Systems and methods for activating transducers

摘要

Transducer-based systems and methods may be configured to display a graphical representation of a transducer-based device, the graphical representation including graphical elements corresponding to transducers of the transducer-based device, and also including between graphical elements respectively associated with a set of the transducers and respectively associated with a region of space between the transducers of the transducer-based device. Selection of graphical elements and/or between graphical elements can cause activation of the set of transducers associated with the selected elements. Transducer activation characteristics, such as initiation time, activation duration, activation sequence, and energy delivery characteristics, can vary based on numerous factors. Visual characteristics of graphical elements and between graphical elements can change based on an activation-status of the corresponding transducers. Activation requests for a set of transducers can be denied if it is determined that a transducer in the set of transducers is unacceptable for activation.

主权项

1. A transducer-activation system comprising:
a data processing device system; an input-output device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system; and a memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system and storing a program executable by the data processing device system, the program comprising: reception instructions configured to cause reception of a selection from the input-output device system of at least some of a plurality of transducers of a transducer-based device, the plurality of transducers arranged in a distribution, the distribution positionable in a bodily cavity; generation instructions configured to, in response to receiving at least part of the selection, cause generation of a plurality of transducer sets from the at least some of the plurality of transducers, the plurality of transducer sets comprising at least a first transducer set and one or more other transducer sets, the first transducer set comprising at least a first transducer of the at least some of the plurality of transducers and a second transducer of the at least some of the plurality of transducers, each of the one or more other transducer sets comprising the first transducer, the second transducer, or both the first transducer and the second transducer, wherein the first transducer is included in the one or more other transducer sets, wherein the second transducer is included in the one or more other transducer sets, and wherein each of at least one of the plurality of transducer sets includes a different transducer than each of at least one other set of the plurality of transducer sets; and activation instructions configured to, in response to receiving at least part of the selection, cause activation of each respective transducer set of the plurality of transducer sets, the activation of each respective transducer set of the plurality of transducer sets comprising the activation of each respective transducer in the respective transducer set, wherein the activation instructions are configured to cause the activation of each respective transducer in each respective transducer set of the plurality of transducer sets to begin at a different time than the activation of each respective transducer in another respective transducer set of the plurality of transducer sets, and wherein the activation instructions are configured to cause a delay of the activation of each respective transducer in the first transducer set with respect to a start of the activation of each respective transducer in each of the one or more other transducer sets.