#$%^&*AU2012227252A120130404.pdf#####ABSTRACT Surgical stereo vision systems and methods for microsurgery are described that enable hand-eye collocation, high resolution, and a large field of view. A digital stereo microscope apparatus, an operating system with a digital stereo microscope, and a method are described using a display unit located over an area of interest such that a human operator places hands, tools, or a combination thereof in the area of interest and views a magnified and augmented live stereo view of the area interest with eyes of the human operator substantially collocated with the hands of the human operator.3/7 300 352 302 EXTERNAL OBJECT OPTICAL PROPERTY SYSTEM ASSEMBLY 304 340 342 30 44 .. 316 IMAGE SIGNAL CONTROL DISPLAY SENSORS PROCESSORS PROCESSORS CONTROL 1314 LIGHTING STORAGE PROCESSORS /,348 312 PROPERTY 346 DATA PROCESSORS SENSORS (PARALLEL PROCESSORS) 350 DISPLAY PROCESSOR S-- - - - - -I - - - - - - - 330 DISPLAY PROCESSOR .......OPERATOR DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY 320 308 320 320 320 FIG. 3
