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First Claim
1. A measuring device, comprising:
- a receiver coil array that is configured to detect three magnetic field components of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal and to provide a magnetic field component signal for each of the detected three magnetic field components, wherein the receiver coil array is configured to detect the three magnetic field components along linearly independent directions; and
an evaluator configured to evaluate the magnetic field component signals for determining, for the magnetic field component signals, allocated phase relations to the electric alternating current signal, wherein the phase relations each comprise coarse position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array, and wherein the evaluator is configured to determine a resulting intersection of the coarse position information, wherein the resulting intersection comprises fine position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a measuring device with a receiver coil array and evaluator. The receiver coil array is configured to detect three magnetic field components of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal and to provide a magnetic field component signal for each of the detected three magnetic field components. The evaluator is configured to evaluate the magnetic field component signals in order to determine the phase relation to the electric alternating current signal allocated for the magnetic field component signals, wherein the phase relations each include coarse position information of the conductor loop array relative to the conductor loop array and wherein the evaluator is configured to determine a resulting intersection of the coarse position information, wherein the resulting intersection includes or results in fine position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array.
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20 Claims
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1. A measuring device, comprising:
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a receiver coil array that is configured to detect three magnetic field components of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal and to provide a magnetic field component signal for each of the detected three magnetic field components, wherein the receiver coil array is configured to detect the three magnetic field components along linearly independent directions; and an evaluator configured to evaluate the magnetic field component signals for determining, for the magnetic field component signals, allocated phase relations to the electric alternating current signal, wherein the phase relations each comprise coarse position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array, and wherein the evaluator is configured to determine a resulting intersection of the coarse position information, wherein the resulting intersection comprises fine position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A measuring method, comprising:
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detecting three magnetic field components of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal, wherein the magnetic field components are detected along linearly independent directions; providing a magnetic field component signal for each of the detected three magnetic field components; and evaluating the magnetic field component signals for determining, for the magnetic field component signals, allocated phase relations to the electric alternating current signal, wherein the phase relations each comprise coarse position information of the receiver coil array relative to the transmitter coil array; wherein evaluating comprises determining a resulting intersection of the coarse position information, wherein the resulting intersection comprises/results in fine position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array.
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16. A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform the measuring method, the method comprising:
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detecting three magnetic field components of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal, wherein the magnetic field components are detected along linearly independent directions; providing a magnetic field component signal for each of the detected three magnetic field components; and evaluating the magnetic field component signals for determining, for the magnetic field component signals, allocated phase relations to the electric alternating current signal, wherein the phase relations each comprise coarse position information of the receiver coil array relative to the transmitter coil array; wherein evaluating comprises determining a resulting intersection of the coarse position information, wherein the resulting intersection comprises/results in fine position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array, when said computer program is run by a computer.
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17. A data transmission device, comprising:
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a data transceiver; a receiver coil array that is configured to detect at least one magnetic field component of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal of a further data transmission device and to provide a magnetic field component signal for the detected magnetic field component; evaluator configured to evaluate the magnetic field component signal for determining a phase relation between the magnetic field component signal and the electric alternating current signal, wherein the phase relations comprise position information indicating whether a projection of the receiver coil array is perpendicular to a conductor loop area inside the conductor loop area, wherein the conductor loop area is within a plane spanned by the conductor loop array, and wherein the conductor loop area is limited by the conductor loop array; and a controller configured to enable data transmission of the data transceiver only when the projection of the receiver coil array is perpendicular to the conductor loop area inside or outside the conductor loop area. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method for data transmission between a data transmission device and a further data transmission device comprising:
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detecting a magnetic field component of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal; providing a magnetic field component signal for the detected magnetic field component; evaluating the magnetic field component signal for determining a phase relation between the magnetic field component signal and the electric alternating current signal, wherein the phase relations comprise position information indicating whether a projection of the receiver coil array is perpendicular to a conductor loop area inside the conductor loop area, wherein the conductor loop area is within a plane that is spanned by the conductor loop array and wherein the conductor loop area is limited by the conductor loop array; enabling data transmission between the data transmission device and the further data transmission device if the projection of the receiver coil array perpendicular to the conductor loop area is inside or outside the conductor loop area.
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