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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Bharat Ramachandran, Morganville, NJ (US);
Raymond Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Manzke, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Bharat Ramachandran, Morganville, NJ (US);
Raymond Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Manzke, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An optical shape sensing system employing an optical fiber () and one or more reference markers (). Each reference marker () has an identifiable reference tracking position within a reference coordinate system (). The optical fiber () has a reconstruction launch point () within the reference coordinate system () serving as a basis for an execution of a shape reconstruction of the optical fiber () within the reference coordinate system (). The reconstruction launch point () of the optical fiber () has a known spatial relationship with each reference marker () to facilitate an identification of the reconstruction launch point () within the reference coordinate system ().