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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Kevin J. Frank, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jason A. Case, Longmont, CO (US);
Kevin J. Frank, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jason A. Case, Longmont, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to fiducial tracking system. The fiducial tracking system includes a first device having a fiducial pattern disposed thereon and a second device having an image capture device disposed thereon. The image capturing device is configured to obtain a fiducial image of the fiducial pattern. A controller is also provided that is configured to receive the fiducial image, correct the fiducial image for lens distortion, find correspondence between the fiducial image and a model image, estimate a camera pose, and transform a position of the second device to model coordinates.