Inventor
William Thomas Hatfield
Inventor
Schenectady, NY, US
Overview
Patents· 27 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G01Sprimary
G01SRadio direction-finding26%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests22%
A61BDiagnosis18%
G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them8%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general7%
B61LGuiding railway traffic3%
G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties3%
G06FElectric digital data processing3%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication3%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification3%
PatentTitleYear
7,098,774'Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling warning systems'20067,053,784'System and method for monitoring alignment of a signal lamp'20066,789,427'Phased array ultrasonic inspection method for industrial applications'20046,413,219'Three-dimensional ultrasound data display using multiple cut planes'20026,306,092'Method and apparatus for calibrating rotational offsets in ultrasound transducer scans'20016,186,949'Method and apparatus for three-dimensional flow imaging using coded excitation'20016,155,978'Three-dimensional imaging by projecting morphologically filtered pixel data'20006,126,603'Method and apparatus for segmenting color flow mode data using velocity information in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging'20006,106,470'Method and appartus for calculating distance between ultrasound images using sum of absolute differences'20006,102,864'Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of velocity and power data using average or median pixel projections'20006,102,861'Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using surface-enhanced volume rendering'20006,102,858'Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using contrast agents and harmonic echoes'20006,048,311'Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging using adaptive gray mapping'20006,048,312'Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of biopsy needle'20006,012,458'Method and apparatus for tracking scan plane motion in free-hand three-dimensional ultrasound scanning using adaptive speckle correlation'20005,954,653'Method and apparatus for automatically enhancing contrast in projected ultrasound image'19995,934,288'Method and apparatus for displaying 3D ultrasound data using three modes of operation'19995,920,830'Methods and apparatus for generating test vectors and validating ASIC designs'19995,904,653'Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging combining intensity data with color flow velocity or power data'19995,899,863'Method and apparatus for segmenting B-mode intensity data using doppler shift data in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging'19995,865,750'Method and apparatus for enhancing segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging'19995,853,367'Task-interface and communications system and method for ultrasound imager control'19985,840,032'Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using transducer array having uniform elevation beamwidth'19985,779,641'Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging by projecting filtered pixel data'19985,257,178'Method of optimally operating a computer numerical control milling machine to mill optimal high density interconnect substrates'19934,737,953'Local area network bridge'19884,715,030'Local area network bridge'1987Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1987–2006Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (24)· patent assignee history
1987–2006Based in Schenectady, NY, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| GEN ELECTRIC | 24 | 1987–2006 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Schenectady, New York, US | 27 | 1987–2006 |