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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2014
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Leo R. Gauthier, Jr., Ellicott City, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting and tracking one or more of direction, orientation and position of one or more light sources includes one or more optical fiber sensors configured to receive light from the one or more light sources and to generate a plurality of cones of light according to relative positions of the one or more optical fiber sensors relative to the one or more light sources. The system includes light data processing circuitry configured to detect characteristics of the plurality of cones of light and to determine one or more of direction, orientation, or position of the one or more light sources relative to the one or more optical fibers.