Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the tools
US10507066B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B90/361
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the object, tools and work site on a display. Tool information is provided by filtering a part of the real-time images for enhancement or degradation to indicate a state of a tool and displaying the filtered images on the display.
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