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05-01-2012 дата публикации

Long-Distance Target Detection Camera System

Номер: US20120002016A1
Принадлежит: Tokyo Institute of Technology NUC

A long-distance target detection camera system for detecting a long-distance target includes a pair of convergence cameras capable of performing convergence movement. The system further includes a telephoto camera having a line of sight substantially equal to the trace line of the intersection between the lines of sight of the pair of convergence cameras and having a narrower visual field than that of each of the pair of convergence cameras. The system further includes a base on which the pair of convergence cameras and the telephoto camera are installed. The system further includes a motor for base movement that controls the movement of the base.

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20-11-2015 дата публикации

Гидроакустическое устройство

Номер: RU0000156897U1

1. Гидроакустическое устройство, включающее расположенные в едином корпусе преобразователь колебаний жидкой среды и электрических сигналов, выполненный с возможностью приема и/или передачи гидроакустических сигналов, расположенный на плате, соединенной с коммутирующим кабелем для подачи питания и передачи электрических сигналов, отличающееся тем, что корпус гидроакустического устройства образован наружными поверхностями преобразователя и платы и покрытием всех этих поверхностей водонепроницаемым компаундом, обеспечивающим пропускание гидроакустических колебаний.2. Гидроакустическое устройство по п. 1, отличающееся тем, что в качестве водонепроницаемого компаунда выбран термопласт.3. Гидроакустическое устройство по п. 1, отличающееся тем, что в качестве водонепроницаемого компаунда выбрана термоактивная полимерная смола, отверждаемая в естественных условиях.4. Гидроакустическое устройство по п. 1, отличающееся тем, что в качестве водонепроницаемого компаунда выбран синтетический эластомер.5. Гидроакустическое устройство по п. 4, отличающееся тем, что в качестве синтетического эластомера выбран полиуретан. РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (51) МПК G01S 3/80 (11) (13) 156 897 U1 (2006.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (12) ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ (21)(22) Заявка: ЛИСТ ОПИСАНИЯ ПОЛЕЗНОЙ МОДЕЛИ К ПАТЕНТУ 2015125364/28, 26.06.2015 (24) Дата начала отсчета срока действия патента: 26.06.2015 (72) Автор(ы): Дмитриев Станислав Михайлович (RU), Дикарев Александр Васильевич (RU) (45) Опубликовано: 20.11.2015 Бюл. № 32 1 5 6 8 9 7 R U (57) Формула полезной модели 1. Гидроакустическое устройство, включающее расположенные в едином корпусе преобразователь колебаний жидкой среды и электрических сигналов, выполненный с возможностью приема и/или передачи гидроакустических сигналов, расположенный на плате, соединенной с коммутирующим кабелем для подачи питания и передачи электрических сигналов, отличающееся тем, что корпус гидроакустического устройства образован наружными ...

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26-01-2012 дата публикации

Object position estimation apparatus, object position estimation method, and object position estimation program

Номер: US20120020521A1
Принадлежит: Panasonic Corp

An object-state change determination unit calculates a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of observed values obtained from a plurality of objects and each of a plurality of the latest object states to be recorded in an object state information storage unit, and determines presence or absence of a change in the object state so that only in a case where there is a change in the object state, an object position is estimated with high precision by using a batch estimation unit, while in the case of no change in the object state, the result of a position estimation of the object with high precision, recorded in the object state information storage unit, is outputted as a result of an object position estimation.

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26-01-2012 дата публикации

Sensing relative position from a wireless transceiver

Номер: US20120021758A1
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Disclosed is an apparatus, system and method for determining a location of a mobile device based on a location of a wireless network node, a distance between the wireless network node and the mobile device, and a bearing from the wireless network node to the mobile device, wherein the bearing is determined based on a directional signal and magnetometer measurements.

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09-02-2012 дата публикации

Navigation receiver

Номер: US20120032846A1
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for processing navigation signals received from multiple global navigation satellite systems (GNSS′). In a particular implementation, signals received from multiple GNSS′ may be processed in a single receiver channel.

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09-02-2012 дата публикации

Optical position detection apparatus and appliance having position detection function

Номер: US20120033231A1
Автор: Kanechika Kiyose
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

An optical position detection apparatus detects the position of a target object based on the result of the light reception through a light receiving unit when a light source is turned on. In a front-side housing portion of a housing of an optical unit, a reflection unit for generating a default light that makes the default light be incident to the light receiving unit is configured even in a state where a target object is not present. Accordingly, the initial setting of the relationship between a drive current in the light source unit and a light intensity in the light receiving unit can be appropriately performed based on the result of receiving the default light.

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23-02-2012 дата публикации

Portable electronic device and position tracking method of the device

Номер: US20120046041A1
Автор: Cheng-Wen Tang
Принадлежит: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd

A location tracking method using a portable electronic device utilizes communication with a server through access points. The portable electronic device creates a database to restore information of the access points and scans the access points which can communicates and searches the information of the access points scanned from the database. The portable electronic device logs onto the access points and transmits transmitter packages including the access points scanned and scanning time of the access points to the server for tracking locations of the portable electronic device.

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26-04-2012 дата публикации

Laser-based coordinate measuring device and laser-based method for measuring coordinates

Номер: US20120099096A1
Принадлежит: Faro Technologies Inc

A laser based coordinate measuring device measures a position of a remote target. The laser based coordinate measuring device includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and at least a first optical fiber. The stationary portion has at least a first laser radiation source and at least a first optical detector, and the rotatable portion is rotatable with respect to the stationary portion. The first optical fiber system, which optically interconnects the first laser radiation source and the first optical detector with an emission end of the first optical fiber system, has the emission end disposed on the rotatable portion. The emission end emits laser radiation to the remote target and receives laser radiation reflected from the remote target with the emission direction of the laser radiation being controlled according to the rotation of the rotatable portion.

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17-05-2012 дата публикации

Method for locating multiple rays of a source with or without aoa by multi-channel estimation of the tdoa and fdoa

Номер: US20120122470A1
Принадлежит: Thales SA

A method and system for locating an emitter E transmitting a signal toward a receiver A comprising N radio frequency channels (N≧1), the characteristics of said signal being unknown to the receiver and said signal being reflected off P reflectors B i (P≧1) of known positions, includes a step of multi-channel joint estimation/detection of the time differences of arrival or TDOA τ i and of the frequency differences of arrival or FDOA f i for each reflected path, a step of angular estimation of the direction θ 1 of the direct path of the signal emitted by a goniometry procedure, and a step of location in the plane of the position (x,y) of the emitter E on the basis, at least, of the pairs (τ i , f i ).

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17-05-2012 дата публикации

Method for calibrating a propagation-time-based localization system

Номер: US20120122484A1
Принадлежит: SIEMENS AG

In a method for calibrating a propagation-time-based localization system in a computer-assisted manner, the position of a mobile object in a predetermined environment can be determined by detecting propagation-time-based variables of multiple base stations, wherein the propagation-time-based variable of a base station represents the propagation time of a signal between an object radio unit and the base station. The object is moved and the variables of the base stations are detected in the process at multiple measuring times. The minimum value of the variables of a base station is associated with a predefined minimum distance between the object and base station and the maximum value with a predefined maximum distance. A predefined dependence of the distances between the object and base station is scaled to the association of the minimum and maximum value. The scaled dependence is then used when determining the position of the mobile object.

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21-06-2012 дата публикации

Location system

Номер: US20120155569A1
Принадлежит: Ubisense Ltd

A receiver device for receiving a signal that comprises one or more periodic features, the receiver device comprising: a detector configured to listen to the signal during at least a first reception phase, and to be triggered when a feature of the signal is received so as to determine the time of reception of that feature; and a receiver configured to process time-limited segments of the signal so as to derive information from features of the signal received during those segments, the receiver being configured to be dependent on the detector such that after the first reception phase the timings of the time-limited segments processed by the receiver are dependent on the time of reception determined by the detector.

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28-06-2012 дата публикации

Method for locating wireless nodes using difference triangulation

Номер: US20120165040A1

Disclosed is a method for locating wireless nodes using difference triangulation, including: storing information transmitted from three or more fixed wireless nodes while moving on a movement path; calculating displacement vectors among three or more measurement points sharing the information of three or more fixed wireless nodes on the movement path; calculating positional information of the mobile wireless node at another measurement point by reflecting the calculated displacement vectors to the positional information of the mobile wireless node calculated at a measurement point of a region where a location of at least one fixed wireless node is known; and calculating positional information of a location-unknown fixed wireless node by the positional information of the mobile wireless node calculated at the three or more measurement points and information received from the location-unknown fixed wireless node.

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12-07-2012 дата публикации

Position determination using horizontal angles

Номер: US20120178469A1
Автор: Slawomir K. Grzechnik
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

An access terminal of a wireless communication system includes a transceiver configured to receive wirelessly multiple reference keypoints and a geographical location of each respective reference keypoint, each geographical location being a location near an estimated position of the access terminal; at least one camera communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to capture an image; and a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and configured to calculate a refined position of the access terminal, that is more accurate than the estimated position, using first and second horizontal angles between the geographical locations of respective first and second pairs of reference keypoints determined as each corresponding to a respective image keypoint identified within the image captured by the at least one camera.

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26-07-2012 дата публикации

Handheld global positioning system device

Номер: US20120188122A1
Принадлежит: Javad GNSS Inc

A handheld GNSS device includes a housing, handgrips integral to the housing for enabling a user to hold the device, and a display screen integral with the housing. The device has a GNSS antenna and a communication antenna, both integral with the housing. The GNSS antenna receives position data from GNSS satellites. The communication antenna receives positioning assistance data from a base station. The GNSS antenna has a first antenna pattern, and the communication antenna has a second antenna pattern. The first and second antenna patterns are substantially separated. Coupled to the GNSS antenna, within the housing, is at least one receiver. Further, the device includes, within the housing, orientation circuitry for generating orientation data, imaging circuitry for obtaining image data, and positioning circuitry for determining a position for the point of interest based on the position data, the positioning assistance data, the orientation data, and the image data.

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02-08-2012 дата публикации

Radio navigation

Номер: US20120196622A1
Принадлежит: BAE SYSTEMS plc

Methods and systems for estimating the position of a radio signal receiver are described. The position of a first stationary radio signal transmitter is estimated using a primary set of positioning resources available to the receiver. Once the position of the first transmitter has been determined, it is added to a secondary set of positioning resources available to the receiver. If the primary set of positioning resources is ineffectual, the secondary set of positioning resources may be used to estimate the position of the receiver.

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30-08-2012 дата публикации

Devices and methods for position determination and surface measurement

Номер: US20120218563A1
Принадлежит: CARL ZEISS AG

In an embodiment a method for position determination of an object ( 25 ) in a spatial area ( 28 ) is provided in which the object ( 25 ) is illuminated with at least one light beam ( 22, 27 ). The light beam ( 22, 27 ) does not cover the complete spatial area ( 28 ) and is guided into a part of the spatial area in which the object ( 25 ) is present depending on the position of the object ( 25 ). In another aspect a method for measuring a surface is provided.

