Patent ID: 7522765

Claim:
A method, of determining a localization of at least two imaging devices and a reference point, said method comprising: providing a first imaging device, substantially collocated with a first light emitting device and operatively linked to an information processing unit; providing a second imaging device, substantially collocated with a second light emitting device, and operatively linked to said information processing unit; providing a common reference point; acquiring a first image using said first imaging device, said first image having a first reference pixel corresponding to said reference point and a first epipole pixel corresponding to said light emitting device collocated with said second imaging device; acquiring a second image using said second imaging device, said second image having a second reference pixel corresponding to said reference point and a second epipole pixel corresponding to said light emitting device collocated with said first imaging device; identifying the first and second imaging devices by finding predetermined sequences by which the respective first and second light emitting devices are being varied; identifying the reference point; locating said reference pixels and said epipole pixels; communicating the locations of said reference pixels and said epipole pixels to said information processing unit; and determining said localization of said first and second imaging devices and said common reference point using said information processing unit, said reference pixels and said epipole pixels.