WIRELESS TIME REFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Abstract
Various methods and apparatuses that utilize a wireless time reference system are provided herein. One example method involves calibrating independent, spatially-located clocks of a geoposition system in order to geolocate an object having an associated object tag. The example method may include transmitting an RF pulse pair, receiving the pulse pair at multiple locations, utilizing respective frequencies of first and second spatially-located clocks to produce count values to effect measurement of an interarrival interval at each of multiple locations, determining a ratio of count values relative to said first and second spatially-located clocks, and utilizing said ratio to calibrate time indications of said clocks. Other related methods and apparatus are also provided.
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12. A method calibrating independent, spatially-located clocks of a geoposition system in order to geolocate an object having an associated object tag, said method comprising:
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transmitting an RF pulse pair, receiving the pulse pair at multiple locations, utilizing respective frequencies of first and second spatially-located clocks to produce count values to effect measurement of an interarrival interval at each of multiple locations, determining a ratio of count values relative to said first and second spatially-located clocks, and utilizing said ratio to calibrate time indications of said clocks. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An object location system to locate an object equipped with an object tag transmitter, said system comprising:
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a reference transmitter to transmit at least two UWB pulses comprising short bursts of RF energy, multiple monitoring stations positionable at known locations, each including a UWB receiver and a local clock that responds to receipt of said UWB pulses to determine a clock count based on an interarrival interval, each said monitoring station further including transmitter to transmit a digital representation of said clock count to a central processing hub, and said central processing hub including a processor to compute a ratio of count values relative to first and second ones of said multiple monitoring stations and to utilize said ratio to align indications of timing references of said monitoring stations in order to determine the position of said object. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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