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US 11,759,182 B2Granted
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method of reducing power consumption
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsNobuyuki Nakauchi, Yoshitaka Watanabe, Shigeru Akiyama, Taketoshi Nagai, Jaeho Choi, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes at least one circuitry, and control circuitry. The at least one circuitry is used for an ultrasound scan. The control circuitry is configured to reset the at least one circuitry upon receipt of a stop instruction to stop the ultrasound scan and to stop supply of a clock to the at least one circuitry.
Claims4
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a memory that stores a parameter necessary for starting an ultrasound scan;
- at least one circuitry used for the ultrasound scan;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- reset the at least one circuitry upon receipt of a stop instruction to stop the ultrasound scan;
- stop supply of a clock to the at least one circuitry;
- restart the supply of the clock to the at least one circuitry upon receipt of a start instruction to start the ultrasound scan when the at least one circuitry is in a reset state;
- cancel the reset of the at least one circuitry after restarting the supply of the clock;
- read the parameter stored in the memory;
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- set the read parameter for the at least one circuitry without accessing a host computer,
- wherein resetting the at least one circuitry comprises fixing at least one switching element included in the at least one circuitry in a predetermined initial state, and
- canceling the reset of the at least one circuitry comprises ending the fixed predetermined initial state so that the at least one switching element is changeable.
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A method of reducing power consumption, the method comprising:
- storing a parameter necessary for starting an ultrasound scan;
- resetting at least one circuitry used for the ultrasound scan upon receipt of a stop instruction to stop an ultrasound scan;
- stopping the supply of a clock to the at least one circuitry;
- restarting the supply of the clock to the at least one circuitry upon receipt of a start instruction to start the ultrasound scan when the at least one circuitry is in a reset state;
- canceling the reset of the at least one circuitry after restarting the supply of the clock;
- reading the parameter stored in the memory;
- and
- setting the read parameter for the at least one circuitry without accessing a host computer,
- wherein resetting the at least one circuitry comprises fixing at least one switching element included in the at least one circuitry in a predetermined initial state, and
- canceling the reset of the at least one circuitry comprises ending the fixed predetermined initial state so that the at least one switching element is changeable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.