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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2024
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Govinda Payyavula, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simon P. Dimaio, San Carlos, CA (US);
John William Henrie, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brandon D. Itkowitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony M. Jarc, Johns Creek, GA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A teleoperational system comprises a teleoperational control system and a teleoperational manipulator configured for operating an instrument in an environment. The teleoperational system also comprises an operator controller in communication with the teleoperational control system. The teleoperational control system includes a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to determine whether an operator of the operator controller has a head portion directed toward a display region of a display device and based on a determination that the operator's head portion is directed toward the display region, initiate an operator following mode in which movement of the operator controller provides a corresponding movement to the teleoperational manipulator. The teleoperational system may be a teleoperational medical system.