Patent ID: 11889975
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A teleoperated surgical system, comprising:
a video encoder configured to encode video image data based on an encoding parameter, the video image data corresponding to video images captured by an image capture device taking images of content comprising one or more objects in a field of view of the image capture device from a medical procedure; and
a processor configured to:
receive a signal indicative that a tool of the surgical system is expected to perform an action, wherein the action of the tool is expected to, upon being performed, change the content in the field of view of the image capture device and the signal is received prior to the action being performed; and
in response to receiving the signal, adjust a value of the encoding parameter.