Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10042598-B2
Application number	US-201414901198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2014
Priority date	Jul 16, 2013
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires plural pieces of medical apparatus information which are plural pieces of information acquired from a plurality of medical apparatuses; a generation unit that generates presentation information which contains at least a part of the plural pieces of medical apparatus information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a presentation unit that outputs the generated presentation information to a plurality of image display apparatuses.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
acquire plural pieces of medical apparatus information that are plural pieces of information acquired from a plurality of medical apparatuses;
generate plural pieces of presentation information that respectively contain at least a part of the plural pieces of medical apparatus information; and
output the generated presentation information to a plurality of personal image display apparatuses,
wherein:
in a first mode, the presentation information corresponds to the medical apparatus information acquired from only a specific medical apparatus of the plurality of medical apparatuses,
in a second mode, the presentation information corresponds to the medical apparatus information acquired from each medical apparatus of the plurality of medical apparatuses.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the first mode, the presentation information is common to the plurality of personal image display apparatuses, and in the second mode, the presentation information is generated to respectively correspond to the plurality of personal image display apparatuses.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
store information for individually identifying the plurality of personal image display apparatuses in association with information for indicating whether the personal image display apparatus is a specific image display apparatus,
wherein the specific image display apparatus receives the common presentation information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the second mode, the plural pieces of presentation information are selected by users of the plurality of personal image display apparatuses.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the second mode, the plural pieces of presentation information are based on the role of each user.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
store information for individually identifying the plurality of personal image display apparatuses in association with a role of a user of the personal image display apparatus,
wherein in the second mode, the role of the user is identified using the role storage unit.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the second mode, the plural pieces of generated presentation information are combined together, and
the combined information is outputted to the plurality of personal image display apparatuses.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the presentation information includes the medical apparatus information that has been enlarged or reduced while maintaining an aspect ratio of the medical apparatus information.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the information processing apparatus is connected to a head mounted display apparatus, as at least one of the plurality of personal image display apparatuses, on which a user can see a virtual image and an outside scene.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
acquire from the head mounted display apparatus an image in a direction of a visual field of the user that wears the head mounted display apparatus,
extract characteristics of an object contained in the outside scene by recognizing the image acquired in the direction of the visual field, and
compensate the presentation information based on the extracted characteristics, and output the compensated presentation information.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transmit information on a predetermined step and change the step to be transmitted based on the acquired plural pieces of medical apparatus information, and
generate the presentation information that contains the received step.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
repeatedly acquire the plural pieces of medical apparatus information, and change the step to be transmitted based on a latest medical apparatus information.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transmit information on a series of predetermined steps that are formed of a plurality of the steps, and
change the steps by performing at least one of the following procedure: addition of a new step to the series of steps, removal of at least a part of steps from the series of steps, and replacement of at least a part of steps in the series of steps.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
sequentially transmit the series of predetermined steps one by one, which are formed of the plurality of steps, and
change the steps by stopping the transmission of the single step.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:
in the first mode, the presentation information is common to the plurality of personal image display apparatuses, and in the second mode, the presentation information is generated to respectively correspond to the plurality of personal image display apparatuses, and
in the first mode, the steps for the user of the specific image display apparatus are transmitted.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:
in the first mode, the presentation information is common to the plurality of personal image display apparatuses, and in the second mode, the presentation information is generated to respectively correspond to the plurality of personal image display apparatuses, and
in the second mode, the steps that respectively correspond to the roles of the users are transmitted.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor acquires a designation of the specific medical apparatus of the plurality of medical apparatuses.

18. An information processing method comprising:
(a) acquiring plural pieces of medical apparatus information that are plural pieces of information acquired from a plurality of medical apparatuses;
(b) generating presentation information that contains at least a part of the plural pieces of acquired medical apparatus information;
(c) outputting the generated presentation information to a plurality of personal image display apparatuses;
(d) operating a processor in a first mode or in a second mode,
in the first mode, the presentation information corresponds to the medical apparatus information acquired from only a specific medical apparatus of the plurality of medical apparatuses, and
in the second mode, the presentation information corresponds to the medical apparatus information acquired from each medical apparatus of the plurality of medical apparatuses; and

(e) acquiring a designation of the specific medical apparatus of the plurality of medical apparatuses.

19. An information processing system comprising:
a plurality of medical apparatuses;
an information processing apparatus; and
a plurality of head mounted display apparatuses that are configured so that a user can see a virtual image and an outside scene,
wherein the information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to:
acquire p

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Tsuda Atsunari
• Uchiyama Toshikazu
• Wakamiya Hitomi
• Takano Masahide

Classifications

• G02B2027/0138

  comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera · CPC title

• G02B2027/0141

  characterised by the informative content of the display · CPC title

• G02B27/017

  Head mounted · CPC title

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title