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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 12396621 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021

Frame processing of imaging scope data for user interface presentation

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

George E. Duckett, Iii, Castaic, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Jason H. Vick

Amped IP LLC

Primary Examiner:

Yi-Shan Yang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0004 (2022.02); A61B 1/00043 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/044 (2022.02); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); A61B 1/000096 (2022.02); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10064 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01);
Abstract

Improved medical scope devices and systems are provided to with two imaging modes and user interface features based on the imaging modes. A medical scope has a shaft with a light emitter at the distal tip providing illumination light and an optical assembly including a wide-angle lens element. A processor controls a display to show an adjustable region of interest (ROI) smaller than a field of view of the image sensor. Responsive to designated conditions, a frame is selected for diagnostic image processing to determine whether a feature of interest (FOI) is present in the frame. Responsive to an FOI being present in the frame but outside the ROI, a notification is created on the electronic display.

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