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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2019
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Chunman Fan, Tuttlingen, DE;
Johannes Fallert, Tuttlingen, DE;
Yaokun Zhang, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thorsten Ahrens, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sebastian Wagner, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A system for holding an image display apparatus () for displaying an image captured by means of an image capturing apparatus () comprises a movable holding apparatus () for an alterable hold of the image display apparatus (), a controllable drive device () for moving the holding apparatus (), comprising a control signal input () for receiving a control signal, and a controller () comprising a signal input () for receiving a signal that represents an orientation or a change in the orientation of the viewing direction () of the image capturing apparatus () in space or that facilitates a determination of the orientation or the change in the orientation of the viewing direction () of the image capturing apparatus (), and comprising a control signal output (), couplable to the control signal input () of the controllable drive device (), for providing a control signal for controlling the controllable drive device (). The controller () is embodied and provided to control the controllable drive device () in such a way that, within a predetermined range of possible orientations of the viewing direction () of the image capturing apparatus () in space, the orientation of the image display apparatus () in space is a predetermined function of the orientation of the viewing direction () of the image capturing apparatus () in space.