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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Randal P. Goldberg, San Mateo, CA (US);
Matthew Cavalier, San Jose, CA (US);
Cedric Schwab, San Jose, CA (US);
Pushkar Hingwe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Lawton N. Verner, Saratoga, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Implementations relate to detection and mitigation of potential collisions with a user control system. In some implementations, a method includes detecting an object in a sensing field of a sensor of a user control system, and the user control system includes a control input device. The control input device is in a controlling mode in which manipulation of the control input device activates a function of a manipulator device. The method includes determining that the object is an unidentified object and determining a characteristic of the object including a location with respect to the user control system, a velocity, or a trajectory. The method determines whether the characteristic of the object satisfies a condition corresponding to the characteristic, and exits the controlling mode in response to determining that the object is an unidentified object and that the characteristic satisfies the corresponding condition.