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04-10-2012 дата публикации

System and method for passively determining own position listening to wireless time synchronization communications

Номер: US20120252503A1
Автор: Ryan Haoyun Wu
Принадлежит: Saab Sensis Corp

The system and method of the present invention provides a mobile node (e.g., target), such as an aircraft, vehicle or mobile piece of equipment, the ability to determine its own position by passively listening to wireless time synchronization communications, such as IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) messages, exchanged between nodes over a wireless network.

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18-10-2012 дата публикации

Method for Enabling Landing on an Offset Runway

Номер: US20120265377A1
Автор: Thierry Boulay
Принадлежит: Thales SA

1—Method for determining the distance of an aircraft from an offset runway ( 15 ) during a landing by offset approach, the offset runway ( 15 ) being situated at a distance D from a main runway ( 11 ) equipped with at least one elevation beacon ( 12 ), characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: determining the height h at which the aircraft ( 1 ) is situated, height determined with respect to a point T 1 of the offset runway ( 15 ), height measured by a radioaltimeter with which the aircraft is equipped, determining the angle of elevation φ of the MLS mode by using the information of the elevation beacon ( 12 ) provided by an elevation beacon ( 12 ) with which said main runway is equipped ( 11 ), determining the value of the distance ρ of the aircraft from the azimuth beacon ( 10 ) by using the following formula ρ = ( h Tan  ( ϕ ) - D   2 Cos  ( θ ) ) 2 + h 2 , using said distance ρ to obtain a point of location of the aircraft in an offset runway reference frame ( 15 ).

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22-11-2012 дата публикации

method of aligning a helmet mounted display

Номер: US20120293395A1
Автор: John Richard Williams
Принадлежит: BAE SYSTEMS plc

A method and system of aligning a helmet mounted display mounted to a helmet is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of;—aligning a first helmet mounted display guide symbol with a reference direction;—selecting the alignment of the first helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a first stabilised guide symbol, starting at the position of the aligned first symbol, with a reference direction, the first stabilised symbol being stabilised to reduce the movement of the stabilised symbol with respect to the reference direction in response to movements of the head of the user;—selecting the alignment of the first stabilised guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a second helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—selecting the alignment of the second helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a second stabilised guide symbol, starting at the position of the aligned second symbol, with a reference direction, the second stabilised symbol being stabilised to reduce the movement of the stabilised symbol with respect to the reference direction in response to movements of the head of the user; —selecting the alignment of the second stabilised display guide symbol with the reference direction;—determining a relative position and orientation between the helmet and the display mounted to the helmet according to the positions and orientations of the helmet at said alignments.

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22-11-2012 дата публикации

Acoustic Localization of a Speaker

Номер: US20120294118A1
Принадлежит: Nuance Communications Inc

A system locates a speaker in a room containing a loudspeaker and a microphone array. The loudspeaker transmits a sound that is partly reflected by a speaker. The microphone array detects the reflected sound and converts the sound into a microphone array, the speaker's distance from the microphone array, or both, based on the characteristics of the microphone signals.

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29-11-2012 дата публикации

Wireless station location detection

Номер: US20120300708A1
Автор: Matthew S. Gast
Принадлежит: Trapeze Networks Inc

A technique for locating a device uses connectivity to find a distance between an access point (AP) and a device. The AP transmits a frame to a device and receives an acknowledgement frame from the device. The amount of time for a signal to pass between the AP and the device is estimated and multiplied by the speed of light to find the distance between the AP and the device.

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29-11-2012 дата публикации

System and/or method for reducing ambiguities in received SPS signals

Номер: US20120300885A1
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for resolving ambiguities associated with signals received from space vehicles (SVs) in a satellite navigation system.

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03-01-2013 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for mapping operating parameter in coverage area of wireless network

Номер: US20130005297A1
Автор: Susan W. Sanders, Tian Bu
Принадлежит: Alcatel Lucent USA Inc

A method for mapping an operating parameter in a coverage area of a wireless network includes obtaining parameter measurements for an operating parameter associated with mobile stations operating in a select portion of a network coverage area for a wireless network, the network coverage area formed by base stations defining cellular coverage areas, the select portion formed by at least one base station, each at least one base station including multiple sector antennas, each sector antenna defining a sector coverage area within the cellular coverage area; and, for each obtained parameter measurement, estimating an instant geographic location of the mobile station in relation to the at least one base station serving the mobile station, each instant geographic location based on a round trip measurement and a signal strength measurement associated with the mobile station, each round trip measurement associated with the serving base station.

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03-01-2013 дата публикации

Distributed positioning mechanism for wireless communication devices

Номер: US20130005347A1
Автор: Florean Curticapean
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Atheros Inc

A wireless communication device can determine its position in accordance with a distributed positioning mechanism to minimize bandwidth and power consumption at the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device can detect positioning control messages exchanged between independent pairs of access points in a wireless communication network. The wireless communication device can determine position information associated with each access point of each of the pairs of access points and timing information associated with the pairs of access points based, at least in part, on the detected positioning control messages. The position of the wireless communication device can then be calculated based, at least in part, on the position information and the timing information associated with the pairs of access points.

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03-01-2013 дата публикации

Target tracking

Номер: US20130006576A1
Принадлежит: BAE SYSTEMS plc

An apparatus and a method are disclosed for tracking a plurality of targets (e.g. land-based vehicles) The method can include: for a first time-step, estimating a state of each target; at a second time-step, measuring values for a state of a target; for the second time-step, estimating a state of each target using the estimated target states for the first time-step; updating the estimated target states for the second time-step using the measured values; and performing an identity management process to estimate a probability that a particular state measurement corresponds to a particular target by providing a mixing matrix, wherein an element of the mixing matrix is based on an overlap between the updated estimated target states of targets in an underlying state space of the estimated target states.

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10-01-2013 дата публикации

Positioning device and positioning method

Номер: US20130012229A1
Принадлежит: NTT DOCOMO INC

A positioning apparatus for performing a positioning operation based on distance to an access point includes an access point detection unit configured to detect an access point, a memory unit configured to store the access point detected by the access point detection unit for each of channels, a channel setup unit configured to set a channel to be scanned based on the access points in the memory unit, and a positioning operation unit configured to perform positioning based on the distance to the access point detected by the access point detection unit. The access point detection unit detects the access point based on the channel set by the channel setup unit.

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17-01-2013 дата публикации

Crowd sourcing based on dead reckoning

Номер: US20130018629A1
Принадлежит: Microsoft Corp

An identification is made as to when a device is at an anchor location, which can be a proximity zone along an edge of a dead zone or a location where a signal from a beacon is detected. In response to the device being at an anchor location, recording of crowd sourcing data based on dead reckoning starts. Recording crowd sourcing data based on dead reckoning includes identifying one or more signals received by a device while the device is at each of multiple positions. For each of the multiple positions, both an indication of the position determined based at least in part on dead reckoning and an indication of the one or more signals received while the device is at that position are recorded.

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24-01-2013 дата публикации

Signal Transponder

Номер: US20130021193A1
Принадлежит: Astrium GmbH

A signal transponder for frequency conversion of signals from unknown signal sources is provided. The transponder includes an input for receiving a signal from an unknown signal source, an input filter for filtering the received signal, an input signal amplifier for amplifying the received signal, a mixer for converting the frequency of the amplified and filtered received signal to a predetermined frequency, a local oscillator for generating a clock signal supplied to the mixer for frequency conversion, an output filter for filtering the frequency converted signal, an output signal amplifier for amplifying the frequency converted signal, and an output for transmitting the filtered and amplified frequency converted signal.

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31-01-2013 дата публикации

Method and system for video processing to determine digital pulse recognition tones

Номер: US20130027528A1
Принадлежит: ByteLight Inc

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for isolating a broadcast digital pulse recognition tone of a beacon light source in a digital video sequence. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a digital video sequence of a scene, the digital video sequence including a sequence of frames and the scene including both modulated illumination broadcast by a beacon light source and un-modulated illumination, calculating a background value of the digital video sequence, the background value including a portion of the digital video sequence corresponding to the un-modulated illumination of the scene, subtracting the background value of the digital video sequence to obtain an isolated digital video sequence of the modulated illumination of the scene, calculating a frequency content of a frame of the isolated digital video sequence, and determining a particular tone broadcast by the beacon light source based on the frequency content.

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28-03-2013 дата публикации

Audio analysis apparatus

Номер: US20130080168A1
Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

An audio analysis apparatus includes the following components. A strap has an end portion connected to a main body and is used to hang the main body from a user's neck. A first audio acquisition device is at the end portion or in the main body. Second and third audio acquisition devices are at positions separate from the end portion by substantially the same predetermined distances, on the respective sides of the strap extending from the user's neck. An analysis unit discriminates whether an acquired sound is an uttered voice of the user or another person by comparing audio signals of acquired by the first and second or third audio acquisition devices and detects an orientation of the user's face by comparing the audio signals acquired by the second and third audio acquisition devices. A transmission unit transmits the analysis result to an external apparatus.

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28-03-2013 дата публикации

Determining the physical location of a client

Номер: US20130080598A1
Принадлежит: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Determining a physical location of a client, including: determining a network transmission time associated with a first server and a network transmission time associated with a second server; determining a set of key parameters for the first server and a set of key parameters for the second server; determining a distance between the client and the first server and a distance between the client and the second server based at least in part on inputting the network transmission time associated with the first server, the network transmission time associated with the second server, the set of key parameters for the first server, and the set of key parameters for the second server into a data processing model; and determining the physical location associated with the client using the distance between the client and the first server and the distance between the client and the second server.

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02-05-2013 дата публикации

Method for the Coordinated Processing of Signals Transmitted by Beacons

Номер: US20130106656A1

A method is provided for demodulating a signal carrying a message transmitted by a terrestrial beacon, executed by a system comprising a constellation of satellites suitable for detecting said signal and for repeating it towards receiving stations on the ground, and an analysis module suitable for receiving signals from said stations. Each receiving station transmits the signals that it receives from the satellite to the analysis module, said module realigning said signals in frequency and/or in time relative to one another, combining the realigned signals to generate a synthetic signal having an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio, and determining the content of said message and/or the modulation parameters of said synthetic signal. The method applies notably to the accurate and reliable location of distress beacons by a satellite system.

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06-06-2013 дата публикации

Methods and apparatuses for use in selecting a transmitting device for use in a positioning function

Номер: US20130143590A1
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices having one or more computing platforms to obtain signaling characteristics for one or more transmitting devices. The signaling characteristics may, for example, be based, at least in part, on one or more signals received by a receiving device from the transmitting device(s), and may comprise at least a received signal strength measurement and a propagation time measurement. Such methods and apparatuses may further be implemented to determine whether a mobile station is to use or not use positioning data for one or more transmitting device(s) in a positioning function based, at least in part, on the received signal strength measurement and the propagation time measurement.

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06-06-2013 дата публикации

Umts proximity detection with uplink and downlink signals

Номер: US20130143598A1
Принадлежит: Andrew LLC

A method and system for determining the location of a mobile device in a communications network or the proximity of the device to a node in the network. A location request may be received for a mobile device served by a base station in the network. A set of nodes associated with the serving base station may then be tasked and downlink data collected at a first node, the downlink data from a downlink signal received from the serving base station. Downlink frame timing may then be determined as a function of the collected downlink data and uplink data collected at a second node as a function of the determined downlink frame timing. A geographic location for the device or proximity thereof to a node may be determined as a function of the collected uplink data.

