Patent ID: 11899836
Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for operating a visualization system in a surgical application, the method comprising:
providing, by a registration device of the visualization system, a video data stream with a first image size as an output,
registering, by a sensor system, a viewing direction of a user,
generating an image excerpt of the video data stream, the image excerpt being a cropped portion of the video data stream, with a second image size smaller than the first image size, that is defined within the video data stream based on, and tracks any changes in, the registered viewing direction of the user,
transmitting the image excerpt to a head-mounted visualization device via a communications link, and
displaying the image excerpt on a display device of the head-mounted visualization device.