公开(公告)号：US07614554B2

公开(公告)日：2009-11-10

申请号：US11420350

申请日：2006-05-25

申请人： Peter Earl Mott ,  David Miller ,  Wie Lee ,  Brian Paul Ford

发明人： Peter Earl Mott ,  David Miller ,  Wie Lee ,  Brian Paul Ford

IPC分类号： G06K7/14

CPC分类号： A61M5/142 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B90/96 ,  A61B90/98 ,  A61B2017/00017 ,  A61B2017/00119 ,  A61B2017/00482 ,  A61M2205/6054 ,  A61M2205/6063 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3481 ,  G16H40/20

摘要： A medical device, such as an electrosurgical scalpel, having a base unit and one or more attachable implements for performing medical procedures. The device include a host controllable module for capturing images of the attachable implement, decoding information contained in the image, and reporting the results of the decoding to the medical device. The host controllable module includes a system microcontroller that interconnects an optical imager and/or an RFID transceiver through the single interface to the host medical device. As a result, the module may be easily retrofit into existing medical devices and programmed to perform operations on legacy instruments as well as additional functions not previously available to the medical device.

摘要翻译： 一种医疗装置，例如电外科手术刀，具有基本单元和用于执行医疗程序的一个或多个可附接工具。 该装置包括用于捕获可附接工具的图像的主机可控模块，解码图像中包含的信息，并将解码结果报告给医疗装置。 主机可控模块包括系统微控制器，其通过单个接口将光学成像器和/或RFID收发器互连到主机医疗设备。 因此，该模块可以容易地改装成现有的医疗设备，并被编程为对传统仪器执行操作以及先前对医疗设备可用的附加功能。

公开(公告)号：US20080080785A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-03

申请号：US11536248

申请日：2006-09-28

申请人： Brian Paul Ford

发明人： Brian Paul Ford

IPC分类号： G06K9/40

CPC分类号： G06K9/38 ,  G06K9/40

摘要： An imaging unit programmed to reduce specular reflection in a captured image and improve the interpretation of decodable information within the image. The imaging unit is programmed to scan a predetermined region within the image that is susceptible to specular reflection, evaluate the pixel values within the region against a threshold value that is representative of specular reflection, and then replace the pixel value found to represent specular reflection with replacement pixel values that do not corrupt interpretation of the decodable information in the predetermined region. The threshold value and replacement values may be determined on an ad hoc basis and stored in local memory, or calculated for each captured image.

摘要翻译： 成像单元被编程为减少捕获的图像中的镜面反射并改善图像内的可解码信息的解释。 成像单元被编程为扫描易于镜面反射的图像内的预定区域，针对代表镜面反射的阈值来评估区域内的像素值，然后将发现的像素值替换为表示镜面反射， 替换像素值，其不破坏预定区域中的可解码信息的解释。 阈值和替换值可以在特定的基础上确定并存储在本地存储器中，或者针对每个捕获的图像计算。

公开(公告)号：US08320702B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-27

申请号：US11536248

申请日：2006-09-28

申请人： Brian Paul Ford

发明人： Brian Paul Ford

IPC分类号： G06K9/40

CPC分类号： G06K9/38 ,  G06K9/40

摘要： An imaging unit programmed to reduce specular reflection in a captured image and improve the interpretation of decodable information within the image. The imaging unit is programmed to scan a predetermined region within the image that is susceptible to specular reflection, evaluate the pixel values within the region against a threshold value that is representative of specular reflection, and then replace the pixel value found to represent specular reflection with replacement pixel values that do not corrupt interpretation of the decodable information in the predetermined region. The threshold value and replacement values may be determined on an ad hoc basis and stored in local memory, or calculated for each captured image.

摘要翻译： 成像单元被编程为减少捕获的图像中的镜面反射并改善图像内的可解码信息的解释。 成像单元被编程为扫描易于镜面反射的图像内的预定区域，针对代表镜面反射的阈值来评估区域内的像素值，然后将发现的像素值替换为表示镜面反射， 替换像素值，其不破坏预定区域中的可解码信息的解释。 阈值和替换值可以在特定的基础上确定并存储在本地存储器中，或者针对每个捕获的图像计算。