US 12,220,181 B2
Camera control systems and methods for a computer-assisted surgical system
Govinda Payyavula, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Anthony M. Jarc, Johns Creek, GA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/426,038
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/015396
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/159978, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/799,729, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096163 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
access, during a surgical session performed with a computer-assisted surgical system, surgical session data generated by the computer-assisted surgical system during the surgical session, the surgical session including performance of one or more operations by the computer-assisted surgical system;
identify, based on the surgical session data, an event associated with the surgical session;
determine a location associated with the event; and
direct, in response to the determination of the location of the event, an automatic adjustment of a view of a camera to capture a view of the location associated with the event.