Methods and systems for processing an image
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsSiddarth Satish, Kevin J. Miller
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Abstract
Systems and methods for processing an image of a machine-readable code. The method includes accessing an image of a machine-readable code comprising coded information, wherein the machine-readable code is at least partially obscured, occluded, false, or blurry. The image is refined by a trained neural network to render the machine-readable code locatable. An adjusted image may be generated in which the orientation of the machine-readable code is refined. The coded information is decoded, and fluid-related information may be displayed based on the decoded information. The decoded information may be unique to the item to which the machine-readable code is affixed. Other apparatus and methods are also described.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for processing an image of a machine-readable code affixed to an item of a surgical system, the surgical system including a display and one or more processors, the method comprising:
- accessing, with the one or more processors, the image that depicts the machine-readable code;
- determining, with the one or more processors, the machine-readable code is not locatable within the image based on at least a portion of the machine-readable code being obscured, occluded, false, or blurry;
- providing, with the one or more processors, the image as an input to a trained neural network;
- refining, with the trained neural network, the image to render the machine-readable code locatable;
- decoding, with the trained neural network, information coded within a machine-readable code region of the image, the decoded information including at least one of a size of the item, a manufacturer of the item, and a type of the item;
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- displaying, on the display, fluid-related information based on the decoded information.
A computer-implemented method for processing an image of a machine-readable code affixed to an item of a surgical system, the surgical system including a display and one or more processors, the method comprising:
- accessing, by the one or more processors, a preprocessed image that depicts the machine-readable code;
- providing, with the one or more processors, the preprocessed image as an input to a trained neural network;
- generating, with the trained neural network, an adjusted image in which an orientation of the machine-readable code has been refined;
- decoding, with the trained neural network, information coded within a machine-readable code region of the adjusted image, the decoded information including at least one of a size of the item, a manufacturer of the item, and a type of the item;
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- displaying, on the display, fluid-related information based on the decoded information.
A computer-implemented method for processing an image with a surgical system including a display and one or more processors, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the one or more processors, a preprocessed image depicting a machine-readable code affixed to an item containing fluid including patient blood;
- providing, with the one or more processors, the preprocessed image as an input to a trained neural network;
- receiving, with the one or more processors and as an output from the trained neural network, a processed image of the machine-readable code;
- decoding, with the one or more processors, information coded within the machine-readable code, the decoded information including at least one of a size of the item, a manufacturer of the item, and a type of the item;
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- displaying, on the display, fluid-related information based on the decoded information.
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