{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11260247","patent":{"patent_number":"US-11260247","title":"Passive ultrasound imaging with sparse transducer arrays","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2013-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["A61N","A61B","A61B","G01S","G01S","A61N"],"num_claims":18,"abstract":"A passive compression wave imaging system comprises an array of sensor elements arranged in a sparse array and a processor arranged to: store a plurality of samples of the output from each of the sensor elements over a sample period; derive from the stored samples a value for each of a set of image pixels; wherein for each of the image pixels the processing means is arranged to: define a plurality of different sets of weights for the elements of the sparse array; calculate a component of a pixel value from each of the sets of weights and the stored samples; and sum the components of the pixel value to produce a final pixel value."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Passive ultrasound imaging with sparse transducer arrays","description":"A passive compression wave imaging system comprises an array of sensor elements arranged in a sparse array and a processor arranged to: store a plurality of samples of the output from each of the sens","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11260247","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11260247","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Passive ultrasound imaging with sparse transducer arrays\" (US-11260247). https://patentable.app/patents/US-11260247","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11260247","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-11260247","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T07:35:10.104Z"}