Speech interface for an automated endoscope system
AssigneeComputer Motion, Inc.
InventorsYulun Wang, Darrin Uecker
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Abstract
A robotic system which controls the movement of a surgical instrument in response to voice commands from the user. The robotic system has a computer controlled arm that holds the surgical instrument. The user provides voice commands to the computer through a microphone. The computer contains a phrase recognizer that matches the user' speech with words stored in the computer. Matched words are then processed to determine whether the user has spoken a robot command. If the user has spoken a recognized robot command the computer will move the robotic arm in accordance with the command.
Claims10
A voice recognition system for use with a surgical instrument in surgery on a patient, the system comprising:
- a microphone for inputting a plurality of spoken surgical instructions and a spoken stop command, each of the spoken instructions including a spoken qualifier and a spoken command, the plurality of instructions including a first instruction having a first spoken qualifier and a first spoken command;
- a memory for storing a first plurality of allowable alternative commands;
- a processor coupled to the microphone and the memory, the processor having a first state and a second state, the processor in the first state configured to change to the second state in response to the first spoken qualifier, the processor in the second state configured to compare the first spoken command to the first plurality of commands, the processor having an output for transmitting a first command signal to the surgical instrument in response to the first spoken instruction having the first spoken qualifier and the first spoken command matching one of the first plurality of commands;
- the processor configured to transmit a stop command signal to the instrument in response to the spoken stop command without an associated spoken qualifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.