Image shifting apparatus and method for a telerobotic system
Patent 6799065 Issued on September 28, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date: December 7, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
600/407, Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation600/427, Combined with therapeutic or diagnostic device901/2, ARM MOTION CONTROLLER901/36, Actuating means700/65, Operator control of remotely located element700/83, Having operator control interface (e.g., control/display console)700/264Having particular operator interface (e.g., teaching box, digitizer, tablet, pendant, dummy arm)
Improved teleoperator techniques often make use of at least one input device which can be selectively operatively associated with, for example, either a surgical instrument to treat tissues, or with an image of a surgical worksite shown to a system operator. A novel image manipulation arrangement effects movement of the image corresponding to the movement of the input device so that the image appears substantially connected to the input device, optionally while the instrument (or instruments) remain at a fixed location at the worksite. This can give the operator the appearance of grasping and/or manipulating target tissue and worksite into a desired position for viewing, while movement of the image is actually effected by repositioning of the image capture device, electronic image manipulation, or the like. Alternative embodiments may make use of dedicated input devices for the image capture device and the instrument, and these image manipulation and teleoperator techniques will find uses in industrial, hazardous environment, and other applications.
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December 7, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
