Endoscopic Display Segmentation for Captured Image Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for minimally invasive medical procedures lack the ability to effectively display a differentiated interaction environment alongside the surgical environment, hindering efficient interaction with captured images during medical procedures.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a processor and memory with computer-readable instructions that generate a current endoscopic video image, capture an image from it, display both images in a common interface, and perform actions with the captured image in response to user input, thereby creating a differentiated interaction environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a common display interface is used for both surgical environment and captured images, then device complexity is reduced, but interaction efficiency with captured images deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display interface is segmented into distinct zones: a first display region for the surgical environment video feed and a second display region for captured images. This spatial segmentation allows clinicians to interact with captured images in a dedicated area without interfering with the primary surgical view, thereby maintaining low overall device complexity while improving interaction efficiency through specialized interaction zones.
2Productivity
If a differentiated interaction environment is provided for captured images, then interaction efficiency improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display interface implements local quality by providing differentiated interaction capabilities in the second display region specifically for captured images, while the first display region maintains standard video display properties. This localized enhancement allows efficient image manipulation and measurement tools to be available where needed without complicating the entire display system, thus improving interaction efficiency with minimal increase in overall device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions are integrated in the display interface, then adaptability improves, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Complex interaction functions for captured images (such as measurement tools, annotation capabilities, and image manipulation) are extracted and isolated in the second display region. This extraction allows these advanced functions to be available on-demand without cluttering the primary surgical display interface, thereby maintaining high adaptability for different surgical needs while preserving ease of operation through a clean, distraction-free primary interface.
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AI summary
A system comprises a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to generate a current endoscopic video image of a surgical environment, capture an image from the current endoscopic video image, display the current endoscopic video image and the captured image in a common display, and perform an action with the captured image in response to a user input.