System and method for asynchronous wireless positioning by ordered transmission
First Claim
1. A wireless positioning system comprising:
- a target device that is an object of wireless positioning, a plurality of beacon devices and a processing unit;
(a) each of the beacon devices having at least a wireless signal transmission module, a wireless signal reception module and a counter module, wherein each of the beacon devices is configured to transmit a wireless signal using the wireless signal transmission module, and configured to sense reception time points of wireless signals that are transmitted from the other beacon devices and the target device and received at time points after the transmission of the wireless signal using the counter module;
(b) the target device having at least a wireless signal transmission module and a wireless reception module, wherein the target device is configured to transmit the wireless signal to the plurality of beacon devices after ordered transmissions of the wireless signals by all of the plurality of beacon devices; and
(c) the processing unit is configured to obtain the position of the target device by calculating distances between the plurality of beacon devices and the target device is configured to use information about reception time points of the wireless signals according to the ordered transmissions and the wireless signal transmitted by the target device, sensed by the respective beacon devices.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a wireless positioning system and method that can perform a high-precision position tracking. The wireless positioning system includes a target device that is an object of wireless positioning, beacon devices and a processing unit. The beacon devices transmits wireless signals and sense reception time points of the wireless signals transmitted from the other beacon devices and the target device and received at time points after the transmission of the wireless signal. The target device receives the wireless signal transmitted from at least one of the beacon devices, and then transmits the wireless signal to the beacon devices. The processing unit obtains the position of the target device by calculating distances between the beacon devices and the target device using information about the reception time points of the wireless signals sensed by the respective beacon devices.
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12 Claims
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1. A wireless positioning system comprising:
a target device that is an object of wireless positioning, a plurality of beacon devices and a processing unit; (a) each of the beacon devices having at least a wireless signal transmission module, a wireless signal reception module and a counter module, wherein each of the beacon devices is configured to transmit a wireless signal using the wireless signal transmission module, and configured to sense reception time points of wireless signals that are transmitted from the other beacon devices and the target device and received at time points after the transmission of the wireless signal using the counter module; (b) the target device having at least a wireless signal transmission module and a wireless reception module, wherein the target device is configured to transmit the wireless signal to the plurality of beacon devices after ordered transmissions of the wireless signals by all of the plurality of beacon devices; and (c) the processing unit is configured to obtain the position of the target device by calculating distances between the plurality of beacon devices and the target device is configured to use information about reception time points of the wireless signals according to the ordered transmissions and the wireless signal transmitted by the target device, sensed by the respective beacon devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless positioning method using a target device that is an object of wireless positioning and has at least a wireless signal transmission module and a wireless reception module, a plurality of beacon devices each of which has at least a wireless signal transmission module, a wireless signal reception module and a counter module, and a processing unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) the plurality of beacon devices transmitting wireless signals in order; (b) the target device transmitting the wireless signal to the plurality of beacon devices after ordered transmission of the wireless signals by all of the plurality of beacon devices; (c) each of the plurality of beacon devices receiving the wireless signal according to the ordered transmissions and the wireless signal transmitted by the target device and sensing reception time points of the wireless signals; and (d) the processing unit obtaining the position of the target device by calculating distances between the plurality of beacon devices and the target device using information about the reception time points of the wireless signals sensed by the respective beacon devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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