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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Johannes Manus, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

Brainlab AG, Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02);
Abstract

A data processing method performed by a computer for detecting reflections of light pulses, comprising the steps: acquiring a camera signal representing a series of camera images of a camera viewing field; detecting whether the camera signal includes one or more light mark portions within the camera viewing field possibly representing a light pulse reflection; relating the detected light mark portions in the series of camera images to a pre-defined emission pattern of the light pulses; and determining that a light mark portion is a reflected light pulse, if the light mark portion in the series of camera images matches to the pre-defined emission pattern of the light pulses.


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