US 12,003,869 B2
Systems and methods for tracking objects
Jochen Breisacher, Teningen (DE); David Hofmann, Freiburg (DE); Emeric Umbdenstock, Freiburg (DE); Jonathan Morgan, Biscayne Park, FL (US); and Paul Hoekstra, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,360.
Application 18/213,360 is a continuation of application No. 17/972,625, filed on Oct. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,723,726.
Application 17/972,625 is a continuation of application No. 17/317,191, filed on May 11, 2021, granted, now 11,510,740, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Application 17/317,191 is a continuation of application No. 16/441,645, filed on Jun. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,007,018, issued on May 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/685,470, filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329803 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 25/44 (2023.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 25/40 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/44 (2023.01) [A61B 34/20 (2016.02); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 25/40 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); A61B 2034/2046 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical navigation system for tracking an object within an operating room, the surgical navigation system comprising:
a camera unit comprising:
a housing;
a first optical sensor coupled to housing and comprising sensing elements adapted to sense light in a near-infrared spectrum;
a second optical sensor coupled to the housing and being adapted to sense light in a visible light spectrum; and
a controller in communication with the first and second optical sensors, and wherein the controller is configured to:
obtain, from the second optical sensor, data related to the object within the operating room; and
modify control of the sensing elements of the first optical sensor based on the data of the object obtained by the second optical sensor.