Methods and Systems for Alternate Image Display
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsIan E. McDowall, Christopher J. Hasser
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Abstract
An exemplary method includes receiving images of a site captured at a same time by a camera, generating, based one or more of the images, a monochromatic image, generating, based on one or more of the images, an alternate image representative of an alternate imaging characteristic of the site, and displaying the displaying the monochromatic image combined with the alternate image, the alternate image being highlighted relative to the monochromatic image.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving images of a site captured at a same time by a camera;
- generating, based one or more of the images, a monochromatic image;
- generating, based on one or more of the images, an alternate image representative of an alternate imaging characteristic of the site;
- and
- displaying the displaying the monochromatic image combined with the alternate image, the alternate image being highlighted relative to the monochromatic image.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
- receive images of a site captured at a same time by a camera;
- generate, based one or more of the images, a monochromatic image;
- generate, based on one or more of the images, an alternate image representative of an alternate imaging characteristic of the site;
- and
- display the monochromatic image combined with the alternate image, the alternate image being highlighted relative to the monochromatic image.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:
- receive images of a site captured at a same time by a camera;
- generate, based one or more of the images, a monochromatic image;
- generate, based on one or more of the images, an alternate image representative of an alternate imaging characteristic of the site;
- and
- display the monochromatic image combined with the alternate image, the alternate image being highlighted relative to the monochromatic image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.