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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12167837 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024

Filed:

May. 16, 2023

Endoscopic video imaging system with automatic reorientation

Applicant:

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Inventor:

Eric L Hale, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:

KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorneys:

David N. Villalpando

Jacqueline Cohen

Primary Examiner:

Luis Perez-Fuentes

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/009 (2022.02); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/0655 (2022.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); A61B 1/00174 (2013.01); A61B 1/00179 (2013.01); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01);
Abstract

A video imaging system is provided. The video imaging system is configured to maintain a video image displayed on a display unit in a predetermined orientation based upon a use. The video imaging system includes an endoscope, a camera head unit, a camera control unit configured to determine a focal distance, and a display control unit. The display control unit is configured to process the focal distance to determine a use. The use is processed by the display control unit so as to maintain the video image in the predetermined orientation. The contextual information may be focal distance, image data or endoscopic orientation.

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