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13-06-2013 дата публикации

Mobile terminal device for positioning system based on magnetic field map and method thereof

Номер: US20130150076A1
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A mobile terminal device for a positioning system based on a magnetic field map and a method thereof, are provided. The mobile terminal includes a memory configured to store a magnetic field map including magnetic field values at positions. The mobile terminal further includes a magnetic field sensor configured to measure a magnetic field value at a position of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal further includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor configured to measure an acceleration value and a gyro value of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal further includes a processor configured to determine the position of the mobile terminal based on the magnetic field map, the magnetic field value, the acceleration value, and the gyro value.

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13-06-2013 дата публикации

Apparatus and method for performing map matching

Номер: US20130151140A1
Автор: Dong Kwon Suh
Принадлежит: Hyundai Mnsoft Inc

An apparatus performs a space map matching on a position of a user terminal measured through a positioning process and display the measured positions of the user terminal on a map in which a plurality of spaces are constructed. The space map matching is performed to determine in which space the user terminal is located among the plurality of spaces.

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20-06-2013 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for updating a central plan for an area based on a location of a plurality of radio frequency identification readers

Номер: US20130154802A1
Принадлежит: Symbol Technologies LLC

A method and apparatus updates a central plan for an area based on the location of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers by identifying the location of each of the RFID readers using an associated location mechanism. A read zone coverage area for each of the RFID readers is identified. The central plan is updated with the position and the read zone coverage area relative to the position for each of the RFID readers. A status of read zone coverage is determined for the area based on the read zone coverage areas on the central plan for all of the RFID readers in the plurality of RFID readers, wherein a report is provided based on the status of read zone coverage for the area.

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20-06-2013 дата публикации

POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION DEVICE, POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION SYSTEM AND POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION METHOD

Номер: US20130154883A1
Автор: Ogura Shoji
Принадлежит: NEC Corporation

Provided is a positioning error calculation device which enables provision of an appropriate positioning error value regarding position data obtained by base-station positioning regardless of the position where a positioning target exists. The positioning error calculation device includes: an element which stores therein positioning record information including first positioning result information corresponding to a position of a terminal device; an element which selects and acquires the positioning record information; an element which calculates a density of positioning records at each of predetermined places on the basis of the positioning record information; an element which calculates an estimated positioning error value by using a relational expression, on the basis of the density; and an element which acquires the estimated positioning error value at each of the places by acquiring the estimated positioning error value corresponding to the density at the each of the places. 1. A positioning error calculation device comprising:first positioning record storage unit which stores therein first positioning record information including first positioning result information corresponding to a position of a terminal device, having been estimated by first positioning unit;record selection unit which selects and acquires said first positioning record information from said first positioning record storage unit;positioning record density calculation unit which calculates a density of positioning records at each of predetermined places on the basis of said first positioning record information having been acquired by said record selection unit;density and positioning error calculation unit which calculates an estimated positioning error value on the basis of said density having been calculated by said positioning record density calculation unit; andposition and positioning error calculation unit which acquires said estimated positioning error value at each of said places by ...

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25-07-2013 дата публикации

Wireless communication device and wireless communication method

Номер: US20130189929A1
Принадлежит: Panasonic Corp

A wireless communication device transmits and receives a signal by a wireless communication using a millimeter wave frequency band. The wireless communication device includes an antenna section having directivities in a plurality of different directions, an antenna control section adapted to form a directivity in a prescribed direction among the plurality of directivities of the antenna section, a direction and position estimation section adapted to estimate direction and position information of a wireless communication device to be communicated with, which is a target for the wireless communication, in accordance with a receiving signal received by the antenna section having the directivity formed, and a display section adapted to display the estimated direction and position information of the wireless communication device to be communicated with.

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01-08-2013 дата публикации

System and method for determining location of a device using opposing cameras

Номер: US20130194428A1
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

System and method for determining location of a device using opposing cameras are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes activating a front-facing camera and a back-facing camera of the device, capturing a first pair of images from a first orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the first pair of images includes a first front image and a first back image, monitoring the device being rotated to a second orientation, capturing a second pair of images from the second orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the second pair of images includes a second front image and a second back image, and determining a location of the device using the first pair of images and the second pair of images.

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01-08-2013 дата публикации

Compensating for user occlusion in wi-fi positioning using mobile device orientation

Номер: US20130196681A1
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Techniques for determining the position of a mobile wireless device are provided. The techniques include a method for determining the position of a mobile wireless device that includes receiving signal characteristics of a signal received from the mobile wireless device at a wireless access point of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), determining an orientation of the mobile wireless device relative to the wireless access point, determining a compensation factor based on the orientation of the mobile wireless device relative to the wireless access point, and determining an estimated position of the mobile wireless device based at least in part on the compensation factor. The compensation factor compensates for the effect of user occlusion on at least one characteristic of the signal received from the mobile wireless device.

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15-08-2013 дата публикации

Hybrid direction identifying apparatus and method

Номер: US20130207844A1

A hybrid direction apparatus and method that rapidly and accurately detects a direction of a radio signal source based on a direction detecting scheme by comparing an amplitude or signal strength, a virtual Doppler scheme, a phase difference comparison scheme while removing an ambiguity based on an amplitude or signal strength scheme, and identify a direction relatively precisely based on a phase difference scheme using only two antennas. Also, an arrival direction of a relative radio wave when an arrival direction of a radio wave is vertical to a single rotating axis may be precisely identified by mounting a directional antenna and a phase comparison antenna on the single rotating axis, and rotating the two antennas.

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22-08-2013 дата публикации

METHOD FOR LOCALIZING AN OBJECT

Номер: US20130214976A1
Принадлежит:

A method for localizing an object, including the acts of: transmission of a first signal by a first transmitter assigned to the object and of a second signal by at least one second transmitter; reception of the first and of the second signal by at least three receivers; in each receiver and for the first and the second signal: a) generation of a first and of a second reference signal; b) correlation between the first signal and the first reference signal and between the second signal and the second reference signal; c) interpolation of samples resulting from the correlation; d) deduction of the propagation time of the first and of the second signal; e) calculation of the difference between the propagation times of the first and of the second signal; and, by triangulation, deduction of the position of the object. 1. A method to localize an object , comprising:transmitting by a first transmitter assigned to the object a first signal from a first frame;transmitting by at least one second transmitter a second signal from a second frame, wherein said first and second frames include a common portion; generating a first reference signal from a third frame and a second reference signal from a fourth frame, the third and fourth frames including said common portion;', 'performing a first correlation between the first signal and the first reference signal;', 'performing a second correlation between the second signal and the second reference signal;', 'interpolating samples resulting from the first and second correlations;', 'deducing propagation time of the first signal and propagation time of the second signal; and', 'calculating a difference between the propagation times of the first signal and of the second signal; and, 'receiving the first signal and the second signal by at least three receivers, each receiver performing, for the first signal and the second signal, acts ofdeducing a position of the object by triangulation based on the differences between the propagation ...

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22-08-2013 дата публикации

Method and System for Estimating Range of Mobile Device to Wireless Installation

Номер: US20130217390A1
Принадлежит: Skyhook Wireless Inc

A method of and system for estimating the range of a mobile device to a wireless installation is disclosed. A method of estimating the position of a mobile device includes receiving signals transmitted by fixed-position wireless communication stations in range of a mobile device. One of the wireless communication stations from which signals are received by the mobile device is designated as a serving station and location information is retrieved for said serving station and at least one other neighboring station from which signals are received. For each of the at least one other neighboring stations, a corresponding distance between the serving station and said neighboring station is determined based on the location information. A position of the mobile device is estimated based on the location information for the serving station and said neighboring stations and further based on the distances between the serving station and said neighboring stations.

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22-08-2013 дата публикации

Hybrid method for high accuracy and cost-effective prediction of mobile device positions through mobile networks

Номер: US20130217418A1
Принадлежит: CREATIVITY SOFTWARE Ltd

A method for determining the geographical location of a network-connected mobile device comprising a hybrid approach that further comprises both the utilization of strength or time delay signals and a database of fingerprints taken throughout the network area.

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12-09-2013 дата публикации

Wireless signal model updating using determined distances

Номер: US20130237246A1
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

An example method for updating a wireless signal model includes: measuring a distance from a mobile station to each wireless access point, of multiple wireless access points, based upon a wireless signal model; calculating a position of the mobile station based upon the measured distance; determining a computed distance to each wireless access point based upon the calculated position of the mobile station; updating the wireless signal model based upon the measured and computed distances to each wireless access point; and determining whether the wireless signal model has converged. 1. A method for updating a wireless signal model , the method comprising:measuring a distance from a mobile station to each wireless access point, of a plurality of wireless access points, based upon a wireless signal model;calculating a position of the mobile station based upon the measured distance;determining a computed distance to each wireless access point based upon the calculated position of the mobile station;updating the wireless signal model based upon the measured and computed distances to each wireless access point; anddetermining whether the wireless signal model has converged.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:{'claim-ref': {'@idref': 'CLM-00001', 'claim 1'}, 'repeating the method of when the wireless signal model has not converged.'}3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:determining that the wireless signal model has not converged;refining the distance measurement to each wireless access point based upon the updated wireless signal model;calculating a refined position of the mobile station based upon the refined distance measurement;determining another computed distance to each wireless access point based upon the refined position of the mobile station; andupdating the wireless signal model based upon the refined measurement and computed distances to each wireless access point.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless ...

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26-09-2013 дата публикации

Systems and methods for indoor positioning

Номер: US20130251003A1
Автор: Hock Law, Ismail Lakkis
Принадлежит: Hock Law, Ismail Lakkis

A method for wireless positioning includes: receiving by a plurality of controllers using wideband receivers a wideband positioning frame from one or more devices and transmitting using narrow band transmitters acknowledgement frames including timing and control data for use by the one or more devices to establish timing for transmission of the positioning frame; and transmitting using a wideband transmitter by at least one of the devices the positioning frame to the plurality of controllers and receiving using a narrow band receiver the acknowledgement frame from one or more of the plurality of controllers, extracting timing and control information from the acknowledgement frame, and adjusting a timing and synchronization of the wideband transmitter using the timing and control information.

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10-10-2013 дата публикации

Advanced video gaming methods for education and play using camera based inputs

Номер: US20130267318A1
Принадлежит: MOTION GAMES LLC

This application discloses active movement based and other video games which may be played over the internet as well in the home or elsewhere. One or two or more persons can play, generally using one or more cameras to determine the relation of an object or a part of a person to a video display on which game related graphics are displayed. Determination of object position and orientation in up to 6 degrees of freedom is disclosed, at data rates sufficient to make game play rewarding.

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17-10-2013 дата публикации

Calibration mode

Номер: US20130272156A1
Автор: William Webb
Принадлежит: Neul Ltd

A communication device for communicating with a plurality of terminals via a series of frames, the communication device being configured to indicate to the terminals, at the commencement of a frame, that communication is to be suspended for the remainder of the frame in order for a calibration to be performed, and to perform said calibration during the remainder of the time allotted to that frame.

