Patent ID: 11969147
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A controller comprising hardware and software implemented components, the hardware and software implemented components comprising:
a receiving component configured to receive one or more operator inputs via one or more input devices;
a determining component configured to determine, based on one or more properties of the one or more operator inputs, if an orientational mode command or a translational mode command is entered;
a movement component configured to:
in response to determining that the orientational mode command is entered, constrain movement of an imaging device so that a focal point of the imaging device moves along a concave virtual surface in response to translational movement of the one or more input devices, and
in response to determining that the translational mode command is entered, cause translational movement of the imaging device in a three-dimensional space in response to the translational movement of the one or more input devices.