Global Patent Index - EP 0314487 B1

EP 0314487 B1 19931013 - DELAY COEFFICIENT CALCULATOR

Title (en)

DELAY COEFFICIENT CALCULATOR

Publication

EP 0314487 B1 19931013 (EN)

Application

EP 88310140 A 19881028

Priority

US 11481587 A 19871029

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0314487A2] Apparatus for calculating the delay coefficients to be used for the transducer of a linear array at successive focal points along each radial line of a sector along which ultrasonic pulses are transmitted comprising a plurality of clocked accumulators connected in series (AC3,AC2,AC1) said accumulators being preloaded with appropriate combination of the coefficients of the successive terms of a series expressing an approximation of the formula, D = R - 2ROOT (X-Xo)<2> + Yo<2> where R is the distance of a focal point from a given point in the sector, X is the number of the accumulator from the origin and Xo, Yo are the coordinates of the focal point.

IPC 1-7

G10K 11/34

IPC 8 full level

A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); G01S 7/523 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G10K 11/346 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0314487 A2 19890503; EP 0314487 A3 19891011; EP 0314487 B1 19931013; DE 3884905 D1 19931118; DE 3884905 T2 19940505; JP 2654130 B2 19970917; JP H01193679 A 19890803

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88310140 A 19881028; DE 3884905 T 19881028; JP 27433988 A 19881028