User interfaces for electrosurgical tools in robotic surgical systems

A method for a minimally invasive surgical system, the method comprising:

• capturing one or more camera images of a surgical site;
• generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first colored border portion in a first side and a second colored border portion in a second side opposite the first side, the first colored border portion indicating a first electrosurgical tool controlled by a first master grip of a surgeon console and the second colored border portion indicating a tool type of a second tool controlled by a second master grip of the surgeon console;
• and
• overlaying the GUI onto the one or more captured camera images of the surgical site for display on at least one display device of the surgeon console, the GUI to provide information to a user regarding the first electrosurgical tool and the second tool in the surgical site while the surgical site is concurrently displayed by the one or more captured camera images, wherein
• the second tool is not an electrosurgical tool, and
• a first color of the first colored border portion differs from a second color of the second colored border portion to distinguish between electrosurgical tools and non- electrosurgical tools controlled by the first and second master grips of the surgeon console.

A method for a minimally invasive surgical system, the method comprising:

• capturing one or more camera images of a surgical site;
• generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first colored border portion in a first side and a second colored border portion in a second side opposite the first side, the first colored border portion indicating a first electrosurgical tool controlled by a first master grip of a surgeon console and the second colored border portion indicating a tool type of a second tool controlled by a second master grip of the surgeon console;
• and
• overlaying the GUI onto the one or more captured camera images of the surgical site for display on at least one display device of the surgeon console, the GUI to provide information to a user regarding the first electrosurgical tool and the second tool in the surgical site while the surgical site is concurrently displayed by the one or more captured camera images, wherein
• the second tool is an electrosurgical tool, and
• a first color of the first colored border portion and a second color of the second colored border portion are similar to indicate that electrosurgical tools are controlled by the first and second master grips of the surgeon console.