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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2017
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Andreas Heni, Fridingen, DE;
Markus Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Daniel Ulmschneider, Nendingen, DE;
Lawrence Natusch, Tuttlingen, DE;
George E. Duckett, III, Castaic, CA (US);
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
An imaging system includes an imaging scope, a controller, a camera, and a processor. The imaging scope is selectively rotatable about a longitudinal axis relative to a horizon plane. The imaging scope has at least three optical channels, each including a respective objective that captures light. The objectives are positioned such that respective viewing direction axes of the optical channels extend at least substantially parallel to one another. The controller activates a pair of optical channels that is at least as parallel relative to the horizon plane as any other pair of optical channels. The camera generates a first image representative of light captured by a first optical channel of the activated pair of optical channels, and a second image representative of light captured by a second optical channel of the activated pair of optical channels. The processor generates a 3D image using the first and second images.