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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventor:
Michael Dominik Steiner, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2011.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2013.01); G02B 23/2461 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopic camera system having a camera that captures and outputs an image; a camera controller coupled to the camera; a user input device coupled to the camera or the camera controller, wherein the user input device is usable to select a region of interest in the image, the region of interest being a sub-part of the image; and wherein the camera controller: computes a measured luminance value for the region of interest; and adjusts an exposure in response to a comparison of the measured luminance value with a target luminance value.