Patent ID: 11892542
Assignee: YOR LABS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of generating an image from a phased array, the method comprising:
receiving signals from each of a plurality of sensors in a phased array, the plurality of sensors generating the signals in response to receiving an echo of transmitted ultrasound signals;
for each of the received signals, pairing a signal received by a first sensor in the phased array with a signal received by a second sensor, located adjacent to the first sensor in the phased array, to form a first set of paired signals, each of the paired signals in the first set of paired signals having angular resolution information of an object;
hierarchically combining paired signals to form additional sets of paired signals and determining refined angular resolution information of the additional sets of paired signals, wherein hierarchically combining paired signals includes forming a second set of paired signals by pairing each of the paired signals in the first set of paired signals with another of the paired signals in the first set of paired signals, the refined angular resolution information of each of the paired signals in the second set of paired signals determined from the angular information of resolution of each paired signal in the first set of paired signals used to form the corresponding second paired signals in the second set of paired signals;
continuing to hierarchically combine paired signals until the refined angular information of resolution of the paired signals has been converted to angular information of resolution at an Abbe limit; and
forming an image using the hierarchically combined paired signals.