US 11,813,115 B2
Portable ultrasound apparatus, portable ultrasound system and diagnosing method using ultrasound
Gil-ju Jin, Gangwon-do (KR); Mi-jeoung Ahn, Gangwon-do (KR); and Hyoung-jin Kim, Gangwon-do (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/021,269.
Application 17/021,269 is a continuation of application No. 14/060,282, filed on Oct. 22, 2013, granted, now 10,799,212.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0036438 (KR), filed on Apr. 3, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0405262 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4427 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/464 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for displaying an ultrasound image using a portable ultrasound displaying apparatus comprising at least two probes having respective specifications different from each other, the method comprising:
sensing a physical status or an electrical status of the at least two probes with respect to an object;
recognizing one of the at least two probes as a currently-activated probe based on a sensing result of the physical status or the electrical status;
transmitting ultrasound signals to the object and receiving echo signals corresponding to the ultrasound signals using the recognized probe;
generating the ultrasound image based on the echo signals; and
displaying the ultrasound image on at least one display unit,
wherein the currently-activated probe is a probe that faces in a downward direction or a probe that directly contacts the object.