US 11,950,758 B2
Video camera having video image orientation based on vector information
Eric L. Hale, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,188.
Application 17/337,188 is a continuation of application No. 16/665,744, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,039,085.
Prior Publication US 2021/0289146 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00009 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera system configured to display an image onto a display unit as the camera system is handed from a first person to a second person, the camera system comprising:
a camera head unit having a memory and electric components configured to capture an image, the memory configured to store a preferred orientation of the image established by a user and a second orientation that is different than the preferred orientation, the second orientation being an image of a surgical site;
an orientation unit disposed on the camera head unit, the orientation unit configured to detect a spatial orientation of the camera head unit and detect vector information of the camera head unit; and
a display control unit configured to process the vector information detected by the orientation unit and the preferred orientation and the second orientation stored in the memory and process the image so as to adjust an orientation of the image captured by the camera head unit to be oriented in the preferred orientation as the camera head unit is handed from the first person to the second person.