Patent ID: 11903772
Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising:
an ultrasonic diagnostic device operated by an examiner, the ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising
a probe that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves,
a first display device that displays an ultrasonic image based on the ultrasonic waves that are received via the probe, and
a first communication unit that transmits image data for the ultrasonic image; and

a remote device that is at a remote site and is connected to the ultrasonic diagnostic device via a communication line and operated by an advisor who gives advice to the examiner, the remote device at the remote site comprising
a second communication unit that receives the image data transmitted from the first communication unit of the ultrasonic diagnostic device,
a second display device that displays the ultrasonic image based on the received image data,
a remote camera that is at the remote site and obtains advisor image data corresponding to an advisor image of the advisor, the advisor image data from the remote camera being transmitted from the second communication unit of the remote device to the first communication unit of the ultrasonic diagnostic device,
a microphone that converts a voice of the advisor to an audio signal, and
a conversion unit that is provided in the remote device and that converts the audio signal to an advice character string, the advice character string being text data converted from the audio signal representing the voice of the advisor,

wherein data indicating the advice character string is transmitted from the second communication unit of the remote device to the first communication unit of the ultrasonic diagnostic device,
wherein the advice character string corresponding to advice from the advisor is displayed along with the advisor image of the advisor on the first display device of the ultrasonic diagnostic device while ultrasonic examination is being performed by the examiner,
wherein the ultrasonic diagnostic device further includes
a plurality of response elements to be selected by the examiner, the plurality of response elements being physical buttons or virtual buttons displayed on the first display device, and
a response table including a plurality of pieces of response information corresponding to the plurality of response elements,

wherein response information selected from the plurality of pieces of response information according to a response element selected from the plurality of response elements is transmitted from the first communication unit to the second communication unit, and
wherein a response character string corresponding to a response from the examiner is displayed on the second display device based on the response information.