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Wireless localization apparatus and method

  • US 8,289,159 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2007
  • Issued: 10/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of locating a device, comprising:

  • transmitting at least one signal from a first device to a second device;

    receiving, by the first device at a first location, a first signal transmitted by the second device in response to the at least one signal;

    providing instruction to move the first device from the first location to a second location along a defined path and with a defined rate of motion;

    receiving, by the first device at the second location, a second signal transmitted by the second device in response to the at least one signal;

    receiving, by the first device at a third location along the defined path between the first and second locations, a third signal transmitted by the second device in response to the at least one signal;

    determining the third location based on the first location, the defined path, and the defined rate of motion; and

    determining a location of the second device relative to the first device based on the first signal, the second signal, the third signal, the first location, the second location, and the third location.

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