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US 11,672,516 · App. 16/494,039 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Control apparatus, control method, and control system

Inventors: Masaya Takemoto (Kanagawa, JP); Yuki Sugie (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
A61B17/00G06T7/0012A61B2017/00022G06T2207/10068
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,672,516
App. No.
16/494,039
Filed
Sep 13, 2019
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3792
USPC
606/1
Abstract

[Object] To effectively eliminate an effect of smoke that is generated by cauterization of a tissue. [Solving Means] Provided is a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control smoke removal processing on an image of a living body taken during surgery and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body, in which the control unit allows execution of at least the smoke removal processing on the basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected. Also provided is a control system including: an endoscope configured to take an image of a living body during surgery; a control apparatus configured to control smoke removal processing on the image of the living body and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body; and a smoke evacuation apparatus configured to execute the actual smoke evacuation of the smoke on a basis of control by the control apparatus, in which the control apparatus executes at least the smoke removal processing on a basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected.

Claims (33)

1. A control apparatus, comprising:

a control unit configured to control smoke removal processing on an image of a living body taken during surgery and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body,

wherein the control unit allows execution of at least the smoke removal processing on a basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls execution of the actual smoke evacuation on a basis of an amount of smoke calculated.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit allows execution of the actual smoke evacuation in a case where the amount of smoke is a threshold or more.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit controls a level of the actual smoke evacuation on a basis of the amount of smoke.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls execution of the actual smoke evacuation on a basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected after execution of the smoke removal processing.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the smoke is detected on a basis of the image of the living body.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the smoke is detected on a basis of saturation of the image of the living body.

8. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of smoke is calculated on a basis of a region of the image of the living body in which the smoke has been detected.

9. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a smoke detection unit configured to detect the smoke.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the smoke detection unit calculates an amount of smoke.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an image processing unit configured to execute the smoke removal processing on the image of the living body on a basis of control by the control unit.

12. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a smoke evacuation unit configured to execute the actual smoke evacuation of the smoke on a basis of control by the control unit.

13. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an imaging unit configured to take the image of the living body.

14. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control apparatus includes an operating room control apparatus.

15. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image of the living body includes an image taken by an endoscope.

16. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control apparatus includes a smoke evacuation apparatus.

17. A control method, comprising:

controlling, by a processor, smoke removal processing on an image of a living body taken during surgery and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body,

wherein the controlling includes allowing execution of at least the smoke removal processing on a basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected.

18. A control system, comprising:

an endoscope configured to take an image of a living body during surgery;

a control apparatus configured to control smoke removal processing on the image of the living body and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body; and

a smoke evacuation apparatus configured to execute the actual smoke evacuation of the smoke on a basis of control by the control apparatus,

wherein the control apparatus executes at least the smoke removal processing on a basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

controlling smoke removal processing on an image of a living body taken during surgery and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body,

wherein the controlling includes allowing execution of at least the smoke removal processing on a basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: TAKEMOTO, MASAYA; SUGIE, YUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-056090 · Mar 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200022687A1 · Jan 23, 2020
Cited By (1)
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