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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Sabourin, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0233 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0426 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical diagnostic imaging system comprises a user interface comprising at least one physical control. The system also comprises a camera positioned to view the physical control. The system further comprises a processor connected to the camera and configured to detect a manipulation involving the physical control and associate the manipulation with a desired user input for controlling the imaging system.