Coarse and fine location for tagged items
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a coarse position of a tagged item determined using a coarse positioning system and the item'"'"'s tag;
moving a mobile unit to the determined coarse position, the mobile unit carrying a fine positioning system;
determining a fine position of the tagged item by communicating between the fine positioning system of the moved mobile unit and the item'"'"'s tag.
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Abstract
The location of an item may be determined by first determining a coarse location and then a fine location. In one example, a coarse position of a tagged item is determined using a coarse positioning system and the item'"'"'s tag. A mobile unit, carrying a fine positioning system, is moved to the determined coarse position. Then, a fine position of the tagged item is determined by communicating between the fine positioning system of the moved mobile unit and the item'"'"'s tag.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a coarse position of a tagged item determined using a coarse positioning system and the item'"'"'s tag; moving a mobile unit to the determined coarse position, the mobile unit carrying a fine positioning system; determining a fine position of the tagged item by communicating between the fine positioning system of the moved mobile unit and the item'"'"'s tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when operated on by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a coarse position of a tagged item determined using a coarse positioning system and the item'"'"'s tag; moving a mobile unit to the determined coarse position, the mobile unit carrying a fine positioning system; determining a fine position of the tagged item by communicating between the fine positioning system of the moved mobile unit and the item'"'"'s tag. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A mobile location system comprising:
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a coarse position communications interface to receive a coarse position of an item having a tag; a fine position communications interface to communicate between the mobile location system and the item'"'"'s tag; a fine positioning system to determine a fine position of the tagged item using the fine communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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