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17-10-2013 дата публикации

Nucleic acid sample preparation

Номер: US20130273640A1
Принадлежит: Biological Dynamics Inc

The present invention includes methods, devices and systems for isolating a nucleic acid from a fluid comprising cells. In various aspects, the methods, devices and systems may allow for a rapid procedure that requires a minimal amount of material and/or results in high purity nucleic acid isolated from complex fluids such as blood or environmental samples.

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24-10-2013 дата публикации

Cooperative communication control between vehicles

Номер: US20130282201A1
Принадлежит: US Office of Naval Research ONR

A method is provided for receiving sensor information by a plurality of motor vehicles with respect to sensor information regarding locations of objects; sharing the sensor information by the plurality of motor vehicles; displaying the shared sensor information on a user interface on each of the plurality of motor vehicles; and controlling the receiving, sharing, and displaying the sensor information with a software library.

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31-10-2013 дата публикации

Position and Uncertainty Determination Using Staggered Reception of Position Reference Signals

Номер: US20130285856A1
Автор: OPSHAUG Guttorm R., Wu Jie
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Arrangements are detailed herein for determining a position and/or uncertainty of position of a mobile device. A plurality of positioning reference signals (PRSs) may be received by a mobile device. The plurality of PRSs may be transmitted at different times, separated by a predefined time interval, by multiple eNBs of a mobile network. Time of arrival values in relation to a received PRS that is used as a reference PRS may be determined. The time of arrival values for at least the subset of the received plurality of PRSs may be projected to the occasion of the reference PRS using the predefined time interval to create a set of projected time of arrival values. 1. A method , comprising: the plurality of PRSs are transmitted at a plurality of PRS occasions by a plurality of eNBs of a mobile network,', 'a predefined time interval separates consecutive PRS occasions; and', 'a received PRS of the plurality of PRSs is used as a reference PRS occasion;, 'receiving, by a mobile device, a plurality of positioning reference signals (PRSs), whereindetermining, by the mobile device, time of arrival values in relation to the reference PRS occasion for at least a subset of the received plurality of PRSs; andprojecting, by the mobile device, the time of arrival values for at least the subset of the received plurality of PRSs to the reference PRS occasion using the predefined time interval to create a set of projected time of arrival values.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:calculating, by the mobile device, a set of time difference of arrival values using the reference PRS occasion and the projected times of arrival values.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:transmitting, by the mobile device, the set of time difference of arrival values to the mobile network.4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:calculating, by the mobile device, a position of the mobile device using the set of time difference of arrival values.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a ...

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07-11-2013 дата публикации

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING MULTI-TONE FREQUENY SIGNALS

Номер: US20130293423A1
Автор: Moshfeghi Mehran
Принадлежит:

Embodiments of the present invention include a method of determining a location of a mobile device. The method comprises transmitting a signal between a plurality of known locations and receiving signal at device of unknown location such as a mobile device. The signal may include multiple tones having different frequencies and resulting in sets of residual phase differences. The location of the mobile device may be determined using the known locations and the frequency and phase differences between the transmitted tones. In one embodiment, OFDM signals may be used between an access point and mobile device, for example, to determine the location of the mobile device. 1. A method of determining a location of an electronic device , the method comprising:transmitting one or more signals between a first electronic device at an unknown location and three or more electronic devices at three or more corresponding known locations, wherein the one or more signals each include a plurality of tones having different frequencies;determining at least one first phase difference between at least two tones having a first frequency difference in the one or more signals accumulated during transmission between the first electronic device and a first electronic device of said three or more electronic devices;determining at least one second phase difference between at least two tones having a second frequency difference in the one or more signals accumulated during transmission between the first electronic device and a second electronic device of said three or more electronic devices;determining at least one third phase difference between at least two tones having a third frequency difference in the one or more signals accumulated during transmission between the first electronic device and a third electronic device of said three or more electronic devices; anddetermining the location of said first electronic device using said first, second, and third phase differences and said first, ...

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21-11-2013 дата публикации

Position determination system

Номер: US20130307696A1
Принадлежит: Sonitor Technologies AS

A position determination system is provided comprising one or more fixed base units and one or more mobile units, wherein the system is arranged to determine the horizontal position of a mobile unit based on the proximity of said mobile unit to at least one base unit and wherein the system is arranged to determine the height of said mobile unit based on the air pressure sensed at the mobile unit and the air pressure sensed at one or more of the base units. The use of pressure sensors to determine height reduces the complexity of the infrastructure required for 3D positioning. The invention finds particular benefit in patient care and monitoring environments and in object tracking and inventory systems. The invention also extends to mobile units for use in the system, intelligent buildings fitted with the system and to methods of determining the position of mobile units.

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21-11-2013 дата публикации

USING MULTIPLE ACCESS CHANNELS FOR WIRELESS DEVICE POSITIONING

Номер: US20130307730A1
Принадлежит:

A wireless device performs a transmission on a primary and auxiliary access channels to enable reception by at least three base stations. The base stations perform a measurement on the received transmission, e.g., a time of arrival of the transmission. The base stations report their measurements to a position determination entity. The position determination entity estimates geographic position of the wireless device. One method used by the position determination entity includes tri-lateralization based on the received measurement reports. 1. A method for wireless communications implemented by a wireless device , comprising:receiving, at the wireless device, a position request message from a requester base station;measuring, in response to the received position request message, characteristics of signals received from multiple base stations, including the requester base station;preparing a position report using the signal characteristics, wherein the position report provides information enabling determination of geographic location of the wireless device; andtransmitting the position report.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the position report comprises transmitting the position report over an access channel or an enhanced access channel.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position report is transmitted at 1.2 kbps claim 1 , 2.4 kbps or 4.8 kbps.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position report includes a time of arrival information.5. A wireless communications apparatus claim 1 , comprising:a receiver that receives a position request message from a base station;a signal measurer that measures characteristics of signals received from multiple base stations;a report preparer that prepares, in response to the received position request message, a position report using the signal characteristics; anda transmitter that transmits the position report on an access channel.6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the transmitting the position report ...

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21-11-2013 дата публикации

Method and system for calculating the geo-location of a personal device

Номер: US20130308822A1
Принадлежит: Telefonica SA

The method comprises performing said calculation by using data provided by an image recognition process which identifies at least one geo-referenced image of an object located in the surroundings of said personal device. The system is arranged for implementing the method of the present invention.

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21-11-2013 дата публикации

LOCATION ESTIMATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE IN A UMTS NETWORK

Номер: US20130310065A1
Принадлежит: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC

The present disclosure provides devices, systems, and methods to utilize relative timing offset information reported by one or more mobile devices. When coupled with AGPS information reported by one or more mobile devices, the offset information is be used to calibrate calculations and subsequently to locate all 3G mobiles with GPS-like accuracy, whether or not a GPS receiver is available on said mobile device being located. A determination of a propagation delay between one or more cell sites and a mobile device is reported to a network and used to calibrate unknown information such as a timing offset, to improve the accuracy of a detected location. The relative timing offset can be applied to determine a location for all other mobile devices within the area served by the known base station. The present disclosure utilizes this method in conjunction with information crowd-sourced from a plurality of mobile devices. 1. A method , comprising:receiving, by a first mobile device comprising a processor, timing offset information for a base station device pair of devices comprising a first base station device and a second base station device, wherein the timing offset information is relative to a second mobile device based on a difference between first measured timing difference information and computed timing difference information, the first measured timing difference information is based on a measured propagation time between the devices of the base station device pair and the second mobile device, and the computed timing difference information is based on a geometrically determined time between a determined location of the second mobile device, a determined location of the first base station device, and determined location of the second base station device;receiving, by the first mobile device, second measured timing difference information based on a measured propagation time between the devices of the base station device pair and the first mobile device; ...

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21-11-2013 дата публикации

POSITIONING ACCURACY ESTIMATION

Номер: US20130310066A1
Автор: SHU Edison, Zhang Yang
Принадлежит: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

A method for fingerprinting positioning decision support includes obtaining a geographic distribution probability of positions of measurement. A first collection of simulated measurements according to a signal model is generated, wherein each simulated measurement is associated with a respective pixel. The signal model is based on base stations located in the area. Fingerprinting positioning reference data is computed from the first collection and positions of the selected pixels. A second collection of simulated measurements is generated, which is statistically independent to the first collection. These simulated measurements are associated with a respective intended position within the area. Fingerprinting positioning is performed by the second collection utilizing the computed fingerprinting positioning reference data. An estimated accuracy of the fingerprinting positioning is calculated using a comparison between the intended position and the estimated position. This is made to evaluate positioning capabilities of fingerprinting positioning based on the measurement strategy. 1. A method for fingerprinting positioning decision support , comprising of:obtaining a geographic distribution probability of positions of measurement according to a measurement strategy;generating a first collection of simulated measurements according to a signal model, each simulated measurement in said first collection being associated with a respective pixel selected in dependence on said geographic distribution probability;said signal model being based on at least base stations located in said area or to be located in said area;computing fingerprinting positioning reference data from said first collection of simulated measurements and positions of said selected pixels;generating a second collection of simulated measurements according to said signal model, said second collection being statistically independent to said first collection, each signal of said second collection being ...

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28-11-2013 дата публикации

Method and Apparatus for Generating Reference Signals for Accurate Time-Difference of Arrival Estimation

Номер: US20130315168A1
Принадлежит:

A base station communicates a positioning reference signal (PRS) to wireless communication devices over a downlink in a wireless communication system by encoding a PRS into a first set of transmission resources, encoding other information into a second set of transmission resources, multiplexing the two sets of resources into a subframe such that the first set of resources is multiplexed into at least a portion of a first set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols based on an identifier associated with the base station and the second set of resources is multiplexed into a second set of OFDM symbols. Upon receiving the subframe, a wireless communication device determines which set of transmission resources contains the PRS based on the identifier associated with the base station that transmitted the subframe and processes the set of resources containing the PRS to estimate timing (e.g., time of arrival) information. 116-. (canceled)17. A method in a wireless terminal , the method comprising:receiving a subframe that contains a positioning reference signal (“PRS”) based on information signaled from a serving base station, the subframe comprising Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (“OFDM”) symbols over which a transmission corresponds to resource elements arranged on a subcarrier-OFDM symbol grid, wherein the subframe that contains PRS is transmitted by a first base station;determining a first number of symbols that constitute the PRSs within the received subframe based on at least one of: a subframe type, a cyclic prefix type, and a number of transmit antennas used by the first base station; andestimating the time of arrival of the received subframe based on the PRS contained in the received subframe.18. The method of wherein the information signaled from the serving base station is one of: a broadcast signal claim 17 , a master information block signal claim 17 , a system information block claim 17 , a user-specific message claim 17 , a ...

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05-12-2013 дата публикации

Location estimation apparatus and method

Номер: US20130324150A1

Disclosed herein is a location estimation apparatus and method. The location estimation apparatus according to the present invention includes a setting unit for setting a coordinate system based on location information. A selection unit selects a target node, a location of which is to be estimated, based on connection information between nodes received from a plurality of nodes constituting a network. An estimation unit estimates location information of the target node depending on a connection relationship between the target node and reference nodes, location information of which is known.

