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US 2026/0235860 A1Published application
Stereoscopic images from multiple perspectives
AssigneeCarl Zeiss Meditec AG
InventorsJohannes Rangel, Artur Hoegele, Gerald Panitz, Stefan Saur, Christoph Hauger
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Abstract
A surgical visualization system includes three optical channels. A first optical channel forms a stereo pair with a second optical channel and a further stereo pair with a third optical channel. A partially stereoscopic image is generated for the second stereo pair.
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A surgical visualization system, comprising:
- a first optical channel which has a first camera and images a first region of a focal plane;
- a second optical channel which has a second camera and images a second region of the focal plane;
- a third optical channel which has a third camera and images a third region of the focal plane,
- wherein the first optical channel and the second optical channel image a first stereo region, which is defined by the an overlap of the first region and the second region, in the focal plane in stereoscopic fashion,
- wherein the first optical channel and the third optical channel image a second stereo region, which is defined by the overlap of the first region and the third region, in the focal plane in stereoscopic fashion,
- an electronic data processing device configured to control at least one display apparatus for displaying a fully stereoscopic image and a partially stereoscopic image,
- wherein the fully stereoscopic image represents the first stereo region in stereoscopic fashion, and
- wherein the partially stereoscopic image represents the second stereo region in stereoscopic fashion and at least a portion of the third region adjacent to the second stereo region in monoscopic or synthetic-stereoscopic fashion.
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A method for operating an electronic data processing device associated with a surgical visualization system, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first camera image from a first camera of a first optical channel of the surgical visualization system, wherein the first camera image images a first region of a focal plane from a first perspective,
- obtaining a second camera image from a second camera of a second optical channel of the surgical visualization system, wherein the second camera image images a second region of the focal plane from the first perspective,
- obtaining a third camera image from a third camera of a third optical channel of the surgical visualization system, wherein the third camera image images a third region of the focal plane from a second perspective,
- generating a first stereoscopic image based on the first camera image as corresponding first stereo channel and based on the second camera image as corresponding second stereo channel,
- cutting out and rotating a portion of the first camera image based on a difference between the first perspective and the second perspective in order to obtain a part camera image,
- generating a second stereoscopic image based on the a partial camera image as corresponding first stereo channel and based on the third camera image as corresponding second stereo channel,
- controlling a display device to display the first stereoscopic image, and
- controlling a further display device to display the second stereoscopic image.
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