Patent Document ID: 20130072301
Application ID: 13237847
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A shape object, comprising: a line segment having a length that extends between a first end and a second end, the line segment being flexible into a plurality of positions, each of the plurality of positions defining a shape of the line segment; an optical fiber integrated along the line segment; an interface connectable to the line optical fiber of the line segment, the interface being at the first end of the line segment, the interface including, a circuit for communicating optical signals to the optical fiber, the circuit being configured to identify the shape and changes in the shape of the line segment over time; and a circuit for wirelessly transmitting the shape of the line segment to a computer that is remote from the line segment; wherein the first end of the line segment is configured for placement at a known separation to a tracked object that is separately tracked in three dimensional space.