US 9,435,881 B2 · Object information acquisition apparatus, display method, and storage medium

Abstract

An object information acquisition apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of conversion elements configured to receive waves reflected at each position inside an object, and convert the reflected waves into a plurality of received signals, a fixed signal processing unit configured to apply addition with a predetermined weight to the plurality of received signals to acquire first distribution information, an adaptive signal processing unit configured to apply adaptive signal processing to the plurality of received signals to acquire second distribution information, and a display control unit configured to input the first distribution information and the second distribution information, and output image information to a display unit, wherein the display control unit outputs image information for displaying in parallel in the same screen an image of the first distribution information, an image of the second distribution information or a combined image of the first and second distribution information.

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Dependent claims

An object information acquisition apparatus comprising:

a plurality of conversion elements configured to transmit elastic waves to an object, receive waves reflected at each position inside the object, and convert the reflected waves into a plurality of received signals;
a fixed signal processing unit configured to apply addition with a predetermined weight to the plurality of received signals to acquire first distribution information;
an adaptive signal processing unit configured to apply adaptive signal processing to the plurality of received signals with a weight which adaptively changes according to the received signals to acquire second distribution information;
and
a display control unit configured to input the first distribution information and the second distribution information, and output image information to a display unit,
wherein the display control unit outputs image information for displaying in parallel in the same screen an image of the first distribution information, and an image of the second distribution information or a combined image of the first and second distribution information.

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A display method for displaying an image on a display unit by using distribution information acquired by an object information acquisition apparatus, wherein the acquired distribution information includes:

first distribution information acquired by applying addition with a predetermined weight to a plurality of received signals obtained by transmitting elastic waves to an object and receiving reflected waves reflected by the object, and
second distribution information acquired by applying to the plurality of received signals adaptive signal processing with a weight which adaptively changes according to the received signals,
wherein the image of the first distribution information, and the image of the second distribution information or the combined image of the first and second distribution information are displayed in parallel in the same screen.

first distribution information acquired by applying addition with a predetermined weight to a plurality of received signals obtained by transmitting elastic waves to an object and receiving reflected waves reflected by the object, and
second distribution information acquired by applying to the plurality of received signals adaptive signal processing with a weight which adaptively changes according to the received signals,
wherein the method includes displaying in parallel in the same screen, in a case where an instruction of parallel display is input, an image of the first distribution information, and the image of the second distribution information or a combined image of the first and second distribution information.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Object information acquisition apparatus, display method, and storage medium

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