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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1995
Hans-Erdmann Korth, Stuttgart, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A rod-shaped device for spatial data acquisition includes a shank (1) with at least two separated, substantially identical marker field structures (3, 4) on the surface of the shank (1). The marker field structures (3, 4) are resolvable for imaging purposes by an optical position and orientation determination system for determining the position and orientation of an object in space. That system includes imaging apparatus (5) with a field of vision containing the rod-shaped device to capture position data of the rod shaped device. A computer (6) connected to the image apparatus receives the position data and calculates the position and orientation of the object in space.