Image processing system and method using device rotation
First Claim
1. An image processing system for enabling a user to navigate through image data having at least three spatial dimensions by displaying views of the image data, the image processing system comprising:
- an image device comprising a display for displaying the views of the image data and an orientation sensor for measuring an orientation of the image device with respect to a reference orientation and for providing rotation data indicative of a device rotation of the image device;
means for establishing, in the image data, a center of rotation about which the views of the image data from the image device rotate in the device rotation; and
an image processor for establishing the views of the image data in relation to the device rotation by;
(i) receiving the rotation data from the orientation sensor, (ii) establishing a view rotation in relation to the device rotation, and (iii) establishing a current view in dependence on the view rotation around the center of rotation with respect to a reference view;
wherein;
the means for establishing the center of rotation comprises a region of interest detector for detecting a medical anomaly as a region of interest in the image data,enabling the means for establishing the center of rotation to establish the center of the region of interest as the center of rotation, andthe region of interest is imagery of a physical object within the image data.
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Abstract
Image processing system 100 for enabling a user to navigate through image data having at least three spatial dimensions by displaying views 155 of the image data, the image processing system comprising an image device 110 comprising a display 130 for displaying the views of the image data and an orientation sensor 120 for measuring an orientation of the image device with respect to a reference orientation for providing rotation data 125 indicative of a device rotation of the image device, means 140 for establishing a center of rotation in the image data, and an image processor 150 for establishing the views of the image data in relation to the device rotation by, for establishing a current view, (i) receiving the rotation data from the orientation sensor, (ii) establishing a view rotation in relation to the device rotation, and (iii) establishing the current view in dependence on the view rotation around the center of rotation with respect to a reference view.
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18 Claims
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1. An image processing system for enabling a user to navigate through image data having at least three spatial dimensions by displaying views of the image data, the image processing system comprising:
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an image device comprising a display for displaying the views of the image data and an orientation sensor for measuring an orientation of the image device with respect to a reference orientation and for providing rotation data indicative of a device rotation of the image device; means for establishing, in the image data, a center of rotation about which the views of the image data from the image device rotate in the device rotation; and an image processor for establishing the views of the image data in relation to the device rotation by;
(i) receiving the rotation data from the orientation sensor, (ii) establishing a view rotation in relation to the device rotation, and (iii) establishing a current view in dependence on the view rotation around the center of rotation with respect to a reference view;
wherein;the means for establishing the center of rotation comprises a region of interest detector for detecting a medical anomaly as a region of interest in the image data, enabling the means for establishing the center of rotation to establish the center of the region of interest as the center of rotation, and the region of interest is imagery of a physical object within the image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of enabling a user to navigate through image data having at least three spatial dimensions by displaying views of the image data on a display of an image device, the method comprising:
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measuring, by an orientation sensor, an orientation of the image device with respect to a reference orientation for providing rotation data indicative of a device rotation of the image device; establishing, in the image data, a center of rotation about which the views of the image data from the image device rotate in the device rotation; and establishing the views of the image data in relation to the device rotation by;
(i) receiving the rotation data from the orientation sensor, (ii) establishing a view rotation in relation to the device rotation, and (iii) establishing a current view in dependence on the view rotation around the center of rotation with respect to a reference view, wherein;establishing the center of rotation in the image data comprises; automatically detecting a medical anomaly as a region of interest in the image data; identifying a center of the region of interest; and establishing the center of the region of interest as the center of rotation, and the region of interest is imagery of a physical object within the image data. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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