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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2022
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
An-Peng Wang, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Chien-Yu Wu, Yunlin County, TW;
Cheng-Peng Kuan, Zhubei City, TW;
Shu Huang, Hsinchu County, TW;
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A robotic bronchoscopy navigation method, performed by a processing control device, includes: performing a navigation procedure according to obtained navigation image, the navigation procedure including: determining whether the navigation image has a node, if the navigation image does not have the node, controlling a bending part of a robotic bronchoscopy to move toward an image center of the navigation image, if the navigation image has the node, calculating a distance between the bronchoscopy and the node, controlling the bending part to move according to a default branch when the distance is smaller than a threshold of distance, and determining whether the default branch is a destination branch where a destination is located, if the default branch is not the destination branch, obtaining another navigation image, and performing the navigation procedure on the another navigation image, and if the default branch is the destination branch, outputting a notification.