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Device and method for superimposing patterns on images in real time, particularly for guidance by location

US9486159B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2014
Grant dateNov 8, 2016
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/922
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for superimposing known patterns, characteristic of a region, on (real) images of said region. The device comprises , a memory in which patterns are stored, which are representative of a selected region, of known position and orientation with relation to a common reference and processing means, for determining a pattern representative of the selected portion in the memory, on receipt of the designation of at least one portion of an observed image of the selected region, taken at a selected angle and at least one representative attribute of said region, taking account of the attribute selected, then superimposing the determined pattern on the selected portion of the image taking account of the selected angle.

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