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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2004
Applicant:
J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining an orientation of a base () to which a fiducial marker () is detachably mounted. The method includes the steps of determining the axis of symmetry for the fiducial marker and choosing the determined axis of symmetry of the fiducial marker () as the axis of symmetry of the base ().