Ultrasound system for providing an ultrasound image optimized for posture of a user

摘要

Embodiments of an ultrasound system for detecting a posture of a user and providing an optimal ultrasound image for the posture of the user are disclosed. The ultrasound system includes a display unit including a sensing unit installed in one side of a monitor. The sensing unit detects a position of a user, a distance between the user and the monitor, a height of the user with respect to the monitor and a viewing angle of the user toward the monitor to thereby form and output sensing signals corresponding thereto. The ultrasound system further includes a processing unit coupled to the sensing unit. The processing unit forms the ultrasound image by using ultrasound data and performs optimal image processing for the posture of the user upon the ultrasound image based on the sensing signals.

主权项

1. An ultrasound system, comprising:
an ultrasound data acquisition unit including an ultrasound probe and being configured to transmit ultrasound signals to a target object and receive ultrasound echo signals reflected from the target object to thereby acquire initial ultrasound data; a display unit including a monitor and being configured to display an ultrasound image; a driving unit configured to move the monitor in a three-dimensional direction within a movable range; sensors installed on one side of the monitor and being configured to detect at least one of a position of a user, a distance between the user and the monitor, a height of the user with respect to the monitor, and a viewing angle of the user toward the monitor, to thereby form and output sensing signals corresponding thereto; and a processor coupled to the ultrasound data acquisition unit and the sensors, the processor being configured to control the display unit to display an ultrasound image optimized for a position of the user based on the sensing signals and the movable range, wherein the processor is further configured to:
compute a moving range, which is a range within which the monitor is moved to face the user's full face, based on the sensing signals and optimal posture information,compare the moving range with the movable range and, if it is determined that the moving range exceeds the movable range, move the monitor as widely as the movable range by driving the driving unit,perform optimal image processing upon the ultrasound image based on a first differential value between the moving range and the movable range after moving the monitor as widely as the movable range by driving the driving unit, and to magnify/downscale the ultrasound image vertically or horizontally, or tilt/extend the ultrasound image toward the user, in proportion to a second differential value between the viewing angle and an optimal viewing angle, andcompare the moving range with the movable range and, if it is determined that the moving range falls within the movable range, move the monitor as widely as the moving range by driving the driving unit.