Patent ID: 9530398
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B06B,F04C,G01S,G10K

Claim Text:
1. A method of adaptively scheduling ultrasound device actions comprising: selecting by an electronic circuit included in an adaptive scheduler a next task in a task list, wherein the task list includes a plurality of tasks scheduled to be performed by an ultrasound system, wherein each of the tasks includes a plurality of task actions that is used by an adaptive scheduler for adaptive scheduling, wherein the plurality of task actions include a plurality of parallel ultrasound task actions, wherein at least one of the ultrasound task actions include a timed beam firing sequence, wherein the plurality of task actions are associated with the at least one probe unit; adaptively modifying by the electronic circuit the task list based on signals received from an input device or from a receiver, wherein adaptively modifying the task list includes: signaling by the electronic circuit to a beam associated with the task action to start and perform the task action upon determination that the next task action can start.