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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2009
Yu-hwa Lo, San Diego, CA (US);
Yoav Mintz, San Diego, CA (US);
Truong Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Tzeng, Seattle, WA (US);
Yu-Hwa Lo, San Diego, CA (US);
Yoav Mintz, San Diego, CA (US);
Truong Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Tzeng, Seattle, WA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present Invention relates to a camera system suitable for use in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), among other applications. In at least one embodiment, the camera system includes an autonomous miniature camera, a light source assembly providing features such as steerable illumination and a variable radiation angle, and a control and processing unit for processing images acquired by the camera Io generate improved images having reduced blurring using a deblurring algorithm.