AUTONOMOUS ULTRASONIC INDOOR TRACKING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A positioning device for locating objects, comprising:
- a plurality of leaf modules, each of the leaf modules including a positioning signal receiver for receiving positioning signals transmitted from the object, wherein there is a known structural topology relationship between the plurality of leaf modules; and
a computing module for computing the position of the object according to positioning signal detection times from respective positioning signal receivers and the structural topology relationship.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a Positioning on One Device (POD) for locating and tracking objects and an autonomous ultrasound indoor track system (AUITS) and method for locating objects by using the POD. The AUITS can comprise: a tag device installed on a mobile object, which includes radio frequency (RF) and ultrasound transmitters for transmitting RF and ultrasound signals; and a POD for receiving the RF and ultrasound signals transmitted from the tag device to locate the mobile object. The POD can comprise: a plurality of leaf modules, each of the leaf modules including a positioning signal receiver for receiving the positioning signals (e.g. ultrasound signal) transmitted from the tag device, wherein there is a known structural topology relationship between the plurality of leaf modules. Then, the positioning signal detection times from respective positioning signal receivers and the structural topology relationship of the POD can be used for calculation of the position of the object. Compared with the prior arts, the POD and the AUITS system of the present invention presents several advantages, such as high accuracy, easy deployment, calibration free, low cost, in-device coordination, and flexibility.
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20 Claims
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1. A positioning device for locating objects, comprising:
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a plurality of leaf modules, each of the leaf modules including a positioning signal receiver for receiving positioning signals transmitted from the object, wherein there is a known structural topology relationship between the plurality of leaf modules; and a computing module for computing the position of the object according to positioning signal detection times from respective positioning signal receivers and the structural topology relationship. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for locating objects using a positioning device, the positioning device comprises a plurality of leaf modules, each of the leaf modules includes a positioning signal receiver for receiving positioning signals transmitted from the object, wherein there is a known structural topology relationship between the plurality of leaf modules, the method comprising:
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starting the positioning signal receivers and recording the start time T0,i of the positioning signal receivers, wherein i is an index for the ith positioning signal receiver; receiving the positioning signals from the object by each of the positioning signal receivers and recording its positioning signal detection time Δ
t,i; andcalculating the position of the object based on the recorded positioning signal detection times and the structural topology relationship of the positioning device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An autonomous ultrasound track system for locating objects, comprising:
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a tag device installed on a object, which includes a positioning signal transmitter for transmitting positioning signals; and a positioning device for locating the position of the object, wherein the positioning device comprises; a plurality of leaf modules, each of the leaf modules including a positioning signal receiver for receiving the positioning signals transmitted from the object, wherein there is a known structural topology relationship between the plurality of leaf modules; and a position computing module for computing the position of the object according to positioning signal detection times from respective positioning signal receivers of the positioning device and the structural topology relationship. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An ultrasound signature method, comprising:
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obtaining an ID code specific to an object; encoding the ID code into a sequence of ultrasound pulses to be transmitted; and transmitting the encoded sequence of ultrasound pulses. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A tag device, comprising:
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a synchronization signal transmitter for transmitting synchronization signals; and a positioning signal transmitter for transmitting positioning signals, wherein a predetermined period of time is inserted between the transmission of the synchronization signals and the positioning signals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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