Patent ID: 9599697
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G01S

Claim:
1. A system for localizing one or more light sources, comprising: one or more optical fiber sensors configured to receive light from the one or more light sources and to emit, from proximal ends of the one or more optical fiber sensors, 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; and light data processing circuitry configured to detect the plurality of cones of light and to determine spatial characteristics of the one or more light sources relative to the positions of one or more optical fibers, wherein the plurality of cones of light include at least three cones of light, wherein determining the spatial characteristics of the one or more light sources includes detecting a concurrent angle of incidence measurements, non-concurrent direction measurements, and non-concurrent position measurements of at least three cones of the light corresponding to the one or more light sources to determine a direction of the one or more light sources relative to the one or more optical fibers.