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Systems and methods for tracking objects

US11510740B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

MAKO Surgical Corp. · US

Inventors

Jochen Breisacher · Teningen, DE
David Hofmann · Fort Myers, US
Emeric Umbdenstock · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Jonathan Morgan · Biscayne Park, US
Paul Hoekstra · Ogden, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N25/42
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods track objects within an operating room. A machine vision system includes a camera and a controller. A navigation system includes a camera unit including a sensor array. The sensor array includes a plurality of sensing elements. The controller system identifies a first subset of the plurality of sensing elements to be active based on the position of the object. The controller is also configured to track a movement of the object within the operating room using the first subset of the plurality of sensing elements while preventing the use of the second subset of the plurality of sensing elements.

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