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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht, Waalre, NL;
Nicolaas Lambert, Waalre, NL;
Inventors:
Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht, Waalre, NL;
Nicolaas Lambert, Waalre, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01); A61B 5/6828 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 2505/09 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); G06F 19/3481 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method for automatic alignment of a position and orientation indicator with respect to a body part is provided. The method includes the acts of attaching a position and orientation indicator to a body part; moving the body part and measuring movements of the position and orientation indicator; and exploiting physical constraints to motion to determine the alignment of the position and orientation indicator with respect to the body part.