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05-12-2013 дата публикации

Location system for determining the position of an object

Номер: US20130324156A1
Принадлежит: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB

A location system for determining the position of a movable object ( 12 ) like a power wrench in a three dimensional space and comprising a number of stationary signal communication modules ( 15, 16 and 17 ) and a movable signal communication module ( 18 ) carried by the movable object ( 12 ), wherein the stationary signal communication modules ( 15, 16 and 17 ) are connected to an evaluation and calculation unit ( 24 ) which is arranged to determine the position of the movable object ( 12 ) in response to the signals delivered by the stationary signal communication modules ( 15, 16 and 17 ) and based on signals communicated between the movable signal communication module ( 18 ) and the stationary signal communication modules ( 15, 16 and 17 ). At least one ( 16 ) of the stationary signal communicating modules ( 15, 16 and 17 ) is displaceable between two or more positions (A,B) to enable signal communication contact with the movable signal communicating module ( 18 ) in normally screened off positions.

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12-12-2013 дата публикации

Location Tracking

Номер: US20130331124A1
Принадлежит: Navteq BV

One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for tracking a wireless device are disclosed. For example, a method includes receiving signal strength data for each of a plurality of access points. The signal strength data from the plurality of access points is compared to identify an anchor access point having a highest signal strength. Remaining signal strength data from the plurality of access points are compared to a threshold signal strength to identify at least one attractor access point. A memory is accessed for locations of the anchor access point and the at least one attractor access point. A pull point is calculated along a line from the anchor access point to the at least one attractor access point. A location of the wireless device is estimated as an average of the pull point and the location of the anchor access point.

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26-12-2013 дата публикации

SELF MAPPING PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY SYSTEM

Номер: US20130342389A1
Принадлежит: SOLANTRO SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.

A photovoltaic (PV) panel is described that can be used in a PV installation, in cooperation with a central control unit to provide a map of locations of individual PV panels. The map can be determined by the central control unit based on measurements of a characteristic made at the plurality of PV panels. The characteristic provides an indication of adjacent PV panels, allowing the map of locations of individual PV panels to be constructed. 1. A photovoltaic (PV) panel comprising:an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals; anda panel controller for generating locating signals for transmission under control of a remote controller, receiving locating signals transmitted by other PV panels, determining received signal strength indicator (RSSI) values of received locating signals from other PV panels and communicating the RSSI values of the received locating signals using the antenna to the remote controller.2. The PV panel of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of directional antennas claim 1 , each having a main lobe in a respective transmission direction claim 1 , the directional antennas for transmitting the locating signals substantially in the transmission directions.3. The PV panel of claim 2 , wherein the locating signals from other PV panels are received using the directional antennas.4. (canceled)5. The PV panel of claim 3 , wherein the locating signals are received by each of the directional antennas.6. The PV panel of claim 1 , wherein the antenna is an omni-directional antenna and receives locating signals from other PV panels.7. The PV-panel of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of directional antennas comprise two directional antennas arranged with the respective transmission directions arranged orthogonally to each other.8. The PV panel of claim 1 , wherein the antenna is an omni-directional antenna and transmits and receives locating signals.9. The PV panel of claim 8 , wherein the transmitted locating signals are ...

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02-01-2014 дата публикации

Coordinating devices to estimate distance, relative position, and device attitude

Номер: US20140003195A1
Принадлежит: Net Power and Light, Inc.

The present invention contemplates a variety of improved techniques including methods and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices, and more specifically, a method and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices to estimate or calculate various distances, relative positions, device attitudes, and other absolute and/or relative kinematic data. 151-. (canceled)52. A method of determining a spatial model of an environment by processing information gathered by a plurality of active devices located within the environment , the method comprising:transmitting a first transmission from an active device into the environment, wherein the first transmission contains a first transmission characteristic associated with the active device and location of the first transmission within the environment;receiving a second transmission from another active device located within the environment, wherein the second transmission includes a second transmission characteristic associated with the other active device and the location of the second transmission within the environment;processing the first transmission characteristic and the second transmission characteristic to determine a first portion of a spatial model of the environment with respect to the location of the first transmission;processing the first transmission characteristic and the second transmission characteristic to determine a second portion of the spatial model of the environment with respect to the location of the second transmission; andprocessing the first portion of the spatial model and the second portion of the spatial model to determine a third portion of the spatial model indicative of spatial locations of at least some of the plurality of active devices within the environment.53. The method of claim 52 , wherein the first transmission comprises an audio signal transmission.54. The method of claim 53 , wherein the first transmission characteristic comprises an amplitude of the audio signal ...

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09-01-2014 дата публикации

DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED LOCATION

Номер: US20140009332A1
Принадлежит: ASTRIUM LIMITED

A receiver is configured to receive signals wirelessly from a plurality of pseudolites, each signal including information defining a pseudolite from which the signal was transmitted. The receiver is configured to determine an estimated location based on which combination of two or more pseudolites the receiver is currently within range of. The receiver may determine the estimated location independently of a time taken for each one of the signals to reach the receiver from the two or more pseudolites. The signals may be formatted according to a global navigation satellite system GNSS specification. 1. A receiver comprising:an antenna configured to receive signals wirelessly from a plurality of pseudolites, each one of the signals including information defining a pseudolite from which the signal was transmitted; andmeans for determining an estimated location of the receiver based on which combination of two or more pseudolites the receiver is currently within range of.2. The receiver of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to determine the estimated location based on known locations of the two or more pseudolites.3. The receiver of claim 2 , wherein the receiver is configured to determine the estimated location as a mean location of the two or more pseudolites.4. The receiver of claim 2 , wherein the receiver is configured to measure a power of signals received from at least three of the plurality of pseudolites claim 2 , and to determine the estimated location based on measured signal powers and known transmission powers of the at least three pseudolites.5. The receiver of claim 2 , wherein the receiver is configured to determine the estimated location independently of a time taken for each one of the signals to reach the receiver from the two or more pseudolites.6. The receiver of claim 5 , wherein the receiver is configured to determine the estimated location based only on known locations of the two or more pseudolites claim 5 , orwherein the receiver is ...

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16-01-2014 дата публикации

Method for performing measurements and positioning in a network based wlan positioning system

Номер: US20140016485A1
Автор: Florean Curticapean
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Atheros Inc

A network based positioning (NBP) system that improves the accuracy of wireless positioning systems by concurrently performing RTT ranging operations and associated TDOA operations to generate a number of difference measurement values from which the position of a station device (STA) can be determined using, for example, multilateration techniques. Because the RTT values and their corresponding TDOA values both include the turn-around time (TAT) of the STA, subtracting TDOA values from their corresponding RTT values generates difference measurement values that do not include such TAT values of the STA. In this manner, the STA position can be determined without estimating the STA's TAT.

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23-01-2014 дата публикации

METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING THE POSITION OF A TRANSPONDER

Номер: US20140024391A1
Принадлежит: ORANGE

A terminal is provided, which has a near-field communication module suitable for receiving signals from a transponder fitted with a circuit presenting a load impedance. The terminal includes a receiver suitable for receiving a first signal relating to the load impedance of the transponder (T). The terminal obtains a second signal from the first signal and determines a position indication of the terminal relative to the transponder and based on analysis of the second signal. The terminal delivers a third signal that is a function of the determined position indication. 1. A method of identifying a position of a terminal relative to a transponder fitted with a circuit presenting a load impedance , said terminal being suitable for receiving signals from the transponder , the method comprising:a step of the terminal receiving a first signal relating to the load impedance of the transponder;a step of obtaining a second signal from the first signal;a step of determining a position indication about the position of the terminal relative to the transponder and based on analyzing the second signal; anda step of delivering a third signal as a function of the position indication as determined.2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of obtaining the second signal includes a step of digitizing the first signal in order to obtain the second signal.3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the position indication determined during the step for determining a position indication is a distance variation calculated using the following steps:a first step of measuring a position indication of the terminal at a first instant;a second step of measuring a position indication of the terminal at a second instant; and{'b': '1', 'a step of evaluating a distance variation from the first measurement (IP) and the second measurement.'}4. A terminal comprising:a near-field communication device configured for receiving signals from a transponder fitted with a circuit presenting load ...

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23-01-2014 дата публикации

DETERMINING RELATIVE POSITIONING INFORMATION

Номер: US20140025284A1
Автор: Roberts Richard D.
Принадлежит:

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for determining relative positioning information are disclosed. A signal detecting unit configured to be associated with a first vehicle includes one or more signal sensors and one or more processors and is configured to receive one or more signals from one or more signal sources that may be associated with a second vehicle. A set of time values may be determined based on arrival times of the signal(s), and a set of distance expressions may be generated. A set of distance equations may be generated based on the set of time values and the set of distance expressions, and the set of distance equations may be solved to determine one or more positions associated with the first vehicle or the one or more signal sources within a defined coordinate system. 127-. (canceled)28. A method , comprising:detecting, at a signal detecting unit associated with a first vehicle, one or more signals received from one or more signal sources, the signal detecting unit comprising one or more signal sensors and one or more computer processors;determining, by the one or more computer processors, a set of time values based on arrival times of the one or more signals;generating, by the one or more computer processors, a set of distance expressions, wherein each distance expression corresponds to a distance between one of the one or more signal sensors and one of the one or more signal sources;generating, by the one or more computer processors, a set of distance equations based at least in part on the set of time values and the set of distance expressions; andsolving, by the one or more computer processors, the set of distance equations to determine a first position or a second position, wherein the first position represents a position associated with the first vehicle within a coordinate system defined in relation to the one or more signal sources, and the second position represents a position associated with the one or more signal ...

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06-02-2014 дата публикации

LOUDNESS BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE LOCATION OF AN ACOUSTIC EVENT ALONG A CHANNEL

Номер: US20140036627A1
Принадлежит: Hifi Engineering Inc.

A method for determining relative location of an acoustic event along a channel such as a wellbore includes obtaining two acoustic signals at are obtained at two different and known depths in the wellbore, dividing the acoustic signals into windows, and determining the relative loudnesses of pairs of the windows. The power of the acoustic signals may be used as a proxy for the loudness of the acoustic event, and this determination can be made in the time or frequency domains. The relative depth of the acoustic event can then be determined relative to the two known depths from the relative loudnesses. The acoustic event may be, for example, casing vent flow, gas migration, a leak along a pipeline, or sounds observed in an observation well from a nearby well in which fracking is being performed. 1. A method for determining relative location of an acoustic event within a channel , the method comprising:(a) obtaining two acoustic signals at two different and known locations in the channel, wherein at least one of the acoustic signals includes the acoustic event;(b) dividing each of the acoustic signals into windows, each of which has a certain duration;(c) determining relative loudnesses of pairs of the windows, wherein each of the pairs comprises one window from one of the acoustic signals and another window from the other of the acoustic signals that substantially overlap each other in time; and(d) determining the relative depth of the acoustic event relative to the two known depths from the relative loudnesses.2. The method of wherein the channel comprises a pipeline and the acoustic event comprises a leak in the pipeline.3. The method of wherein the channel comprises an observation well and the acoustic event comprises creation or expansion of fractures in a fracking well.4. The method of wherein:(a) the channel comprises a wellbore;(b) the relative location is relative depth; and(c) the acoustic event comprises fluid flowing from formation into the wellbore, fluid ...

