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US 2013/0211588 A1Published application
Switching control of an instrument to an input device upon the instrument entering a display area viewable by an operator of the input device
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorNicola Diolaiti
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Abstract
An operator telerobotically controls instruments to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the work site on a display screen. An assistant controls movement of another instrument towards or away from the work site to relieve the operator from such task. Control of the instrument is automatically switched from the assistant to the operator upon the working end of the instrument entering the view on the display screen.
Claims29
A robotic system comprising:
- a camera;
- an instrument;
- an input device;
- and
- a processor configured to switch control of the instrument to the input device upon determining that the instrument has entered an area of a field of view of the camera.
2 more elements
A method implemented in a robotic system to switch control of an instrument to an input device, the method comprising:
- switching control of the instrument to the input device upon determining that the instrument has entered an area of a field of view of a camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.