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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
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 system for operating surgical imaging devices using configurable processing resources of a virtual camera control unit connected to a network includes an allocation manager for allocating processing resources, a primary imaging device, a secondary imaging device, a feature module, and a load balance module. The load balance module adjusts one or more settings of one or more features of the primary and secondary imaging devices based on the available processing resources and the desired settings of the one or more features.