Patent ID: 7860289

Claim:
A dental microscopic procedure, using a digital surgical scope comprising: a digital surgical scope comprising a lens assembly for magnifying an optical image of an object and an illumination device for illuminating the object along the same optical axis and from the same direction of the lens assembly; an image data taking device; an image data processing/storing device for manipulating the image taken by the lens assembly and the image data taking device, wherein the image data processing/storing device comprises a database; one or more displays for displaying the image from the image data processing device; and one or more controls for controlling the behaviors of the digital surgical scope, the image data taking device, the image data processing/storing device, and the one or more displays, the procedure comprising steps for: capturing images; enhancing images; and selecting and performing functions on the images, wherein the function comprises deleting, exporting, importing, multi-viewing, printing, and managing the images with the database, wherein the step of capturing images comprises steps of: adjusting live image quality by adjusting the camera controls, white balance, RGB color gamma value, viewing area, zoom in, zoom out, and full screen, wherein the camera control comprises gain, offset, and exposure; capturing a snapshot image and a video clip; controlling the capturing with a foot pedal or a button; viewing details of the image or video by selecting functions of deleting, saving, and refreshing; and replaying the captured image or video, wherein the step of enhancing images comprises steps of: analyzing the images to manipulate the image to rotate, zoom in, zoom out, pan, magnify, and measure geometrical dimension, wherein the geometrical dimension comprises angles, lengths, distances between two points; and annotating the image for adding text and geometrical objects, wherein the geometrical objects comprises lines and shapes, and wherein the one or more controls include a button, a pedal, and a lever, and are configured to control the behaviors with hands or feet.