# US 2023/0067533 A1 · Medical imaging scope with customizable programmable commands > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0067533 A1 - Document ID: US20230067533A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/462,348 - Filed: 2021-08-31 - Published: 2023-03-02 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-31 - Assignees: KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc. - Applicants: KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc. - Inventors: Nathan Schara; Eric Hale - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230067533A1 ## CPC - A61B 1/00042: {for mechanical operation} - A61B 1/00006: {of control signals} - A61B 1/00045: {Display arrangement} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A system for controlling a medical imaging scope is disclosed. The system includes a camera head, a display, a processing unit, a memory unit and an input disposed on the medical imaging scope. The processing unit is configured to display a menu that correlates to a plurality of commands. The input is configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis, in a plurality of discrete patterns. The processing unit is further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for controlling a medical imaging scope comprising: a camera head; a display; a processing unit configured to display a menu, the menu correlating to a plurality of commands; a memory unit; an input disposed on the medical imaging scope, the input configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis; and the input movable in a plurality of discrete patterns, the processing unit further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of commands includes: a camera image rotation; a camera angle; a switch of a light source; a camera zoom; a taking of a picture; and a switch of a video view on the display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, further including a home input, the home input configured to display the menu on the display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the menu further includes a list of users, wherein each user in the list of users includes the plurality of commands. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system as set forth in claim 4, further including a select input, the select input is configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system as set forth in claim 5, further including a learning unit, the learning unit configured to associate a deviation of one of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the input is a joystick. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system as set forth in claim 7, wherein the joystick is coupled to a magnetometer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system as set forth in claim 8, wherein the joystick is rotatable about the set axis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the menu further includes a list of users, wherein each user in the list of users includes the plurality of commands. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system as set forth in claim 10, further including a learning unit, the learning unit storing each of the plurality of discrete patterns and processing a change of a magnetic field over a predetermined period of time so as to associate a deviation of each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands. ### Claim 12 A method of customizing a plurality of commands of a medical imaging scope having a camera head, the method comprising: providing a processing unit configured to display a menu, the menu storing a plurality of commands; providing a memory unit; providing an input disposed on the camera head, the input configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis; and moving the input in a plurality of discrete patterns and actuating the processing unit to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method as set forth in claim 12, wherein the plurality of commands includes: rotating a camera image; changing a camera angle; switching a light source; changing a camera zoom; taking a picture; and switching of a video view on a display. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method as set forth in claim 13, wherein the menu further includes a list of users, wherein each user in the list of users includes the plurality of commands. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method as set forth in claim 14, further including providing a learning unit, the learning unit configured to associate a deviation of one of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein moving the input includes moving a joystick. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the joystick is coupled to a magnetometer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein moving the input includes rotating the joystick about the set axis. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the deviation is a deviation of a magnetic field over a predetermined period of time. ### Claim 20 A system for selectively controlling and programing of a medical imaging scope comprising: a camera head having an image capture device; a camera control unit operatively connected to the camera head; a user interface operatively connected to the camera control unit; and an input disposed on the medical imaging scope, the input configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis; wherein the camera control unit further comprises a processing unit having a memory unit; the processing unit configured to display a menu on the user interface that correlates to a plurality of commands; and wherein the input is selectively movable in a plurality of discrete patterns, the processing unit further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope.