A method for estimating a displacement sequence of an object. The method includes mounting an optical marker on the object, exciting a plurality of optical sources of the optical marker, capturing a plurality of images, and extracting the displacement sequence from a first image of the plurality of images and a second image of the plurality of images. The plurality of optical sources are excited utilizing one or more processors. The plurality of optical sources are excited based on an excitation pattern. The plurality of images are captured utilizing an imaging device. The displacement sequence is extracted utilizing the one or more processors. The displacement sequence is associated with the excitation pattern.