Patent ID: 11872006
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a teleoperational assembly including a first manipulator configured to control movement of a first medical instrument; and
a processing unit including one or more processors, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
display an image of a field of view of a surgical environment;
display a first badge at a default location relative to an image of the first medical instrument in the image of the field of view, the first badge including first association information for the first medical instrument;
determine a display factor associated with the first badge, wherein determining the display factor includes:
determining a distance between the first badge and a second badge displayed in the image of the field of view, the second badge including second association information for a second medical instrument; and
recognizing that the determined distance is less than a predetermined interference distance, wherein the determined distance is less than the predetermined interference distance at least before the first badge and the second badge overlap;

when the determined distance is less than the predetermined interference distance, determine a shift distance between the default location and a shifted location; and
display the first badge at the shifted location.