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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Avraham Caspi, Rehovot, IL;

Francesco Merlini, Lausanne, CH;

Arup Roy, Valencia, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1171 (2016.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); A61B 5/1176 (2013.01); A61N 1/36046 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/4671 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is a method of processing a video image in an electronic video processor including the steps of receiving an input image having an input field of view, generating a processed image from the input image, and having an output field of view smaller than the input field of view, searching for a predetermined pattern within the input image, providing an indication when the predetermined pattern is found in the input image, and zooming the processed image to the input field of view and highlighting the predetermined pattern in the processed image in response to the indication.


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