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Granted Patent B2
US 10,959,787 · App. 16/032,153 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Medical manipulator system

Inventors: Takumi Isoda (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuaki Hasegawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
A61B34/25A61B1/00009A61B1/0016A61B1/00133A61B1/00135A61B1/00149A61B1/00154A61B34/71A61B90/06G06T11/00H04N5/44504A61B2034/256A61B2034/301A61B2090/064A61B2090/065A61B2090/067A61B2090/365G06T7/70G06T11/001G06T2210/62
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,959,787
App. No.
16/032,153
Filed
Jul 11, 2018
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3795
USPC
600/104
Abstract

A medical manipulator system having a controller configured to receive an image showing a state of a treating portion of a manipulator from an endoscope, determine a magnitude of an external force exerted on the manipulator based on the state of the treating portion of the manipulator shown in the image, generate an auxiliary image in which a display form thereof is changed with a change in the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined, determine a display position of the auxiliary image in the image on the basis of the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined, and generate a composited image signal of a composited image in which the auxiliary image is superimposed on the image on the basis of the display position determined.

Claims (54)

1. A medical manipulator system comprising:

a manipulator comprising a treating portion at a distal end thereof;

an endoscope configured to capture an image showing a state of the treating portion; and

a controller comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive the image from the endoscope;

determine a magnitude of an external force exerted on the manipulator based on the state of the treating portion of the manipulator shown in the image;

generate an auxiliary image in which a display form thereof is changed so that transparency of the auxiliary image is decreased with an increase in the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

determine a display position of the auxiliary image in the image on the basis of the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

generate a composited image signal of a composited image in which the auxiliary image is superimposed on the image on the basis of the display position determined; and

control a display to display the composited image based on the composited image signal.

2. The medical manipulator system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the auxiliary image is a pseudo image of the manipulator.

3. A medical manipulator system comprising:

a manipulator comprising a treating portion at a distal end thereof;

an endoscope configured to capture an image showing a state of the treating portion; and

a controller comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive the image from the endoscope;

determine a magnitude of an external force exerted on the manipulator based on the state of the treating portion of the manipulator shown in the image;

generate an auxiliary image of the manipulator in which a display form thereof is changed so that a color of the auxiliary image is changed with an increase in the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

determine a display position of the auxiliary image in the image on the basis of the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

generate a composited image signal of a composited image in which the auxiliary image is superimposed on the image on the basis of the display position determined; and

control a display to display the composited image based on the composited image signal.

4. A medical manipulator system comprising:

a manipulator comprising a treating portion at a distal end thereof;

an endoscope configured to capture an image showing a state of the treating portion; and

a controller comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive the image from the endoscope;

determine a magnitude of an external force exerted on the manipulator based on the state of the treating portion of the manipulator shown in the image;

generate an auxiliary image in which a display form thereof is changed so that thickness of lines of the auxiliary image is thicker with an increase in the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

determine a display position of the auxiliary image in the image on the basis of the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

generate a composited image signal of a composited image in which the auxiliary image is superimposed on the image on the basis of the display position determined; and

control a display to display the composited image based on the composited image signal.

5. A method of controlling a medical manipulator system including a manipulator including a treating portion at a distal end thereof, and an endoscope configured to capture an image showing a state of the treating portion, the method comprising:

receiving the image from the endoscope;

determining a magnitude of an external force exerted on the manipulator based on the state of the treating portion of the manipulator shown in the image;

generating an auxiliary image in which a display form thereof is changed so that transparency of the auxiliary image is decreased with an increase in the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

determining a display position of the auxiliary image in the image on the basis of the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

generating a composited image signal of a composited image in which the auxiliary image is superimposed on the image on the basis of the display position determined; and

controlling a display to display the composited image based on the composited image signal.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary image is a pseudo image of the manipulator.

7. A method of controlling a medical manipulator system including a manipulator including a treating portion at a distal end thereof, and an endoscope configured to capture an image showing a state of the treating portion, the method comprising:

receiving the image from the endoscope;

determining a magnitude of an external force exerted on the manipulator based on the state of the treating portion of the manipulator shown in the image;

generating an auxiliary image of the manipulator in which a display form thereof is changed so that a color of the auxiliary image is changed with an increase in the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

determining a display position of the auxiliary image in the image on the basis of the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

generating a composited image signal of a composited image in which the auxiliary image is superimposed on the image on the basis of the display position determined; and

controlling a display to display the composited image based on the composited image signal.

8. A method of controlling a medical manipulator system including a manipulator including a treating portion at a distal end thereof, and an endoscope configured to capture an image showing a state of the treating portion, the method comprising:

receiving the image from the endoscope;

determining a magnitude of an external force exerted on the manipulator based on the state of the treating portion of the manipulator shown in the image;

generating an auxiliary image in which a display form thereof is changed so that thickness of lines of the auxiliary image is thicker with an increase in the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

determining a display position of the auxiliary image in the image on the basis of the magnitude of the external force exerted on the manipulator determined;

generating a composited image signal of a composited image in which the auxiliary image is superimposed on the image on the basis of the display position determined; and

controlling a display to display the composited image based on the composited image signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2018
From: ISODA, TAKUMI; HASEGAWA, MITSUAKI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046316/0329 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016050974 · Jan 14, 2016
Related Publication 20180325607A1 · Nov 15, 2018
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