Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of operating the same

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• a wireless communicator;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• control the wireless communicator to connect with each of a plurality of different wireless ultrasound probes by using a wireless communication method,
• detect a wireless ultrasound probe being selected by a user, from among the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes, and
• control the wireless communicator to transmit, to the detected wireless ultrasound probe, an activation signal and a beamforming control signal for controlling a beamformer included in the detected wireless ultrasound probe.

A method of operating an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising at least one wired ultrasound probe and at least one wireless ultrasound probe, the method comprising:

• connecting the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus with the at least one wireless ultrasound probe by using a wireless communication method;
• detecting an ultrasound probe being selected by a user to examine an object, from among the at least one wired ultrasound probe and the at least one wireless ultrasound probe;
• and
• activating the detected ultrasound probe,
• wherein the activating of the detected ultrasound probe comprises:
• detecting a first wired ultrasound probe being selected, from among the at least one wired ultrasound probe;
• and
• controlling a probe switching assembly included in the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus to activate the first wired ultrasound probe,
• wherein the activating of the detected ultrasound probe comprises deactivating an operating of the probe switching assembly when the ultrasound probe detected as being selected by the user is a wireless ultrasound probe from among the at least one wireless ultrasound probe.

A method of operating an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising a plurality of wireless ultrasound probes, the method comprising:

• connecting the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus with each of the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes by using a wireless communication method;
• detecting a wireless ultrasound probe being selected by a user, from among the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes;
• transmitting an activation signal to the detected wireless ultrasound probe;
• and
• transmitting, to the detected wireless ultrasound probe, a beamforming control signal for controlling a beamformer included in the wireless ultrasound probe detected as being selected.