US 12,357,400 B2
Synthetic representation of a surgical robot
Brandon D. Itkowitz, San Jose, CA (US); Simon P. DiMaio, San Carlos, CA (US); Daniel J. Halabe, Los Altos, CA (US); Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US); Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US); David Q. Larkin, Menlo Park, CA (US); Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US); Paul W. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US); Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Wenyi Zhao, Weston, FL (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,612.
Application 15/629,533 is a division of application No. 12/415,354, filed on Mar. 31, 2009, granted, now 9,789,608, issued on Oct. 17, 2017.
Application 18/187,612 is a continuation of application No. 16/932,373, filed on Jul. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,638,999.
Application 16/932,373 is a continuation of application No. 16/161,204, filed on Oct. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,737,394, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Application 16/161,204 is a continuation of application No. 15/629,533, filed on Jun. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,137,575, issued on Nov. 27, 2018.
Application 12/415,354 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/163,087, filed on Jun. 27, 2008, granted, now 10,258,425, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Application 12/415,354 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/478,531, filed on Jun. 29, 2006, granted, now 9,718,190, issued on Aug. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249354 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/25 (2016.02) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); G05B 2219/36432 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39083 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39096 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39449 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40607 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45117 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45123 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a first robotic arm adapted to support and move a tool;
a second robotic arm adapted to support and move a camera configured to capture an image of a camera field of view;
an input device;
a display; and
a processor configured to:
display a first synthetic image, the first synthetic image comprising:
a first synthetic image of the tool, wherein the first synthetic image of the tool includes a portion of the tool inside of the camera field of view and a portion of the tool outside of the camera field of view; and
a synthetic projection of the camera field of view;
receive a user input at the input device; and
responsive to the user input, change the display of the first synthetic image to a display of a second synthetic image including a second synthetic image of the tool that is different from the first synthetic image of the tool.