Patent ID: 11871902
Assignee: CLEARCAM, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors associated with a computer-assisted system are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
receiving image information depicting an anatomical structure within a body cavity of a surgical patient, wherein the image information is acquired by an imaging element of an imaging device having a cleaning device attached thereto and wherein actuation of the cleaning device causes the cleaning device to perform one or more instances of an imaging element cleaning operation;
deriving, from a portion of the image information, information characterizing cleanliness of the imaging element; and
in response said cleanliness characterizing indicating that the imaging element exhibits unacceptable cleanliness, causing one or more responsive actions to be performed, wherein the responsive actions include:
issuing a request for approval from a user of the computer-assisted system to initiate cleaning of the imaging element by the cleaning device;
in response to receiving approval from the user of the computer-assisted system to the request, actuating the cleaning device;
outputting a signal enabling an indicator of cleanliness of the imaging element to be displayed on a visual display device; and
enabling operation of the cleaning device to be selectively actuated; and wherein:
the portion of the image information includes an image of the anatomical structure within the body cavity;
the one or more processors being configured to process the portion of the image information includes the one or more processors being configured to correlate the image to one or more visual clarity scored reference images each having a respective visual clarity determined to be visually equivalent to the image; and
each of said scored reference images has a score one of rating cleanliness of an imaging element used for acquiring a respective one of said reference images and ranking cleanliness of an imaging element used for acquiring a respective one of said reference images.