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POSITION DETERMINING SYSTEM

  • US 20120085934A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2010
  • Published: 04/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A position determining system for determining a position of an object (2), the position determining system (1;

  • 101;

    201) comprising;

    a first position detection unit (5;

    105;

    205) comprising a sending and receiving unit (3;

    103, 114;

    203, 214, 216, 217) for transferring radiation (6, 7;

    106, 107;

    206, 207) between the object (2) and a transfer position being known relative to a reference position, and a first position determining unit (4;

    104;

    204) for determining a first position of the object (2) relative to the reference position based on the transferred radiation (6, 7;

    106, 107;

    206, 207),a second position detection unit (35) comprising an accelerometer (8) for determining an acceleration of the object (2), and a second position determining unit (9) for determining a second position of the object (2) relative to the reference position based on the determined acceleration and the determined first position,an output unit (12) for outputting at least one of the first position and the second position.

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