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Wenyi Zhao
Also filed as: ZHAO WENYI
97 granted patents·15 pending applications·7,766 citations·filing 2001–2025
99Inventor score
Files withINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS64ZHAO WENYI12MAGIC LEAP INC6SARNOFF CORP5SCANADU INCORPORATED5
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112 records- 0199US10282881B2Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of toolsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2018·Granted May 7, 2019·106 cites·20 claims
- 0299US10008017B2Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of toolsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 26, 2018·152 cites·28 claims
- 0399US9948852B2Intelligent manual adjustment of an image control elementINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 17, 2018·111 cites·19 claims
- 0499US9844313B2Methods and apparatus for demosaicing images with highly correlated color channelsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 19, 2017·123 cites·9 claims
- 0599US8706301B2Obtaining force information in a minimally invasive surgical procedureINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 22, 2014·266 cites·8 claims
- 0699US8108072B2Methods and systems for robotic instrument tool tracking with adaptive fusion of kinematics information and image informationZHAO WENYI·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 31, 2012·1.7k cites·24 claims
- 0798US11638999B2Synthetic representation of a surgical robotINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted May 2, 2023·14 cites·8 claims
- 0898US11471221B2Configuration marker design and detection for instrument trackingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 18, 2022·10 cites·20 claims
- 0998US11381759B2Multi-function imagingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 5, 2022·12 cites·20 claims
- 1098US10737394B2Synthetic representation of a surgical robotINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 11, 2020·43 cites·13 claims
- 1198US10178368B2Stereo imaging system with automatic disparity adjustment for displaying close range objectsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 8, 2019·40 cites·18 claims
- 1298US9789608B2Synthetic representation of a surgical robotITKOWITZ BRANDON D·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 17, 2017·134 cites·13 claims
- 1398US8639000B2Robust sparse image matching for robotic surgeryZHAO WENYI·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 28, 2014·261 cites·29 claims
- 1498US8374723B2Obtaining force information in a minimally invasive surgical procedureINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 12, 2013·1k cites·40 claims
- 1598US8184880B2Robust sparse image matching for robotic surgeryZHAO WENYI·Filed 2009·Granted May 22, 2012·285 cites·31 claims
- 1698US8169468B2Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robotSCOTT DAVID·Filed 2008·Granted May 1, 2012·68 cites·16 claims
- 1798US8147503B2Methods of locating and tracking robotic instruments in robotic surgical systemsZHAO WENYI·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 3, 2012·207 cites·25 claims
- 1898US8073528B2Tool tracking systems, methods and computer products for image guided surgeryZHAO WENYI·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 6, 2011·198 cites·7 claims
- 1997US11941734B2Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of toolsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 26, 2024·4 cites·18 claims
- 2097US11806102B2Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the toolsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 7, 2023·4 cites·14 claims
- 2197US10984567B2Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of toolsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 20, 2021·78 cites·20 claims
- 2297US10137575B2Synthetic representation of a surgical robotINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 27, 2018·54 cites·10 claims
- 2397US8792963B2Methods of determining tissue distances using both kinematic robotic tool position information and image-derived position informationZHAO WENYI·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 29, 2014·50 cites·10 claims
- 2497US8594841B2Visual force feedback in a minimally invasive surgical procedureZHAO WENYI·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 26, 2013·386 cites·23 claims
- 2597US8228368B2Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robot using a captured fluorescence image and captured stereoscopic visible imagesZHAO WENYI·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 24, 2012·321 cites·16 claims
- 2696US10507066B2Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the toolsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 17, 2019·174 cites·6 claims
- 2796US9526587B2Fiducial marker design and detection for locating surgical instrument in imagesZHAO TAO·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 27, 2016·278 cites·24 claims
- 2896US8223193B2Targets, fixtures, and workflows for calibrating an endoscopic cameraZHAO TAO·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 17, 2012·37 cites·24 claims
- 2995US11778340B2Multi-function imagingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 3, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 3095US11200646B2Compensation for deformation in head mounted display systemsMAGIC LEAP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 14, 2021·5 cites·17 claims
- 3195US9503713B2Method and system for stereo gaze trackingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 22, 2016·97 cites·20 claims
- 3295US8830224B2Efficient 3-D telestration for local robotic proctoringZHAO WENYI·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 9, 2014·291 cites·36 claims
- 3395US6597818B2Method and apparatus for performing geo-spatial registration of imagerySARNOFF CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 22, 2003·519 cites·27 claims
- 3494US12357400B2Synthetic representation of a surgical robotINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 15, 2025·2 cites·20 claims
- 3594US11389255B2Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the toolsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 19, 2022·19 cites·12 claims
- 3694US11252395B2Targets, fixtures, and workflows for calibrating an endoscopic cameraINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 15, 2022·3 cites·9 claims
- 3794US10531017B2Single-chip sensor multi-function imagingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 7, 2020·6 cites·13 claims
- 3894US10237497B2Single chip sensor multi-function imagingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 19, 2019·6 cites·10 claims
- 3994USD783838SPortable wireless vital signs scannerSCANADU INCORPORATED·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 11, 2017·66 cites·1 claims
- 4094US9277205B2Single-chip sensor multi-function imagingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 1, 2016·10 cites·16 claims
- 4194US7187809B2Method and apparatus for aligning video to three-dimensional point cloudsSARNOFF CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 6, 2007·55 cites·18 claims
- 4293US11998275B2Eye tracking using aspheric cornea modelMAGIC LEAP INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 4, 2024·3 cites·18 claims
- 4393US11854171B2Compensation for deformation in head mounted display systemsMAGIC LEAP INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 26, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 4493US10944919B2Multi-function imagingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 9, 2021·4 cites·16 claims
- 4593US10524644B2Augmented visualization for a surgical robot using a captured visible image combined with a fluorescence image and a captured visible imageINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 7, 2020·11 cites·5 claims
- 4693US9992428B2Single-chip sensor multi-function imagingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 5, 2018·6 cites·7 claims
- 4793US9402690B2Efficient 3-D telestration for local and remote robotic proctoringINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 2, 2016·14 cites·10 claims
- 4892US9808206B1Data acquisition quality and data fusion for personal portable wireless vital signs scannerSCANADU INCORPORATED·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 7, 2017·90 cites·21 claims
- 4991US11977678B2Robotic system providing user selectable actions associated with gaze trackingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2023·Granted May 7, 2024·1 cites·17 claims
- 5091US11758262B2Intelligent manual adjustment of an image control elementINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 12, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
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