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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Xiaojing Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ko-Kai Albert Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ming-Chang Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02);
Abstract
Implementations generally relate to determining the position of a tool tip of a surgical instrument and the orientation of the surgical instrument. In some implementations, a method includes receiving at least one image frame of a plurality of image frames. The method further includes detecting a surgical tool in the at least one image frame. The method further includes determining a position of a tip of the surgical tool. The method further includes determining an orientation of the surgical tool.