Determining positional information
First Claim
1. Apparatus for determining positional information relating to an object, incorporating a transmitter, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted by the incorporated transmitter, said receiver comprising a plurality of receiving elements in a single housing or on a common substrate;
a detector for detecting a signal, received at each receiving element; and
a processor operable to apply, for each receiving element, a process to the detected signal so as to obtain a respective value of a parameter representative of the time the detected signal was received at that receiving element, the processor being further operable to compare the values of the parameter thus obtained so as to obtain angular positional information relating to the object.
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Abstract
Apparatus for determining positional information relating to an object, comprising: means for receiving, comprising a plurality of receiving elements; detection means for detecting signals received at the receiving elements and for generating output signals representative of the received signals; and processing means operable to apply, for each receiving element, a process to the output signal generated from the signal received at that receiving element separately from any output signal generated from a signal received at any other receiving element, so as to obtain a respective value of a parameter representative of the signal received at that receiving element, the processing means being further operable to compare the values of the parameter thus obtained so as to, obtain positional information relating to the object.
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38 Claims
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1. Apparatus for determining positional information relating to an object, incorporating a transmitter, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted by the incorporated transmitter, said receiver comprising a plurality of receiving elements in a single housing or on a common substrate; a detector for detecting a signal, received at each receiving element; and a processor operable to apply, for each receiving element, a process to the detected signal so as to obtain a respective value of a parameter representative of the time the detected signal was received at that receiving element, the processor being further operable to compare the values of the parameter thus obtained so as to obtain angular positional information relating to the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of determining positional information relating to an object incorporating a transmitter, the method comprising:
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receiving signals transmitted by the incorporated transmitter at a receiver comprising a plurality of receiving elements in a single housing or on a common substrate; detecting a signal, received at each receiving element; and applying, for each receiving element, a process to the detected signal so as to obtain a respective value of a parameter representative of the time the signal was received at the receiving element, the applied process being further operable to compare values of the parameter thus obtained so as to obtain angular positional information relating to the object.
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38. Apparatus for determining positional information relating to an object incorporating a transmitter, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving signals transmitted by the incorporated transmitter said receiving means comprising a plurality of receiving elements in a single housing or on a common substrate; detection means for detecting a signal, received at each receiving element; and processing means operable to apply, for each receiving element, a process to the detected signal so as to obtain a respective value of a parameter representative of the time the signal was received at that receiving element, the processor being further operable to compare the values of the parameter thus obtained so as to obtain angular positional information relating to the object.
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