US 11,812,181 B2
Video routing in an operating theater
Tetsuya Mitani, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/259,946
Filed by Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/069947
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/020958, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18185367 (EP), filed on Jul. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0274103 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 5/268 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 5/268 (2013.01) [A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audiovisual controller for routing input/output imaging data in an operating theater, the controller being configured to:
route image data from a plurality of imaging data capturing devices;
receive orientation information regarding an orientation from each of the imaging data capturing devices of the plurality of imaging data capturing devices;
receive orientation information regarding an orientation at least one output monitor;
receive position information regarding a position of each of the imaging data capturing devices of the plurality of imaging data capturing devices;
receive position information regarding a position of each of the imaging data capturing devices and the at least output monitor; and
automatically adjust an orientation and position of the imaging data to be displayed on the at least one output monitor in accordance with the orientation information of an imaging data capturing device of the plurality of imaging data capturing devices outputting image data to be displayed on the at least one output monitor and the orientation information of the at least one output monitor and the position information of the imaging data capturing device of the plurality of imaging data capturing devices to be displayed on the at least one output monitor and the position information of the at least one output monitor.