到所述洗涤桶中,其中执行所述洗涤水的加热的时间范围与进行所述供应蒸汽的时间框架至少部分地重叠。 洗衣机包括一个柜子; 设置在机壳中的洗涤桶; 洗水加热单元; 以及蒸汽供给单元,其中洗涤水加热单元加热洗涤桶中的洗涤水的时间框架至少部分地与蒸汽供应单元将蒸汽供应到洗涤桶中的时间框架重叠。

    ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGE OF A TARGET OBJECT
    4.
    发明申请
    ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGE OF A TARGET OBJECT 审中-公开
    用于形成目标对象的3D超声图像的超声成像系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070167760A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-19

    申请号:US11565332

    申请日:2006-11-30

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: There is provided an ultrasound imaging system, which includes: an ultrasound diagnostic unit for providing 3D volume data of an object and its neighboring region, wherein the 3D volume data is formed with a number of frames; a pre-processing unit for selecting a predetermined number of key frames from the frames; a segmentation unit for segmenting each of the key frames into object regions and non-object regions; a texture-based region classifying and merging unit for classifying the object and the non-object regions into object and non-object sub-regions based on the texture thereof, and removing the non-object sub-regions and merging the object sub-regions; a surface determining unit for extracting contours of the object in the key frames and determining a 3D surface of the object by connecting the contours; and a rendering unit for forming masked volume with the 3D surface and forming a 3D ultrasound image of the object by rendering the masked volume.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种超声成像系统,其包括:用于提供物体及其相邻区域的3D体积数据的超声诊断单元,其中3D体积数据形成有多个帧; 预处理单元,用于从帧中选择预定数量的关键帧; 分割单元,用于将每个关键帧分割成对象区域和非对象区域; 基于纹理的区域分类和合并单元,用于基于其纹理将对象和非对象区域分类成对象和非对象子区域,以及去除非对象子区域并合并对象子区域 ; 表面确定单元,用于提取关键帧中的对象的轮廓,并通过连接轮廓来确定对象的3D表面; 以及渲染单元,用于利用3D表面形成掩蔽体积,并通过渲染掩蔽体来形成对象的3D超声图像。

    Apparatus and method for forming 3D ultrasound image
    5.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for forming 3D ultrasound image 有权
    用于形成3D超声图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07507204B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-24

    申请号:US11028042

    申请日:2005-01-04

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 G06K9/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to a 3D ultrasound diagnostic forming a 3D ultrasound image only with volume data exiting within contour by automatically detecting the contour of a target object, comprising: a first unit for generating a region of interest (ROI) box on a 2D ultrasound image; a second unit for detecting a contour of a target object in the ROI box; and a third unit for forming a 3D ultrasound image by rendering volume data existing in the detected contour.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种通过自动检测目标对象的轮廓,形成仅具有在轮廓内离开的体数据的3D超声图像的3D超声诊断,包括:用于在2D超声波上生成感兴趣区域(ROI)框的第一单元 图片; 用于检测所述ROI框中的目标对象的轮廓的第二单元; 以及第三单元,用于通过渲染存在于检测到的轮廓中的体数据来形成3D超声图像。

    Preprocessing device and method for recognizing image characters
    6.
    发明授权
    Preprocessing device and method for recognizing image characters 有权
    用于识别图像字符的预处理设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07471830B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-30

    申请号:US10798860

    申请日:2004-03-12

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 G06K9/34 G06K9/36

    摘要: Disclosed is a device and method for recognizing characters in an image. An input part receives the image. A blurring decision part classifies the received image into character blocks and background blocks, calculates an average energy ratio of the character blocks, and compares the average energy ratio with a predetermined threshold to determine whether the received image is blurred. If the received image is not blurred, an image binarization part classifies the received image into character blocks and background blocks, compares pixels in the character blocks with a pixel threshold, binarizes the pixels in the character blocks into a brightness value for a character pixel and a brightness value for a background pixel based on the comparison, and binarizes pixels in the background blocks into the brightness value for a background pixel. A character recognition part recognizes characters in the binarized image.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于识别图像中的字符的装置和方法。 输入部分接收图像。 模糊判定部将接收到的图像分类为字符块和背景块,计算字符块的平均能量比,并将平均能量比与预定阈值进行比较,以确定接收到的图像是否模糊。 如果接收到的图像不模糊,则图像二值化部分将接收到的图像分类为字符块和背景块,将字符块中的像素与像素阈值进行比较,将字符块中的像素二值化为字符像素的亮度值, 基于比较的背景像素的亮度值,将背景块中的像素二值化为背景像素的亮度值。 字符识别部分识别二值化图像中的字符。

    Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging method and apparatus using lateral distance correlation function
    7.
    发明授权
    Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging method and apparatus using lateral distance correlation function 有权
    三维超声成像方法和装置采用横向距离相关函数

