US 12,355,931 B2
Generation of three-dimensional images with digital magnification
Yang Liu, Iowa City, IA (US); and Maziyar Askari Karchegani, Coralville, IA (US)
Assigned to UNIFY MEDICAL, INC., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by Unify Medical, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/383,209.
Application 18/383,209 is a continuation of application No. 17/973,076, filed on Oct. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,800,078.
Application 17/973,076 is a continuation of application No. 17/568,398, filed on Jan. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,483,531, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Application 17/568,398 is a continuation of application No. 17/331,579, filed on May 26, 2021, granted, now 11,218,680, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,831, filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056559 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/00 (2014.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); H04N 13/106 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 13/106 (2018.05) [G06T 3/40 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); G06T 2210/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for generating three-dimensional (3D) images from captured images of a target when executing digital magnification on the captured images to maintain the 3D images generated of the target after digital magnification, comprising:
a first image sensor that is configured to capture a first image of the target;
a second image sensor is configured to capture a second image of the target;
a controller configured to:
execute a digital magnification on the first image captured by the first image sensor and on the second image captured by the second image sensor,
determine a first center of cropping of the first image and a second center of cropping of the second image,
crop the first image and the second image to overlap a first portion of the target captured by the first image sensor with a second portion of the target captured by the second image sensor based on the determined first center of cropping of the first image and the determined second center of cropping of the second image, wherein the first portion of the target overlaps with the second portion of the target,
adjust the cropping of the first image and the second image to provide binocular overlap of the first portion of the target with the second portion of the target, wherein the binocular overlap of the first image and the second image is an overlap threshold that when satisfied results in a 3D image of the target displayed to a user after the digital magnification is executed, and
instruct a display to display the cropped first image and the cropped second image that includes the binocular overlap to the user, wherein the displayed cropped first image and the cropped second image display the 3D image at the digital magnification to the user.