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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JP;
Itaru Kitahara, Tsukuba, JP;
Tatsuya Oda, Tsukuba, JP;
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JP;
Abstract
An imaging lighting instrument for an operation is disposed in a space between an operator's head and a patient, thereby configuring a multi-viewpoint video capturing device for a surgical operation in which blocking of a light by the operator's head or body and appearance of the head in a video are avoided. The imaging lighting instrument includes a plurality of cameras and a plurality of lights attached to a hollow ring-shaped or arc-shaped housing made of a wire member of a finite length, which is devised so as not to interfere with the visual field or work of the operator. Furthermore, the multi-viewpoint video capturing device is configured to have a function of estimating the context of the plurality of cameras and make it possible to perform operation support/recording of a direct-view surgical operation by using a multi-viewpoint video by adding a video information processing function for selecting a camera video in which an operators' hand or surgical instruments less appear in an image.