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13-02-2014 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING POSTURE

Номер: US20140043942A1
Принадлежит:

A method and an apparatus can be used for identifying a posture. The method includes obtaining information about sending an ultrasonic wave by one or more ultrasonic transmitters and obtaining information about receiving the ultrasonic wave by ultrasonic receivers. The one or more ultrasonic transmitters are fixed on an object to be identified. The number of the one or more ultrasonic transmitters is at least one and the number of the ultrasonic receivers is at least three. A posture of the object to be identified can be identified according to the obtained information about sending an ultrasonic wave by one or more ultrasonic transmitters and information about receiving the ultrasonic wave by ultrasonic receivers. 120-. (canceled)21. A method for identifying a posture , the method comprising:obtaining information about sending an ultrasonic wave by one or more ultrasonic transmitters, the one or more ultrasonic transmitters being fixed to an object to be identified;obtaining information about receiving the ultrasonic wave by a plurality of ultrasonic receivers, the plurality of the ultrasonic receivers including at least three ultrasonic receivers; andidentifying a posture of the object to be identified according to the information about sending an ultrasonic wave by one or more ultrasonic transmitters and the information about receiving the ultrasonic wave by ultrasonic receivers.22. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the one or more ultrasonic transmitters comprise a plurality of ultrasonic transmitters; andwherein obtaining information about sending the ultrasonic wave comprises obtaining information about sending an ultrasonic wave in Code Division Multiple Access mode by the plurality of ultrasonic transmitters, wherein the ultrasonic transmitters being fixed at different positions of the object to be identified.23. The method according to claim 21 , wherein ultrasonic waves transmitted by different ultrasonic transmitters correspond to different ...

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20-02-2014 дата публикации

Positioning in Wireless Communication Systems

Номер: US20140050112A1
Принадлежит: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB

A method for reporting positioning data from a node B in a START oo cellular communication system comprises performing ( 210 ), in a node B, of a measurement of a time of radio signal propagation concerning signalling with a first user equipment within a coverage of the node B. The measurement gives a time value. The time value is coded ( 212 ), in the node B, as a multi-symbol time report sequence. Auxiliary positioning information data concerning the first user equipment is obtained ( 214 ) in the node B. At least one symbol of the multi-symbol time report sequence is modified ( 216 ) ( 218 ) in the node B, for representing the auxiliary positioning information data. The modified multi-symbol time report sequence is reported from the node B. A positioning method, a node B and a positioning node are also disclosed.

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27-02-2014 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for using unique landmarks to locate industrial vehicles at start-up

Номер: US20140058634A1
Принадлежит: Crown Equipment Ltd

A method and apparatus for using unique landmarks to position industrial vehicles during start-up. In one embodiment, a method of using pre-positioned objects as landmarks to operate an industrial vehicle is provided. The method comprises identifying a start-up scenario from sensor data, wherein the start-up scenario comprises a unique marker start-up or a pre-positioned object start-up. in response to the identified start-up scenario, either a unique marker or pre-positioned object is identified within a physical environment, wherein the pre-positioned object or unique marker corresponds with a sub-area of the physical environment. The industrial vehicle pose is determined in response to the identity of the pre-positioned object or unique marker and the industrial vehicle is operated based on the determined industrial vehicle pose.

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27-02-2014 дата публикации

Localization and tracking system for mobile robots

Номер: US20140058667A1
Принадлежит: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Localization and tracking system. The system includes at least one laser mounted for pointing its beam at arbitrary locations within a three-dimensional space. An object within the three-dimensional space supports a screen at its top for receiving the laser beam to create a shaped image on the screen. The shaped image on the screen is observed by a camera and computing apparatus determines the location of the object in the three-dimensional space from pointing parameters of the laser and from shape and center points of the shaped image on the screen.

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13-03-2014 дата публикации

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING LOCATION BY CONVERSION OF FREQUENCY OFFSET

Номер: US20140070998A1

Provided is an apparatus and method for recognizing a location by conversion of a frequency offset, the apparatus including a setting unit to receive, from a terminal, a plurality of signals comprising a first signal and a second signal, and to set a variable corresponding to each of the plurality of signals, a detector to detect a first residual phase of a carrier frequency of the first signal and a second residual phase of a carrier frequency of the second signal using the variables, and a recognizer to recognize a location of the terminal by calculating a difference between the first residual phase and the second residual phase. 1. An apparatus for recognizing a location by conversion of a frequency offset , the apparatus comprising:a setting unit to receive, from a terminal, a plurality of signals comprising a first signal and a second signal, and to set a variable corresponding to each of the plurality of signals;a detector to detect a first residual phase of a carrier frequency of the first signal and a second residual phase of a carrier frequency of the second signal using the variables; anda recognizer to recognize a location of the terminal by calculating a difference to between the first residual phase and the second residual phase.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting unit sets claim 1 , as the variable claim 1 , at least one of a transmission distance claim 1 , a transmission time claim 1 , and a velocity of light with respect to the plurality of signals.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting unit sets the variable so that a transmission time is greater than a value obtained by dividing a transmission distance by a velocity of light with respect to the plurality of signals.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detector utilizes information associated with the carrier frequency claim 1 , extracted based on a preamble structure of each of the first signal and the second signal claim 1 , to detect a residual phase.5. The apparatus ...

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13-03-2014 дата публикации

METHOD FOR PRECISE LOCATION DETERMINATION

Номер: US20140073352A1
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

According to embodiments, methods are presented to for determining precise location of a device by exchanging a plurality of messages with one or more devices (e.g., access points or mobile devices) in vicinity. Embodiments may calculate distance between the devices using round trip time that takes to transmit and receive signals to/from each of the devices. Using definitions that account for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission, the embodiments determine precise location of a device. 1. A method for determining a distance between a first device and a second device , comprising:at the first device, receiving a first signal from the second device;in response to receiving the first signal, transmitting a second signal from the first device using a first antenna, wherein the first device comprises a plurality of antennas including the first antenna, and the first device uses only the first antenna and no other antenna in the plurality of antennas to transmit the second signal;receiving one or more first timing measurements corresponding to the first and the second signals from the second device; anddetermining the distance between the first device and the second device based at least on the one or more first timing measurements.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:transmitting a timing measurement request to the second device, wherein the first signal is received in response to the timing measurement request.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining one or more second timing measurements, comprising time of arrival of the first signal at the first device and time of departure of the second signal from the first device.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:determining round trip time (RTT) based on the one or more first timing measurements and the one or more second timing measurements, wherein the distance is determined based at least on the round trip time.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the RTT is determined based at ...

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20-03-2014 дата публикации

Medical wide field of view optical tracking system

Номер: US20140078517A1
Принадлежит: Elbit Systems Ltd

A medical Wide-Field-Of-View optical-tracking-system for determining the position and orientation of a target-object in a reference coordinate system. The system includes at least three light-emitters, at least one optical-detector and a processor. The processor is coupled with each optical-detector. One optical-detector is a Wide-Field-Of-View optical detector, which acquires an image of the light-emitters within the field-of-view thereof. Each Wide-Field-Of-View optical-detector includes an optical-sensor and two optical-receptors. The processor determines the position and orientation of the target-object in the reference coordinate system according to representations of the light-emitters. Each light-emitter is within the field-of-view of an optical-detector. Each optical-detector and each light-emitter is attached to one of the target-object and a reference-location. The target-object and the reference-location are respective elements in a tuple including two elements from a group consisting of a display, a patient-body-location, a-medical-tool, physician-body-location, and a fixed-position.

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20-03-2014 дата публикации

Apparatus and Method for Enhanced UL Positioning Support Via Wireless Device

Номер: US20140080509A1
Автор: Siomina Iana, Zhang Yang
Принадлежит: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)

In one aspect, methods and apparatuses disclosed herein improve positioning based on UL signals in a wireless communication network, by sending UL transmission configuration from wireless devices, and by using that information in the network for performing UL-based positioning of the devices. In this regard, the teachings herein advantageously recognize that obtaining UL transmission configuration information from the wireless devices themselves represents a more efficient, complete and richer mechanism for obtaining parameters relevant to configuring and performing UL-based positioning operations. As a further example advantage, the teachings herein provide for control-plane and/or user-plane signaling of UL transmission configuration information, which comprises, for a given wireless device, at least one of resource allocation information for one or more UL transmissions for the wireless device, and UL signal characteristics information. 1. A wireless device configured for operation in a wireless communication network and comprising:a communication interface configured for communicating with the wireless communication network; and receive a request from the positioning node for UL transmission configuration information or detect a positioning event trigger for UL-based positioning; and', 'respond to the request or trigger by sending UL transmission configuration information to the positioning node, including at least one of: resource allocation information for one or more UL transmissions for the wireless device, and UL signal characteristics information., 'one or more processing circuits configured to communicate with a positioning node in the wireless communication network via the communication interface and to support uplink-based, UL-based, positioning of the wireless device by the wireless communication network, based on being configured to2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to send at least the ...

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27-03-2014 дата публикации

Broadband passive tracking for augmented reality

Номер: US20140085483A1
Автор: Henry Leung, Xiaoxiang Liu
Принадлежит: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC

Technologies are generally described for a broadband passive sensing and tracking system that may employ a number of passive receivers that each have the capability of sensing electromagnetic waves (e.g., Radio Frequency “RF” signals) from surrounding broadcast sources. Each passive receiver may be adapted to sense through one or more antennas. Multiple receivers at different positions may be utilized to form a broadband sensing network adapted to perform collaborative tracking of a scene of interest. According to some examples, a beam-forming algorithm may be applied over the broadband sensing network utilizing an antenna array formed by the passive receivers to localize and track objects.

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03-04-2014 дата публикации

Integrated photogrammetric light communications positioning and inertial navigation system positioning

Номер: US20140093249A1
Принадлежит: Intel Corp

A mobile device includes an inertial navigation system (INS) to measure inertial quantities associated with movement of the device, and estimate a kinematic state associated with the movement based on the measured inertial quantities. The device includes a light receiver to record light beams originating from lights at respective image positions in a sequence of images. The device photogrammetrically determines its position relative to the originating lights based on predetermined real-world positions and corresponding image positions of the lights. The device corrects the estimated kinematic state based on the photogrammetrically determined position, to produce a corrected estimated kinematic state.

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10-04-2014 дата публикации

Methods for requesting parallel uplink wireless signal measurements

Номер: US20140098690A1
Принадлежит: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented for requesting parallel uplink wireless signal measurements (UL measurements), in which a measurement management apparatus determines information on UL measurements being performed or to be performed by a signal measuring apparatus over a predetermined measurement period. The measurement management apparatus further determines a capability of the signal measuring apparatus to perform parallel measurements. The measurement management apparatus determines an adjustment to a measurement configuration for the measuring apparatus. The measurement configuration relates to, for example, a number of parallel measurements to perform. The adjustment is based on a comparison of UL measurements being performed or to be performed by the measuring apparatus over a predetermined measurement period and the capability of the measuring apparatus to perform parallel measurements.

