Patent ID: 11963658
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A surgical system, comprising:
a display device;
an endoscope; and
one or more processing devices configured to operate the surgical system to perform a process comprising:
receiving, from the endoscope, a source image representing a view of a surgical scene as captured using the endoscope;
receiving a gaze location of a user of the surgical system;
determining a central region of the source image based on the gaze location, wherein a peripheral region of the source image surrounds the central region and includes a source distortion;
applying a distortion correction to at least a portion of the source image to generate a modified image by applying a first degree of distortion correction in the central region and a second degree of distortion correction in the peripheral region, wherein the second degree of distortion correction preserves the source distortion in at least a portion of the peripheral region; and
presenting the modified image on the display device associated with the endoscope.