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

Claim 12:
13. An endo scope system capable of automatically turning on/off a light source during a surgical procedure, comprising:
an endo scope module;
a light source module coupled to the endoscope module, the light source module includes a light source for the endoscope module; and
a light-source control module coupled to the endoscope module and the light source module, wherein the light-source control module is configured to control an ON/OFF state of the light source for the endoscope module during a surgical procedure by:
receiving real-time video images captured by the endoscope module wherein the real-time video images are captured by the endo scope module while the light source is turned on;
processing the real-time video images to determine whether the endo scope module 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 module 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 to the endoscope module.