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01-01-2015 дата публикации

Arrangement and method for the model-based calibration of a robot in a working space

Номер: US20150002855A1
Автор: Peter Kovacs
Принадлежит: ISIOS GmbH

An arrangement and a method for the model-based calibration of a mechanism ( 1 ) in a workspace with at least three calibration objects that are either designed to be directed radiation patterns ( 2 ) together with an associated radiation-pattern generator ( 3 ) or radiation-pattern position sensors ( 4 ), wherein position sensors ( 4 ) provide measured values with position information that are passed along to a computing device, which determines the parameters of a mathematical mechanism model with the aid of these measured values, when a radiation pattern is encountered, characterized in that at least two calibration objects ( 2, 3 ) are rigidly connected to one another.

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01-01-2015 дата публикации

A-priori information in indoor positioning

Номер: US20150003265A1
Принадлежит: Texas Instruments Inc

A method to improve position estimates including computing, by a wireless device, a predicted future position of the wireless device from a current location estimate, computing, by the wireless device, a priori probability associated with future position candidates based on the predicted future position, and updating, by the wireless device, the future position candidates with the associated a priori probability.

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06-01-2022 дата публикации

Angle-based positioning and measurement in a telecommunication system

Номер: US20220007325A1
Автор: Yinan QI
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of determining a User Equipment, UE, location wherein the UE is in communication with at least two base stations (gNB) of a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: determining at least one of: a) Angle of Arrival, AoA, of a signal from the UE at each of the at least two gNBs; b) Angle of Departure, AoD, of a signal from each of the at least two gNBs; c) AoA of a signal from each of the at least two gNBs at the UE; and d) AoD of a signal from the UE at each of the at least two gNBs; and determining the UE position on the basis thereof.

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05-01-2017 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE POSITION ACCURACY FOR WI-FI TECHNOLOGY

Номер: US20170003373A1
Принадлежит: lntel IP Corporation

The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus for calibrating a wireless device for accurate Time-of-Flight (ToF) range determination. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a method for calibrating a device by identifying a plurality of access points (APs) at the device; identifying a first AP of the plurality of APs, the first AP positioned immediately above the device; determining a real-time ToF value for the first AP; determining a device calibration coefficient from the real-time ToF value for first AP. The disclosed method has many advantages, including simplicity and scalability. Further, the device need not know its location, its distance between from the AP or the AP's identity. 1. A method for calibrating a device , comprising:identifying a plurality of access points (APs) at a device;selecting a first AP of the plurality of APs, the first AP positioned immediately above the device;determining a real-time Time-of-Flight (ToF) value for the first AP; anddetermining a device calibration coefficient from the real-time ToF value for the first AP.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a plurality of signals at the deice claim 1 , each of the plurality of received signals corresponding to one of a plurality of APs communicating with the device.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time ToF value is determined as a function of a signal received from the first AP.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time ToF value is determined as an average value for a plurality of signals received from the first AP.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the device calibration coefficient by calculating the difference between an expected ToF value and the real-time ToF value.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a real-time ToF value for a second of the plurality of APs.7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining a device location as a function of the device calibration ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

E-Field Based Projectile Detection and Characterization System

Номер: US20180003756A1
Автор: Zhang Yongming
Принадлежит: Quasar Federal Systems, Inc.

A system and method use electric potential measurements to locate and characterize passing projectiles, including advanced data processing methods to reject background noise and determine projectile speed, preferentially incorporating acoustic-based measurements to provide additional benefits. 1. An electric field-based projectile detection and characterization system comprising:a plurality of electric potential sensors; anda controller configured to 1) receive signals from the plurality of electric potential sensors, 2) detect a passing projectile based on the signals and 3) and determine at least one of a bearing angle, an elevation angle or a velocity of the projectile based on the signals.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of electric potential sensors is mounted at a fixed location relative to a remainder of the plurality of electric potential sensors.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of electric potential sensors includes four electric potential sensors mounted in a cross shape.4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of electric potential sensors includes a fifth electric potential sensor mounted outside a plane defined by the four electric potential sensors mounted in the cross shape.5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an acoustic sensor claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal from the acoustic sensor and detect a passing projectile based on the signal received from the acoustic sensor.6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the acoustic sensor is a microphone configured to detect a shockwave generated by a passing projectile.7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the bearing angle of the projectile based on a time difference calculated using the signals.8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the elevation angle of the projectile based on a time difference calculated using the signals.9. The system of claim ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND CENTER

Номер: US20180003795A1
Автор: SUZUKI Koichi
Принадлежит:

A position estimation system includes a mobile terminal; and a center communicating with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes units to execute GPS positioning and base station positioning, respectively, and transmitters to transmit first and second positional information obtained by the GPS positioning and the base station positioning, respectively, to the center. The center includes a receiver to receive the first and second positional information, a position estimator to determine whether a user of the mobile terminal has boarded a train at a station, based on the second positional information if the mobile terminal has become incapable of executing the GPS positioning around the station, and if having determined that the user has boarded a train, to estimate which train was boarded by the user, based on a moving direction of the mobile terminal calculated from the second positional information. 1. A position estimation system , comprising:a mobile terminal; anda center configured to communicate with the mobile terminal through a predetermined communication network,wherein the mobile terminal includesa GPS positioning unit configured to execute GPS positioning,a base station positioning unit configured to execute base station positioning,a first transmitter configured to transmit first positional information obtained by the GPS positioning to the center, anda second transmitter configured to transmit second positional information obtained by the base station positioning to the center,wherein the center includesa receiver configured to receive the first positional information and the second positional information transmitted from the mobile terminal,a position estimator configured to determine whether a user of the mobile terminal has boarded a train at a station, based on the second positional information in a case where the mobile terminal has become incapable of executing the GPS positioning in a vicinity of the station, and if having determined ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

TODA-Based positioning system using terrestrial wireless signal sources

Номер: US20180003827A1
Принадлежит: etherwhere Corp

A positioning system is provided in which a client device samples a transmission from any suitable terrestrial wireless source. The resulting samples are correlated with replica samples to determine a position of the client device using time-difference-of-arrival-based calculations.

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

INTERROGATOR AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME

Номер: US20200003889A1
Принадлежит: LONE STAR IP HOLDINGS, LP

An interrogator and system employing the same. In one embodiment, the interrogator includes a receiver configured to receive a return signal from a tag and a sensing module configured to provide a time associated with the return signal. The interrogator also includes a processor configured to employ synthetic aperture radar processing on the return signal in accordance with the time to locate a position of the tag. 1. An interrogator , comprising:a receiver configured to receive return signals from a tag;a sensing module configured to provide time estimates associated with said return signals; anda processor configured to employ synthetic aperture radar processing on said return signals in accordance with said time estimates and an estimated velocity of said tag relative to said interrogator to coherently integrate said return signals to locate a position of said tag.2. The interrogator as recited in wherein said receiver is a correlating receiver.3. The interrogator as recited in further comprising a transmitter configured to code an interrogation signal for said tag.4. The interrogator as recited in wherein said processor employs a fast Fourier transform to coherently integrate said return signals.5. The interrogator as recited in further comprising a controller configured control an operation of said receiver claim 1 , said sensing module and said processor.6. The interrogator as recited in further comprising a data logger configured to log said time estimates and said position of said tag.7. The interrogator as recited in wherein said processor is configured to coherently integrate said return signals by constructing a phase trajectory of said return signals based coordinates of a position of said interrogator and coordinates of an hypothesized location of said tag.8. The interrogator as recited in wherein said tag is a radio frequency identification tag.9. The interrogator as recited in wherein said return signals comprise inphase and quadrature sample data of ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT IMAGE

Номер: US20180003967A1
Автор: Xu Ben
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An electronic apparatus includes a controller, a display device coupled to the controller, and a detector coupled to the controller. The display device displays virtual environmental images. The detector detects a spatial parameter of a local space of the electronic apparatus in which the electronic apparatus is located. The controller receives the spatial parameter and controls the display device based on the spatial parameter. 1. An electronic apparatus comprising:a controller;a display device coupled to the controller, the display device displaying virtual environment images; anda detector coupled to the controller, the detector detecting a spatial parameter of a local space of the electronic apparatus in which the electronic apparatus is located,wherein the controller receives the spatial parameter and controls the display device based on the spatial parameter.2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the display device to display a virtual environment image that matches the spatial parameter.3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller:determines, based on the spatial parameter, whether the local space of the electronic apparatus has changed; andcontrols the display device based on a result of the determination.4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller controls the display device to stop displaying a virtual environment image in response to determining that the local space of the electronic apparatus has changed.5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller determines that the electronic apparatus has moved from a first space having a first spatial parameter to a second space having a second spatial parameter claim 3 , and controls the display device to display a virtual environment image that matches the second spatial parameter.6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller determines that the electronic ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

NAVIGATION SYSTEM, NAVIGATION METHOD AND RECEIVERS

Номер: US20210003707A1
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TADF receivers for a navigation system, TADF navigation system and method using TADF material based navigation. 12. Directional receiver () for a navigation system , comprising:{'b': '26', 'a computing device (),'}a receiving section for receiving focused and unfocused signals in a sector of interest, wherein focused signals are comprised of particle radiation and/or gravitational waves,{'b': '12', 'a detection layer () comprising thermally activated delayed fluorescence TADF material, the thermally activated delayed fluorescence TADF material having a plurality of excitation frequencies,'}{'b': 14', '18, 'an excitation radiation source device () adapted to emit excitation radiation () having at least one of the plurality of excitation frequencies to excite the TADF material, wherein'} [{'b': '18', 'the TADF material exhibiting upon excitation with excitation radiation (), a thermally activated delayed fluorescence TADF emission,'}, 'the TADF material having a TADF emission pattern excited by the excitation radiation from the excitation radiation source device without exposure to focused signals and exhibiting a different TADF emission pattern excited by the excitation radiation from the excitation radiation source device with exposure to focused signals, the focused signals differing from excitation radiation, the TADF emission pattern with exposure to focused signals differing from the excitation radiation without exposure to focused signals,, 'the excitation radiation being electromagnetic radiation;'}{'b': 16', '26', '16', '12', '26, 'a radiation detector device () communicatively coupled with the computing device (), the radiation detector device () being adapted to detect TADF emission from the detection layer () and provide respective detection data to the computing device (),'}{'b': 30', '12', '16, 'an optical system () being arranged between the detection layer () and the radiation detector device (),'}{'b': 26', '16, 'the computing device () being adapted ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

DETECTING RADIO SIGNAL EMITTER LOCATIONS

Номер: US20190004144A1
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First information is obtained from a sensing device at a first time. The first information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from a candidate location. The device is at a first location at the first time. Second information is obtained from the device at a second time. The second information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from the candidate location. The device is at a second location at the second time. A system determines that a pattern is in each of the first and second information and determines relationships between the candidate location and the device at each first and second location. The system obtains inverses of the relationships and determines estimates of the received radio signals based on the information and inverses. The system measures or estimates energy emitted from the candidate location based on the estimates. 1. A method comprising:obtaining, from a sensing device at a first time, first information corresponding to a radio signal received at the sensing device from a candidate location, wherein the sensing device is at a first location in its movement trajectory at the first time;obtaining, from the sensing device at a second time, second information corresponding to a radio signal received at the sensing device from the candidate location, wherein the sensing device is at a second location in its movement trajectory at the second time;determining that a known pattern is present in each of the first information and the second information; determining a first relationship between the candidate location and the sensing device at the first location, and a second relationship between the candidate location and the sensing device at the second location;', 'obtaining a first inverse of the first relationship and a second inverse of the second relationship;', 'determining a first estimate of the radio signal received at the sensing device from the candidate location based on the first information and the first ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

Positioning transmitter, receiver, and system, and method therefor

Номер: US20190004165A1
Автор: Baek du JO, Sung Oh Kwon

A positioning system according to an embodiment of the above description includes a transmitter including a first transmitting unit and a second transmitting unit for transmitting a first signal and a second signal having different velocities, respectively; and a receiver including: a first receiving unit and a second receiving unit for measuring each time of reception of the first signal and the second signal; and a position determining unit for measuring a location of the transmitter using a difference in reception time of the first signal and the second signal.

