Title:
METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE DURING SURGERY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/124716
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A system for controlling a medical image capture device during surgery, the system including: circuitry configured to receive a first image of the surgical scene, captured by the medical image capture device from a first viewpoint, and additional information of the scene; determine, for the medical image capture device, in accordance with the additional information and previous viewpoint information of surgical scenes, one or more candidate viewpoints from which to obtain an image of the surgical scene; provide, in accordance with the first image of the surgical scene, for each of the one or more candidate viewpoints, a simulated image of the surgical scene from the candidate viewpoint; control the medical image capture device to obtain an image of the surgical scene from the candidate viewpoint corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more simulated images of the surgical scene.
Inventors:
ELLIOTT-BOWMAN BERNADETTE (GB)
WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER (GB)
KAMODA AKINORI (JP)
KURODA YOHEI (JP)
WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER (GB)
KAMODA AKINORI (JP)
KURODA YOHEI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/041392
Publication Date:
June 24, 2021
Filing Date:
November 05, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B1/00; A61B1/045
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2018180068A1 | 2018-10-04 |
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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