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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2018
Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;
Sebastian Stopp, Munich, DE;
Johannes Manus, Munich, DE;
Brainlab AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The present application relates to an optical observation device which is controlled in a sterility preserving manner, and to a corresponding controlling program and/or program storage medium. The optical observation device includes a main structure having at least one optical camera, a motorized support for positioning the main structure, and a control unit that receives a sequence of images from the at least one optical camera, searches a current image from the sequence of images for a trackable object, tracks the trackable object shown in the sequence of images subsequent to the current image, and controls the motorized support structure.