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07-01-2016 дата публикации

OPTICAL NAVIGATION & POSITIONING SYSTEM

Номер: US20160005185A1
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An optical navigation system comprising a camera oriented to face towards a plurality of markers located at spaced apart locations from the camera, calculating means adapted to calculate an angle subtended between pairs of markers, the subtended angles being calculated by monitoring the pixel locations of the markers in a series of images captured by the camera, the optical navigation system additionally comprising means for creating a three-dimensional model whereby the location of the camera relative to the markers is determined by triangulating the subtended angles in the three-dimensional model. 1. An optical navigation system comprising a camera oriented to face towards a plurality of randomly positioned markers located at spaced apart locations from the camera , calculating means to adapted monitor , in a series of images captured by the camera , the pixel locations of the markers , the optical navigation system additionally comprising means for creating a three-dimensional model of the camera's position and orientation relative to the markers by monitoring changes in the relative positions of the markers in the captured images to determine , by monitoring changes in the apparent perspective of the markers that are indicative of changes in orientation and position of the markers.2. The optical navigation system of claim 1 , wherein the calculating means is adapted to calculate an angle subtended between pairs of markers claim 1 , the subtended angles being calculated by monitoring the pixel locations of the markers in the series of images captured by the camera claim 1 , and wherein the three-dimensional model indicating the position and location of the camera relative to the markers is determined by triangulating the subtended angles in the three-dimensional model.3. The optical navigation system of or claim 1 , further comprising a light source located proximal to the camera and being arranged to project light away from the camera in the direction of the ...

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01-01-2015 дата публикации

Methods and systems for determining the location of an electronic device using multi-tone frequency signals

Номер: US20150006073A1
Автор: Mehran Moshfeghi
Принадлежит: Golba LLC

Embodiments of the present invention include a method of determining a location of a mobile device. The method comprises transmitting a signal between a plurality of known locations and receiving signal at device of unknown location such as a mobile device. The signal may include multiple tones having different frequencies and resulting in sets of residual phase differences. The location of the mobile device may be determined using the known locations and the frequency and phase differences between the transmitted tones. In one embodiment, OFDM signals may be used between an access point and mobile device, for example, to determine the location of the mobile device.

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

System and Method for Measuring Position and Orientation of a Rigid Body

Номер: US20190004619A1
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A system and method for determining a position and orientation (e.g., pose) of a rigid body is disclosed. The rigid body may be a position enabled projector, a surveying rod, a power tool, a drill robot, etc., in a given space. The position of the rigid body is specified by a set of three coordinates and the orientation is specified by a set of three angles. As such, based on these six values, the position and orientation of the rigid body can be determined. 1. A system for measuring position and orientation of a rigid body , the system comprising:a master device;a first sensor configured to measure at least one incidence angle of a tracking light from the master device;a second sensor configured to measure at least one inclination angle of the rigid body; and receive at least two angle measurements from the master device,', 'receive at least one distance measurement from the master device, wherein the distance measurement is a distance from the master device to the rigid body,', 'receive the at least one incidence angle from the first sensor,', 'receive the at least one inclination angle from the second sensor, and', 'determine a position of the rigid body and an orientation of the rigid body based at least in part on the at least two angle measurements, the at least one distance measurement, the at least one incidence angle, and the at least one inclination angle., 'at least one processor for executing stored instructions to2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rigid body is a position enabled projector and wherein a two-dimensional image is projectable by the rigid body on a surface with correct position and correct scale based on one or more of: (i) the determined position and (ii) the determined orientation of the position enabled projector.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rigid body is a measurement rod for a total station and wherein the measurement rod is held in any orientation during operation based on one or more of: (i) the determined position and ...

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13-01-2022 дата публикации

MULTI-USER INTELLIGENT ASSISTANCE

Номер: US20220012470A1
Принадлежит: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

An intelligent assistant records speech spoken by a first user and determines a self-selection score for the first user. The intelligent assistant sends the self-selection score to another intelligent assistant, and receives a remote-selection score for the first user from the other intelligent assistant. The intelligent assistant compares the self-selection score to the remote-selection score. If the self-selection score is greater than the remote-selection score, the intelligent assistant responds to the first user and blocks subsequent responses to all other users until a disengagement metric of the first user exceeds a blocking threshold. If the self-selection score is less than the remote-selection score, the intelligent assistant does not respond to the first user. 1. An intelligent assistant computer , comprising:a logic machine; anda storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:recognize another intelligent assistant computer;record speech spoken by a first user;determine a self-selection score for the first user based on the speech spoken by the first user;receive a remote-selection score for the first user from the other intelligent assistant computer;if the self-selection score is greater than the remote-selection score, respond to the first user, determine a disengagement metric of the first user based on recorded speech spoken by the first user, and block subsequent responses to all other users until the disengagement metric of the first user exceeds a blocking threshold;if the self-selection score is less than the remote-selection score, do not respond to the first user; andstop blocking subsequent responses to another user responsive to a new self-selection score for the first user being less than a new remote-selection score for the first user.2. The intelligent assistant computer of claim 1 , wherein the self-selection score is determined based further on a signal-to-noise ratio of recorded speech spoken by the first user. ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

WIRELESS TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM, WIRELESS RECEIVING DEVICE AND WIRELESS TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD

Номер: US20180005404A1
Автор: LIU Cheng-Chieh
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A wireless transmitting/receiving system includes a transmitter, a first directional receiver, a camera, a storage device and a processor. The transmitter is disposed on a target object and transmits a wireless signal. The first directional receiver is disposed with respect to an entry/exit boundary. The first directional receiver receives the wireless signal and generates a first received signal strength indication. The camera captures an image of the entry/exit boundary. The storage device stores a mapping table of target object location and received signal strength. The processor is electrically connected to the storage device and determines a location of the target object and a moving direction of the target object with respect to the entry/exit boundary according to the image and the mapping table of target object location and received signal strength. 1. A wireless transmitting/receiving system comprising:a transmitter disposed on a target object, the transmitter transmitting a wireless signal;a first directional receiver disposed with respect to an entry/exit boundary, the first directional receiver receiving the wireless signal and generating a first received signal strength indication;a camera capturing an image of the entry/exit boundary;a storage device storing a mapping table of target object location and received signal strength; anda processor electrically connected to the storage device, the processor determining a location of the target object and a moving direction of the target object with respect to the entry/exit boundary according to the image and the mapping table of target object location and received signal strength.2. The wireless transmitting/receiving system of claim 1 , wherein a first receiving range of the first directional receiver is oriented towards a first side of the entry/exit boundary; the processor determines that the target object moves from the first side of the entry/exit boundary towards a second side of the entry/exit ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

Light-based fiducial communication

Номер: US20190007135A1
Принадлежит: Osram Sylvania Inc

Techniques and architecture are disclosed for navigating an area with multi-panel luminaires configured to display fiducial patterns. In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of luminaires located in an area and configured to display one or more fiducial patterns recognizable by a mobile computing device. The luminaire includes a plurality of panels, each panel associated with one or more solid-state light sources. The luminaire also includes at least one driver configured to control the light sources to transmit light through the plurality of panels at varying light intensities to display a fiducial pattern and configured to detect errors in the display of the fiducial pattern.

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USER LOCALIZATION

Номер: US20210006893A1
Автор: Frank Eric
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Systems and methods are disclosed in which a playback device transmits a first sound signal including a predetermined waveform. In one example, the playback device receives a second sound signal including at least one reflection of the first sound signal. The second sound signal is processed to determine a location of a person relative to the playback device, and a characteristic of audio reproduction by the playback device is selected, based on the determined location of the person. 1. A playback device comprising:an audio transducer;first and second microphones;one or more processors; and transmitting, by the audio transducer, a first sound signal comprising a predetermined waveform;', 'receiving, via the first microphone, a second sound signal comprising a reflection of the first sound signal;', 'receiving, via the second microphone, a third sound signal comprising a reflection of the first sound signal;', 'processing the second and third sound signals to determine an angular component of a location of a person relative to the playback device; and', 'selecting a characteristic of audio reproduction by the playback device based on the determined angular component., 'a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform operations comprising2. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:determining a delay between the second and third sound signals; andbased on the delay, determining the angular component of the location of the person relative to the playback device.3. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein processing the second and third sound signals further comprises disregarding a portion of the second and third sound signals corresponding to self-responses of the playback device.4. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein the first sound signal has a frequency of greater than 20 kHz.5. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

Method and Apparatus for Synchronising a Location Network

Номер: US20210007075A1
Автор: Sainsbery Ian, Small David
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Apparatus and methods are presented for synchronising a slave device signal to a reference timebase, in situations where the slave device lacks knowledge of the propagation delay for signals from the reference device, e.g. if the positions of one or both of the devices are unknown or classified, or the inter-device signal propagation distance is otherwise a-priori unknown. Reference signal propagation delay is determined using an exchange of signals between the devices, with each device using a differencing procedure for eliminating effects of receiver line bias and other hardware delays. In another aspect an exchange of signals between the devices is used to detect a time residual arising from an inaccurate propagation delay estimate. The synchronisation methods can be applied to a plurality of slave devices for providing a synchronised location network. In certain embodiments signals are transmitted wirelessly, while in other embodiments they are transmitted via a fixed line. 1. A method for synchronising a second signal generated and transmitted by a second device to a timebase of a first device , said method comprising the steps of:(i) said first device generating and transmitting a first signal comprising first time information indicating the time of transmission of said first signal according to the timebase of said first device; (a) receiving and interpreting said first signal;', '(b) generating and transmitting said second signal comprising second time information indicating the time of transmission of said second signal;', '(c) receiving and interpreting said second signal;', '(d) calculating a first time difference between said first time information and said second time information; and', '(e) adjusting the generation of said second signal according to said first time difference, thereby adjusting said second signal and said second time information;, '(ii) said second device (a) receiving and interpreting said first signal and the adjusted second signal ...

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