Patent Document ID: 7889197
Application ID: 11627513
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of capturing and processing a series of images incorporating a plurality of digitized markers, comprising: capturing a first image frame with a first video camera having a first optical position to generate a first image representation; capturing the first image frame with a second video camera having a second optical position to generate a second image representation; identifying a plurality of alignment tracking points from the plurality of digitized markers using each of the first and second image representations; and utilizing the plurality of alignment tracking points in the first image frame to locate a position of a first marker in a second, succeeding image frame, wherein if the first marker is identified, the first marker is reused in the second image frame, and if the first marker is not identified: searching a defined region surrounding the position of the first marker for a second, matching marker, the second, matching marker used in the second, succeeding image frame if the second, matching marker is identified within the defined region, and if the matching marker is not identified within the defined region: interpolating a best guess position of the first marker by processing translation information of a third marker geometrically interconnected to the first marker, the first and third marker being geometrically interconnected using a three-dimensional mesh.