Patent ID: 11936989
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
an illumination source configured to illuminate tissue within a body during a performance of a medical procedure performed by a user;
an image capture device configured to capture an image frame sequence during the performance of the medical procedure, the image frame sequence including an image frame depicting an internal view of the body that features the tissue illuminated by the illumination source; and
one or more processors configured to:
determine auto-exposure values and auto-exposure targets for pixel units into which the image frame is divided;
assign, based on a gaze direction of the user as the user views the image frame sequence, weight values to the pixel units; and
update, based on the auto-exposure values and the auto-exposure targets determined for the pixel units and the weight values assigned to the pixel units, one or more auto-exposure parameters for use by the image capture device or the illumination source to capture an additional image frame within the image frame sequence.