Method and system for automatically repositioning a viewable area within an endoscope video view

A system for displaying a surgical video, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a screen having a native resolution,
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• receive a surgical video comprising a sequence of video images captured at a first resolution for display on the screen, wherein the first resolution is greater than the native resolution of the screen;
• for each video image in the sequence of video images, select a first portion of the video image having the same resolution as the native resolution of the screen to be displayed on the screen without changing the resolution of the first portion of the video image, wherein selecting the first portion of the video image includes keeping the first portion of the video image substantially centered on a tool-tip of a surgical tool displayed in the video image;
• while displaying the first portion of the video image, monitor a second portion of the video image not being displayed on the screen for a set of predetermined events, wherein the second portion of the video image is not visible to the user;
• and
• if a predetermined event in the set of predetermined events is detected in the second portion of the video image, generate an alert to notify the user that an off-screen event has been detected,
• wherein when the off-screen event is detected, immediately change the view on the screen from the first portion of the video image to the full video image of the surgical video displayed at a reduced resolution to make both the first portion of the video image and the detected off-screen event visible to the user on the screen.