    公开(公告)号:US06988991B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-24

    申请号:US10434173

    申请日:2003-05-09

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: Disclosed is a three-dimensional ultrasound image method and apparatus for reducing distortions of ultrasound images by precisely estimating a distance between consecutive two-dimensional frames obtained by a manual scanning. The apparatus comprises a transducer array for transmitting ultrasound signals to a target object and receiving echo signals reflected from the target object; a receive-focusing unit for receive-focusing the echo signals to generate a plurality of consecutive two-dimensional ultrasound image frames; a converter for converting the consecutive two-dimensional ultrasound image frames into a three-dimensional ultrasound image; and a display for displaying the three-dimensional ultrasound image. The method comprises the steps of, a) transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals; b) receive-focusing echo signals to generate a plurality of consecutive two-dimensional ultrasound image frames; c) converting the consecutive two-dimensional ultrasound image frames into a three-dimensional ultrasound image; and d) displaying the three-dimensional ultrasound image.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于通过精确估计通过手动扫描获得的连续二维帧之间的距离来减少超声图像的失真的三维超声图像方法和装置。 该装置包括用于将超声信号发射到目标物体并接收从目标物体反射的回波信号的换能器阵列; 接收聚焦单元,用于接收聚焦回波信号以产生多个连续的二维超声图像帧; 转换器,用于将连续的二维超声图像帧转换为三维超声图像; 以及用于显示三维超声图像的显示器。 该方法包括以下步骤:a)发射和接收超声信号; b)接收聚焦回波信号以产生多个连续的二维超声图像帧; c)将连续的二维超声图像帧转换为三维超声图像; 以及d)显示所述三维超声图像。

    Apparatus and method for forming 3D ultrasound image
    8.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and method for forming 3D ultrasound image 有权
    用于形成3D超声图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050240104A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-27

    申请号:US11028042

    申请日:2005-01-04

    摘要: The present invention relates to a 3D ultrasound diagnostic forming a 3D ultrasound image only with volume data exiting within contour by automatically detecting the contour of a target object, comprising: a first unit for generating a region of interest (ROI) box on a 2D ultrasound image; a second unit for detecting a contour of a target object in the ROI box; and a third unit for forming a 3D ultrasound image by rendering volume data existing in the detected contour.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种通过自动检测目标对象的轮廓,形成仅具有在轮廓内离开的体数据的3D超声图像的3D超声诊断,包括:用于在2D超声波上生成感兴趣区域(ROI)框的第一单元 图片; 用于检测所述ROI框中的目标对象的轮廓的第二单元; 以及第三单元,用于通过渲染存在于检测到的轮廓中的体数据来形成3D超声图像。

    3-line balun transformer
    9.
    发明授权
    3-line balun transformer 失效
    3线平衡不平衡变压器

    公开(公告)号:US06914512B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-05

    申请号:US10461334

    申请日:2003-06-16

    IPC分类号: H01F19/06 H01P5/10 H01F27/28

    CPC分类号: H01P5/10

    摘要: A 3-line balun transformer includes an unbalanced port for an unbalanced signal, first and second balanced ports for balanced signals, the balanced signals being the same in level and 180 degrees out of phase with each other, a first line having its first end connected to the unbalanced port and its second end connected to ground, a second line arranged in parallel with the first line while being spaced apart from the first line, the second line having its first end and its second end connected to the first balanced port, and a third line arranged in parallel with the second line while being spaced apart from the second, the third line having its first end connected to the first end of the second line and its second end connected to the second balanced port.

    摘要翻译: 3线平衡 - 不平衡变压器包括用于不平衡信号的不平衡端口,用于平衡信号的第一和第二平衡端口,平衡信号彼此相同且相位相差180度,其第一端连接 连接到不平衡端口,其第二端连接到地,第二线与第一线平行布置,同时与第一线间隔开,第二线具有其第一端并且其第二端连接到第一平衡端口,以及 第三线与第二线平行布置,同时与第二线隔开,第三线的第一端连接到第二线的第一端,其第二端连接到第二平衡端口。

    Matching circuit and laminated duplexer with the matching circuit
    10.
    发明授权
    Matching circuit and laminated duplexer with the matching circuit 失效
    匹配电路和层叠双工器与匹配电路

    公开(公告)号:US06885259B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-26

    申请号:US10623594

    申请日:2003-07-22

    CPC分类号: H01P5/02 H01P1/213

    摘要: Disclosed is a matching circuit of a laminated duplexer connected to an antenna terminal while being connected between transmitting and receiving filters to match the transmitting and receiving filters with the antenna terminal, the matching circuit being configured to reduce the physical length of each conductor pattern thereof, thereby being capable of achieving an improved miniaturization thereof. The matching circuit includes a transmitting matching unit constituted by a conductor pattern electrically connected to an antenna electrode connected to the antenna terminal while being electrically connected to the transmitting filter, a first ground electrode vertically spaced apart from the conductor pattern, a receiving matching unit constituted by a conductor pattern electrically connected to the antenna electrode and the receiving filter, and a second ground electrode vertically spaced apart from the conductor pattern of the receiving matching unit. A laminated duplexer provided with the matching circuit is also disclosed. In accordance with the configuration of the matching circuit, it is possible to achieve a reduction in insertion loss, an improvement in the reflection characteristics of an associated antenna, and, thus, an improvement in bandpass characteristics.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种连接到天线端子的层叠双工器的匹配电路,同时连接在发射和接收滤波器之间以将发射和接收滤波器与天线端子匹配,匹配电路被配置为减小其每个导体图案的物理长度, 从而能够实现其小型化。 匹配电路包括发射匹配单元,其由与连接到天线端子的天线电极电连接的导体图案构成,同时电连接到发射滤波器,与导体图案垂直间隔开的第一接地电极,构成的接收匹配单元 通过与天线电极和接收滤波器电连接的导体图案和与接收匹配单元的导体图案垂直间隔开的第二接地电极。 还公开了配备有匹配电路的层压双工器。 根据匹配电路的结构,可以实现插入损耗的降低,相关天线的反射特性的提高,从而提高带通特性。