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Remote controlled robot system that provides medical images

US8849679B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 2008
Grant dateSep 30, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/10132
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A remote controlled robot system that includes a mobile robot and a remote control station. The mobile robot is controlled by the remote control station and includes a robot monitor, and a robot camera that captures a robot image. The system also includes a medical image device that can be coupled to the robot. The remote control station includes a camera that captures a remote station image, and a monitor that displays the robot image captured by the robot camera in a robot view field, displays the remote station image in a station view field. The robot transmits the robot and medical images to the remote control station such that a larger portion of a network bandwidth is allocated for the medical image than the robot image.

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