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Medical technical system controlled by vision-detected operator activity

US6175610A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 1999
Grant dateJan 16, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/00367
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical system has at least one projection surface onto which a projection unit projects of operating elements. The system is controlled by detecting movements of a hand, preferably a finger, of an operator on the projection surface. An optical detector acquires the position and/or the motion of the finger relative to the projection surface, and a control unit evaluates the output data of the detector in order to control the system.

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