System and method for multi-mode imaging device control
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorNicola DIOLAITI
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Abstract
Techniques for multi-mode imaging device control include determining, by a controller, if an orientational mode command or a translational mode command is entered; in response to determining that the orientational mode command is entered, constraining, by the controller, movement of an imaging device so that a focal point of the imaging device moves along a concave virtual surface in response to translational movement of one or more input devices; and in response to determining that the translational mode command is entered, causing, by the controller, translational movement of the imaging device in a three-dimensional space in response to the translational movement of the one or more input devices.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a controller, if an orientational mode command or a translational mode command is entered;
- in response to determining that the orientational mode command is entered, constraining, by the controller, movement of an imaging device so that a focal point of the imaging device moves along a concave virtual surface in response to translational movement of one or more input devices;
- and
- in response to determining that the translational mode command is entered, causing, by the controller, translational movement of the imaging device in a three-dimensional space in response to the translational movement of the one or more input devices.
A system comprising:
- a manipulator configured to support an imaging device;
- and
- a controller coupled to the manipulator and configured to:
- determine if an orientational mode command or a translational mode command is entered;
- in response to determining that the orientational mode command is entered, constrain movement of the imaging device using the manipulator so that a focal point of the imaging device moves along a concave virtual surface in response to translational movement of one or more input devices;
- and
- in response to determining that the translational mode command is entered, cause, using the manipulator, translational movement of the imaging device in a three-dimensional space in response to the translational movement of the one or more input devices.
A controller comprising hardware and software implemented components, the hardware and software implemented components comprising:
- a determining component configured to determine if an orientational mode command or a translational mode command is entered;
- a movement component configured to:
- in response to determining that the orientational mode command is entered, constrain movement of an imaging device so that a focal point of the imaging device moves along a concave virtual surface in response to translational movement of one or more input devices, and
- in response to determining that the translational mode command is entered, cause translational movement of the imaging device in a three-dimensional space in response to the translational movement of the one or more input devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.