Medical system and control unit

A control unit comprising:

• processing circuitry, to which each of a plurality of surgical imaging apparatuses is coupled, configured to
• determine whether the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image a same subject or different subjects concurrently,
• link images captured by respective ones of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses in response to determining that the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image the same subject concurrently, and not link the images captured by the respective ones of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses in response to determining that the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image the different subjects concurrently, wherein
• each of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses has a different angle of view, the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses being physically separate apparatuses respectively,
• the processing circuitry is further configured to, in response to determining that the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image the same subject concurrently, perform a process of adapting a shake amount between the images captured by the respective ones of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses, by tracking a first image of the images with a shake in accordance with a second image of the images without a shake or with a shake less than the shake of the first image, and correcting the shake in the first image by removing a shake component in the first image in accordance with the second image, and
• the first image is captured by a first surgical imaging apparatus of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses having a first angle of view, and the second image is captured by a second surgical imaging apparatus of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses having a second angle of view different from the first angle of view.

A medical system comprising:

• a plurality of surgical imaging apparatuses each having a different angle of view, the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses being physically separate apparatuses respectively;
• a plurality of control units, each of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses being coupled to one of the plurality of the control units;
• and
• an integrated apparatus to which each of the plurality of the control units is coupled, the integrated apparatus including processing circuitry configured to
• determine whether the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image a same subject or different subjects concurrently, and
• link images captured by respective ones of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses in response to determining that the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image the same subject concurrently, and not link the images captured by the respective ones of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses in response to determining that the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image the different subjects concurrently, wherein
• the processing circuitry is further configured to, in response to determining that the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses image the same subject concurrently, perform a process of adapting a shake amount between the images captured by the respective ones of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses, by tracking a first image of the images with a shake in accordance with a second image of the images without a shake or with a shake less than the shake of the first image, and correcting the shake in the first image by removing a shake component in the first image in accordance with the second image, and
• the first image is captured by a first surgical imaging, apparatus of the plurality of the surgical imaging, apparatuses having a first angle of view, and the second image is captured by a second surgical imaging apparatus of the plurality of the surgical imaging apparatuses having a second angle of view different from the first angle of view.