US 11,857,371 B2
Ultrasound method and apparatus for processing ultrasound image to obtain measurement information of an object in the ultrasound image
Seung-ju Lee, Gangwon-do (KR); and Yoon-woo Jun, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON CO. LTD., Gangwon-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,501.
Application 17/314,501 is a continuation of application No. 14/739,734, filed on Jun. 15, 2015, granted, now 11,000,261.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0174277 (KR), filed on Dec. 5, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267575 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 8/467 (2013.01) [A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/46 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/5292 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. An ultrasound apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display, on an ultrasound image, a measuring device image, wherein the measuring device image comprises:
a first adjusting portion and a second adjusting portion, on which a first touch input and a second touch input are received, respectively; and
a first measuring point and a second measuring point which indicate points on the ultrasound image that are to be measured, the first measuring point being spaced apart from the first adjusting portion, the second measuring point being spaced apart from the second adjusting portion;
a user input unit, comprising a touch panel, configured to receive the first touch input and the second touch input for changing positions of the first adjusting portion and the second adjusting portion, respectively;
a controller, comprising an image processor, configured to:
concurrently display the first measuring point and the second measuring point,
adjust a position of the first measuring point upon receiving the first touch input for changing the position of the first adjusting portion,
adjust a position of the second measuring point upon receiving the second touch input for changing the position of the second adjusting portion, and
obtain a measurement value based on the adjusted positions of the first measuring point and the second measuring point,
wherein, in an event where the first touch input for rotating the position of the first adjusting portion is received, the position of the second measuring point is fixed so that the position of the first measuring point rotates based on the second measuring point.