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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:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Lietz, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Eric Hale, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:

KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/47 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00011 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating video scopes using graphics processing unit (GPU) resources of a virtual camera control unit (CCU) server connected to a network includes determining an available amount of GPU resources; providing a primary scope to connect to the network, the primary scope including a primary scope setting adjustable within a range from a minimum level that requires a minimum amount of GPU resources to a maximum level that requires a maximum amount of GPU resources; configuring the primary scope setting to a primary scope first level; determining a first desired amount of GPU resources based on the primary scope first level; and comparing the first desired amount of GPU resources with the available amount of GPU resources.


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