Inventors:
- Cupertino CA, US
Gregory T. Minteer - Indian Harbour Beach FL, US
Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost - San Francisco CA, US
Dale Setlak - Merritt Island FL, US
Marcus C. Yip - San Carlos CA, US
Ehsan Khajeh - Los Gatos CA, US
Aaron S. Tucker - Redwood City CA, US
Andrew W. Joyce - San Jose CA, US
Brian M. King - Saratoga CA, US
Giovanni Gozzini - Berkeley CA, US
Jason S. Griesbach - Sausalito CA, US
International Classification:
G01S 7/52
G01S 15/89
G10K 11/34
Abstract:
An acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic imaging medium to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as PVDF. The array is coupled to the acoustic imaging medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.