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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/74 (2017.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 2090/363 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical imaging system comprising circuitry configured to accentuate an image characteristic of an area in captured images; identify the change of the image characteristic in the area; and identify the position of a physiological feature relative to the surgical device on the basis of the change in the image characteristic.