Voice control system for surgical microscopes
US7286992B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/0012
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A control apparatus, in particular for a surgical microscope (8), has a voice operating unit (2) and at least one other operating unit such as a manual operating unit (4), a foot-controlled operating unit (5), and/or an eye-controlled operating unit (7). The control apparatus executes one set of microscope functions via the voice operating unit (2) and another set of microscope functions via the non-voice operating units (4, 5, and/or 7).
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