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Optical navigation apparatus using fixed beacons and a centroid sensing device

  • US 20070211239A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2006
  • Published: 09/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An optical navigation system for determining at least one parameter of a pose of an object in an environment, said optical navigation system comprising:

  • a) a plurality of beacons at predetermined locations in said environment for providing an electromagnetic radiation in a sequenced pattern;

    b) an on-board optic for imaging said electromagnetic radiation onto an on-board centroid sensing device for determining a centroid of an imaged distribution of said electromagnetic radiation;

    c) a navigation unit for determining said at least one parameter of said pose from said centroid.

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