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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amy E. Kerdok, San Jose, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Weston, FL (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/122 (2018.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/122 (2018.05); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system processes images of a plurality of objects which have been captured by an image capture device for display. Normal processing of the images is modified as either a function of a depth corresponding to one or more of the plurality of objects appearing in the captured images relative to the image capture device or as a function of the depth and one or more image characteristics extracted from the captured images. A depth threshold may be used to avoid inadvertent modifications due to noise.