Patent ID: 11918180
Assignee: VERB SURGICAL INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically turning on/off a light source of an endoscope during a surgical procedure in an operating room (OR), the method comprising:
receiving real-time video images captured by the endoscope, the endoscope comprises the light source, wherein the real-time video images are captured by the endo scope while the light source is turned on;
processing the real-time video images to determine whether the endo scope has been inserted into a patient's body or is outside of the patient's body, wherein processing the real-time video images includes detecting a first transitional event of transferring the endoscope from inside of the patient's body to outside of the patient's body, wherein the endoscope is determined to be outside of the patient's body when the first transitional event is detected by a machine-learning classifier; and
in response to determining the endoscope being outside of the patient's body while the light source is turned on, generating a first control signal to immediately turn off the light source thereby preventing sensitive information in the OR from being captured by the endoscope.