US 11,806,192 B2
Guiding system and guiding method for ultrasound scanning operation
Chien-Ju Li, Hsinchu County (TW); Peng-Zhi Sun, Hsinchu (TW); Yi-Jung Wang, Hsinchu County (TW); and Brian Hsu, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,373.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,955, filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 110122601 (TW), filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175347 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/46 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01); A61B 8/44 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guiding system for ultrasound scanning operation, comprising:
a handheld electronic device, located at a guiding end;
a display device, located at the guiding end;
a handheld ultrasound scanner, located at an operating end;
an information output hardware, located at the operating end;
and a control host, communicatively connected between the guiding end and the operating end, wherein when the handheld electronic device generates a first physical motion, the control host generates navigation prompting information,
the information output hardware is configured to present the navigation prompting information to guide the handheld ultrasound scanner to move to generate a second physical motion, and the control host captures an ultrasound image via the handheld ultrasound scanner and sends the ultrasound image to the display device at the guiding end for display,
wherein the handheld electronic device comprises:
a main body;
a sensor;
and a soft material layer, disposed on the main body,
wherein the sensor is configured to sense a first inertial measurement signal reflecting that the main body is pressing the soft material layer causing the soft material layer to be deformed and the main body sends the first inertial measurement signal to the control host according to the first physical motion of the handheld electronic device to reflect that the first physical motion contains the main body pressing the soft material layer
and the navigation prompting information is generated according to the first inertial measurement signal.