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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
May. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ian E. McDowall, Woodside, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); G03B 15/03 (2021.01); G03B 15/14 (2021.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 13/257 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 5/0013 (2013.01); G03B 15/03 (2013.01); G03B 15/14 (2013.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); A61B 2090/304 (2016.02); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 2090/373 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 13/257 (2018.05);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes receiving images of a site captured at a same time by a camera, generating, based one or more of the images, a monochromatic image, generating, based on one or more of the images, an alternate image representative of an alternate imaging characteristic of the site, and displaying the displaying the monochromatic image combined with the alternate image, the alternate image being highlighted relative to the monochromatic image.