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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Robert Kagermeier, Nuremberg, DE;
Gerben Ten Cate, Forchheim, DE;
Asa MacWilliams, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method is for controlling an imaging device including at least one component, movable according to an operator input via a smart device including at least one smart device sensor. The method includes recording, via the at least one smart device sensor, sensor data defining at least one of movement and position of the smart device in a space of the imaging device where the smart device is situated; determining, from the sensor data recorded, position data defining the position and an orientation of the smart device relative to the at least one component, and/or movement data defining a movement relative to the at least one component; and evaluating the at least one of position data and movement data to select at least one of the at least one component, and/or determine an operator input in relation to at least one of the at least one component.