Method and device for controlling apparatus

摘要

A method for controlling a medical apparatus includes identifying at least one object and at least one part of a user's body; capturing the position, movement and/or alignment of the identified part of the body and the identified object; and controlling at least one apparatus using a corresponding predetermined command, if predetermined criteria for the identity of the object and/or part of the body and its position, movement and/or alignment are fulfilled. A device for controlling a medical apparatus includes an identifying device which identifies parts of a user's body and objects; a capture device which captures the position, movement and/or alignment of the identified parts of the body and objects; and a control device which controls at least one apparatus using a corresponding predetermined command, if predetermined criteria for the identity of the object and/or part of the body and its position, movement and/or alignment are fulfilled.

主权项

1. A method for controlling at least one of a plurality of medical apparatus, comprising:
identifying at least two of the plurality of medical apparatus and at least one body part of a user controlling the at least one of the plurality of medical apparatus, the at least two medical apparatus and the at least one body part of the user being within a field of view of at least one optical camera, the field of view including an operating theatre; capturing a position, movement and/or alignment of the at least one identified body part of the user and the at least two identified medical apparatus relative to each other; and controlling at least one of the plurality of medical apparatus via a corresponding predetermined command, said controlling being effected through a fulfilment of predetermined criteria for the identity and the respective position, movement and/or alignment relative to each other of the at least two medical apparatus and the at least one body part of the user.