1. A connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes comprising:
a base, a bracket fixed on the base;
a lock buckle fixed on a door of the fingerprint safekeeping box;
a lock cam having a latch portion, an engaging bulge, a lock groove and a lock cam pivot, the lock cam being connected with the bracket in rotary connection;
a biasing means deposited on the lock cam pivot for providing a continuing turn force to the lock cam;
a lock bar having a biasing force embedding in the lock groove for locking the lock cam without turn;
an actuator device constituted by crank shaft and connecting rod, the lock bar being connected with the connecting rod in rotary connection;
an electric motor fixed on the base and being connected with the crank shaft;
When closing the fingerprint safekeeping boxes the lock buckle pushes the engaging bulge to force the lock turn, then the latch portion of the lock cam inserts into the lock buckle to lock the door, the lock bar embeds into the rock grove to lock the lock cam without turn; when opening the door, the motor drives the crankshaft turn to pull the connecting rod, which in turn pulls the lock bar out off the lock groove of the lock cam, then the biasing means forces the lock cam turn to let the latch portion leaving from the lock buckle, thereafter, the door is opened.
2. The connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes of claim 1, wherein the actuator device is constituted by a flywheel having a biasing pivot and a connecting rod with a through slot connected with the biasing pivot in rotary connection, the lock bar inserts into the through slot of the connecting rod.
3. The connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes of claim 1, wherein the biasing means is a torsion spring, which is disposed on the lock cam pivot, one end of the torsion spring is against a pin fixed on the body of the lock cam, another end is against the lock bar.
4. The connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes of claim 1, wherein the lock bar is a torsion spring which is disposed on a lock bar pivot fixed on the base, one end of the torsion spring inserts into the through slot of the connecting rod, another end is fixed with the bracket.
5. The connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes of claim 1, wherein the lock buckle has n shape.
6. The connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes of claim 1, wherein the motor is controlled by an electrical control system being secured by personal fingerprint.
7. The connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes of claim 2, wherein when the motor is turned in step, the end of the slop of the connecting slot first leaves the rock bar, then returns and moves to the rock bar rapidly, finally strikes the rock bar out off the lock groove, thereby a small power motor can be used for the assembly.
8. The connecting rod style lock assembly for fingerprint safekeeping boxes of claim 1, wherein The motor 1 is controlled by an electrical controlling system secured by fingerprint, after passing a test of fingerprint, the electrical system issues a step moving signal to the motor, then the motor turns a circuit then stop.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
an ultrasound probe configured to transmit ultrasonic waves into a subject and receive ultrasonic echoes generated by reflection of the ultrasonic waves from the subject, the ultrasound probe including a signal processor for processing reception signals based on the ultrasonic echoes; and
a diagnostic apparatus body configured to generate ultrasound images in accordance with the reception signals processed in the signal processor of said ultrasound probe and set a region of interest which is spaced apart from said ultrasound probe,
wherein said ultrasound probe is configured to perform a plurality of types of ultrasound transmission and reception in mutually different directions of ultrasound transmission and reception and said diagnostic apparatus body is configured to combine ultrasound images based on each of the plurality of types of ultrasound transmission and reception, and
wherein, upon production of the composite ultrasound image in said diagnostic apparatus body, said ultrasound probe is configured to control drive of said signal processor so that a depth of at least one of said ultrasound images to be combined is changed according to the region of interest.
2. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, upon the production of the composite ultrasound image in said diagnostic apparatus body, said ultrasound probe performs ultrasound transmission and reception for obtaining a main image as an ultrasound image in a preset predetermined output region by one of said plurality of types of ultrasound transmission and reception.
3. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, upon change of a reception depth of at least one image of said ultrasound images to be combined in accordance with the region of interest, said ultrasound probe does not perform ultrasound scanning in a region of said at least one image having the changed reception depth where said at least one image and said main image do not overlap each other.
4. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprises a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature at a predetermined position inside said ultrasound probe, and
wherein, upon the production of the composite ultrasound image in said diagnostic apparatus body, said ultrasound probe changes conditions of the ultrasound transmission and reception so as to change an image quality of an ultrasound image to be combined with said main image in accordance with a temperature measurement result obtained with said temperature sensor.
5. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said temperature sensor measures the temperature of said signal processor.
6. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasonic waves in identical directions for a last ultrasound image of one composite ultrasound image in temporally consecutive composite ultrasound images and a first ultrasound image of its subsequent composite ultrasound image.
7. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
an ultrasound probe configured to transmit ultrasonic waves into a subject and receive ultrasonic echoes generated by reflection of the ultrasonic waves from the subject, the ultrasound probe including a signal processor for processing reception signals based on the ultrasonic echoes;
a diagnostic apparatus body configured to generate ultrasound images in accordance with the reception signals processed in the signal processor of said ultrasound probe;
an acoustic coupler detachably attached to said ultrasound probe so as to cover an ultrasound transmission and reception surface of said ultrasound probe; and
a detector provided in at least one of said ultrasound probe and said diagnostic apparatus body to detect that said acoustic coupler is attached to said ultrasound probe,
wherein said ultrasound probe is configured to perform a plurality of types of ultrasound transmission and reception in mutually different directions of ultrasound transmission and reception and said diagnostic apparatus body is configured to combine ultrasound images based on each of the plurality of types of ultrasound transmission and reception, and
wherein, upon production of the composite ultrasound image in said diagnostic apparatus body, said ultrasound probe control drive of said signal processor so that a depth of at least one of said ultrasound images to be combined is changed upon detection of attachment of the acoustic coupler to said ultrasound probe made by said detector.
8. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, upon the detection of the attachment of the acoustic coupler to said ultrasound probe made by said detector, said ultrasound probe increases the depth of at least one of said ultrasound images to be combined.
9. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, upon the production of the composite ultrasound image in said diagnostic apparatus body, said ultrasound probe performs ultrasound transmission and reception for obtaining a main image as an ultrasound image in a preset predetermined output region by one of said plurality of types of ultrasound transmission and reception.
10. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, upon the detection of the attachment of the acoustic coupler to said ultrasound probe made by said detector, said ultrasound probe does not process the reception signals in said signal processor as for a depth region corresponding to the acoustic coupler in at least one of said ultrasound images to be combined.
11. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, upon the detection of the attachment of the acoustic coupler to said ultrasound probe made by said detector, said ultrasound probe does not process the reception signals in said signal processor as for the depth region corresponding to said acoustic coupler in all of said ultrasound images for use in producing said composite ultrasound image.
12. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, upon the detection of the attachment of the acoustic coupler to said ultrasound probe made by said detector, said ultrasound probe does not perform ultrasound scanning of regions of other ultrasound images than said main image where the other ultrasound images and the main image do not overlap each other.
13. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 7, which includes a proximity mode for combining said ultrasound images in a predetermined depth region on a subject skin surface side.
14. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, upon the detection of the attachment of the acoustic coupler to said ultrasound probe made by said detector, said ultrasound probe sets the depth of the at least one of said ultrasound images to be combined as a predetermined depth deeper than in said predetermined depth region in said proximity mode.