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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey DiCarlo, Austin, TX (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Geoff Richmond, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/47 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 5/2352 (2013.01); H04N 9/04 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Non-white light from an endoscope () of a teleoperated surgical system () is used to illuminate a surgical site (). A camera (L) captures an image of the surgical site, and the image is displayed on a monitor (). The non-white light illumination minimizes noise in the images of the surgical site presented on the monitor relative to images captured using white light illumination and displayed on the monitor.