Surgical Camera Control with Contactless Input Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Contactless inputs for controlling surgical apparatuses can lead to erroneous operations, posing risks to patient safety as they may result in incorrect recognition and execution of commands.
Innovation Solution
A surgical control apparatus that includes a state estimation block to recognize user states based on contactless inputs and a restriction block to limit control operations, ensuring that only valid commands are executed, thereby preventing erroneous operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If contactless inputs are used to control surgical apparatuses, then the ease of operation is improved and sterilization measures are simplified, but the reliability deteriorates due to erroneous recognition of inputs
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary recognition and validation of contactless inputs before executing surgical apparatus control commands. By预先 identifying and verifying input commands through multiple recognition blocks, the system prevents erroneous operations while maintaining the convenience of contactless control
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where recognition results from multiple contactless input recognition blocks are cross-validated. The control block receives feedback from these recognition processes and adjusts command execution accordingly, ensuring reliable operation while maintaining ease of use
2Reliability
If multiple contactless input recognition blocks are used to improve reliability, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the input recognition function into multiple specialized contactless input recognition blocks, each handling specific types of contactless inputs. This segmentation allows for targeted recognition processes that improve reliability without requiring a completely complex unified system
Solution Approach 2:
The control block serves multiple functions by receiving and processing recognition results from various contactless input recognition blocks. This multi-functional design consolidates control logic into a single block, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high reliability through comprehensive input validation
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a surgical control apparatus, a surgical control method, and a program that can prevent erroneous operations of surgical apparatuses when the surgical apparatuses are controlled with contactless inputs.A state estimation block (64) estimates a state of an operator recognized by a recognition block (61) on the basis of at least one type of contactless input sent from the operator. In accordance with the state estimated by the state estimation block (64), a command block (62) restricts a control operation of a surgical camera (11), a camera arm (12), or an image processing block (66) based on at least one type of contactless input sent from the operator recognized by the recognition block (61). The present invention is applicable to a surgical system and the like that have a surgical camera (11), a camera arm (12), an action recognition camera (13), a display (14), a control apparatus (15), a pair of glasses (17), a microphone (18), a marker, a foot switch (20), etc., thereby enabling the treatment realized by referencing images.