Infrared locator system
First Claim
1. A locator system comprising a number of individual portable transmitter units, a number of individual stationary receiver units, and central data processing means;
- said transmitter units each comprising infrared transmission means and programmable microprocessor means such that a unique identity data stream is transmitted by each transmitter unit;
said receiver units each comprising in combination infrared receiving means and programmable microprocessor means remotely separated from said central data processing means such that each said receiver unit has the capability to store multiple said unique identity data streams received from multiple said transmitter units and can communicate said identity data streams to said central data processing means.
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Abstract
A locator system comprising a number of unique portable IR transmitter units, each having a unique identity address consisting of a 16 bit data stream with two start bits and a stop bit, a number of fixed IR receiver units, each having a unique identity, and a central data processing computer. The transmitter units transmit in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction simultaneously. Both the transmitter units and the receiver units contain programmable microprocessors, enabling the transmitter units to be addressed with one of up to 65,535 possible identities and enabling the receiver units to store multiple transmitter unit identities until polled by the data processing computer.
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1. A locator system comprising a number of individual portable transmitter units, a number of individual stationary receiver units, and central data processing means;
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said transmitter units each comprising infrared transmission means and programmable microprocessor means such that a unique identity data stream is transmitted by each transmitter unit; said receiver units each comprising in combination infrared receiving means and programmable microprocessor means remotely separated from said central data processing means such that each said receiver unit has the capability to store multiple said unique identity data streams received from multiple said transmitter units and can communicate said identity data streams to said central data processing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A locator system comprising a number of individual portable transmitter units, a number of stationary individual remote receiver units, and a central data processing means;
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said transmitter units each comprising infrared transmission means and programmable microprocessor means such that a unique identity data stream is transmitted by each transmitter unit; said individual remote receiver units each comprising a single infrared receiving means and a single programmable microprocessor means, such that the total number of said programmable microprocessor means is equal to the total number of said individual remote receiver units in said locator system, such that each said individual remote receiver unit has the capability to store multiple said unique identity data streams received from multiple said transmitter units and can communicate said identity data streams to said central data processing means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A locator system comprising a number of individual portable transmitter units, a number of stationary individual remote receiver units, and a central data processing means;
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said transmitter units each comprising infrared transmission means and programmable microprocessor means such that a unique identity data stream is transmitted by each transmitter unit; said individual remote receiver units each comprising a paired single infrared receiving means and single programmable microprocessor means, said single programmable microprocessor means being in communication with only one said individual remote receiver unit, such that each said individual remote receiver unit has the capability to store multiple said unique identity data streams received from multiple said transmitter units and can communicate said identity data streams to said central data processing means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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