Systems and methods for onscreen menus in a teleoperational medical system
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsTabish Mustufa, Heath Feather, Daniel H. Gomez, Brian D. Hoffman, Paul W. Mohr, Huan L. Phan
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Abstract
A system includes an operator control system and a manipulator configured for operation by an operator control device of the operator control system and further configured to support an instrument. The system is configured to display an image of a field of view of an imaging device, the image of the field of view including an image of the instrument, receive a menu activation input, and display, in response to receiving the menu activation input and in the image of the field of view, a menu.
Claims21
A system comprising:
- an operator control system;
- a manipulator configured for operation by an operator control device of the operator control system and further configured to support an instrument;
- and
- wherein the system is configured to:
- display an image of a field of view of an imaging device, the image of the field of view including an image of the instrument;
- receive a menu activation input;
- in response to receiving the menu activation input, enter a menu mode for the operator control device in which the operator control device is configured to control a selector user interface element;
- and
- display an icon representing an instrument eject function that, once activated, causes initiation of an instrument eject sequence for the instrument.
A method comprising:
- displaying an image of a field of view of an imaging device, the image of the field of view including an image of an instrument, wherein the instrument is supported by a manipulator and wherein the manipulator is configured for operation by an operator control device of an operator control system;
- receiving a menu activation input;
- in response to receiving the menu activation input, entering a menu mode for the operator control device in which the operator control device is configured to control a selector user interface element;
- and
- displaying an icon representing an instrument eject function that, once activated, causes initiation of an instrument eject sequence for the instrument.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a system, cause the system to:
- display an image of a field of view of an imaging device, the image of the field of view including an image of an instrument, wherein the instrument is supported by a manipulator and wherein the manipulator is configured for operation by an operator control device of an operator control system;
- receive a menu activation input;
- in response to receiving the menu activation input, enter a menu mode for the operator control device in which the operator control device is configured to control a selector user interface element;
- and
- display an icon representing an instrument eject function that, once activated, causes initiation of an instrument eject sequence for the instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.