6 results about "Local positioning system" patented technology

A local positioning system (LPS) is provided. The LPS includes at least three local position tracking devices, each further including one or more of: a clock synchronized to the clock in each of the other devices; a transmitter transmitting signals over time synchronized to the clock; and a receiver receiving the signals over time from the other devices. The LPS further includes a processor operatively coupled to at least one of the devices and that is configured to: obtain for each of the signals a location of the device that transmitted that signal; produce one or more representations of at least a part of a living body based on at least one of one or more of the locations and one or more further representations of the at least the part of the living body, each of the representations including one or more temporal frames; and to provide output.

System and method for calculating the physical positioning of a container handling vehicle on a grid of an automated storage and retrieval system. wherein the automated storage and retrieval system comprises a framework structure which includes a rail system comprising a first set of parallel rails arranged to guide movement of a container handling vehicle in a first direction across the top of the framework structure, and a second set of parallel rails arranged perpendicular to the first set of rails to guide movement of the container handling vehicle in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. the first and second sets of parallel rails dividing the rail system into a plurality of grid cells. the framework structure comprising upright members defining storage columns for storing containers within the framework structure, wherein the automated storage and retrieval system comprises container handling vehicles configured to operate on the rail system, a wireless communication system for communicating instructions and information between the central computer system and the container handling vehicles and between the container handling vehicles, wherein the wireless communication system comprises a plurality of transceivers positioned at known locations (501) either on the grid or around the grid, and a transceiver positioned on an unknown position (503) on the grid and using a signal sent between the transceivers positioned at known locations (501) on the grid or around the grid and the transceiver positioned on an unknown position (503) on the grid for calculating the distance between the sender of a signal and the receiver of the signal.

A method and apparatus is provided for determining a mobile station's position by utilizing modified Wi-Fi signals and transmitting and receiving Wi-Fi signals by a plurality of base stations, receiving signals transmitted by these base stations (which have known coordinates) and located in some proximity to the mobile station, and calculating position coordinates of the mobile station (also referred to herein as a mobile object) based on the signals.

A local positioning system is provided, which includes a plurality of local position tracking devices, the devices including: a plurality of clocks; and a transmitter configured to transmit signals, each of the signals associated with a time that the signal was transmitted; and a receiver configured to receive the signals, each of the signals further associated with a time that the signal was received. The system includes a processor coupled to at least one of the devices and configured to: receive one or more representations of at least a part of the living body including one or more representations of one or more of the devices relative to at least the part; obtain a further representation of the at least the part based on the transmission time for each signal, the receipt times for each of the signals, and one or more of the representations; and provide output.

This application is directed to a local positioning system having a plurality of wire coils. Each wire coil includes one or more respective turns of wire that have a respective shape and a respective size and are arranged substantially in parallel with a respective wire plane. Each wire coil is configured to be electrically driven by a respective synchronous electric current carrying a respective train of pseudo-random waveforms according to a predefined bandwidth. For each wire coil, the respective train of pseudo-random waveforms includes a first number of waveform periods and is orthogonal to each other train of pseudo-random waveforms of the wire coils. In some embodiments, a receiver system is coupled to, and measures, the magnetic field created by the wire coils during each waveform period. The location of the receiver system is determined based on measured magnetic data vectors of the magnetic field.