# US 10,768,302 B2 · Positioning system using invisible light, sound and radio frequency signals > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,302 B2 - Document ID: US10768302B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/568,527 - Filed: 2016-03-04 - Published: 2018-04-26 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-23 - Applicants: Dong-Kwon Lim - Inventors: Dong-Kwon Lim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768302B2 ## CPC - G01S 17/86: Combinations of lidar systems with systems other than lidar, radar or sonar, e.g. with direction finders - G01S 1/7038: {Signal details} - G01S 5/0264: {at least one of the systems being a non-radio wave positioning system} - G01S 5/16: using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves - G01S 13/42: Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates (indirect measurement G01S13/46) - G01S 15/00: Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems - G01S 2201/01: adapted for specific applications or environments - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract Disclosed is a positioning system and a node network. A terminal included in the present invention is characterized by an invisible light sensing unit that detects invisible light signals, that were emitted from one or more signaling nodes with the same intensity, carrying the location data of each signaling node; and a controller that calculates the user's position based on the location data included in one or more invisible light signals and their received signal strength. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A positioning system that determines its position based on invisible light, sound, and radio frequency signals each with the same intensity through different channels from one or more signaling nodes in an indoor space, comprising: a signal transmitter that sends a signal to request location information to one or more signaling nodes, wherein the one or more signaling nodes emits an invisible light signal of the same intensity; and an invisible light sensor that detects invisible light rays from one or more signaling nodes, which emit signals with the same intensity, carrying location data of each signaling node upon receiving a request to transmit a location data signal; a position calculation unit that calculates a terminal's position based on at least one received signal strength from the one or more signaling nodes above; a sound receiver that receives at least one sound signal transmitted from one or more signaling nodes, each transmitting a signal with the same intensity on different channels, where the position calculation unit calculates the user's location from one or more sound signals, when the above invisible light signal was not detected; and a radio frequency receiver that receives at least one radio frequency signal transmitted from one or more signaling nodes that received the location request signal, each transmitting a signal with the same intensity on different channels, where the position calculation unit calculates the user's location from one or more radio frequency signals, when the invisible light and the sound signals were not detected; wherein the order of priority for the position calculation is light signal, sound wave, and RF signal; wherein the invisible light rays is selected from the group consisting of: infrared or ultraviolet light; and wherein the position calculation unit obtains a user's position based on the ratios of degree of decrease in signal strength of the invisible light signals with the same signal intensity which is proportional to the distance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the above position calculation unit, in the event only one invisible light signal is received, calculates the distance from the received signal strength, and draws a circle, with the center being the location of the signaling node that transmitted the detected invisible signal and the radius being the above calculated distance, as the position of the above user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, where in the above position calculation unit, in the event two invisible light signals that have different level of received signal strength were detected without time synchronization, calculates the position of the above user through the following equation 1 ( x + ( xB R 2 - 1 ) ) 2 + ( Y + ( yB R 2 - 1 ) ) 2 = ( Dx ⁢ R R 2 - 1 ) 2 ( Equation ⁢ ⁢ 1 ) (Two invisible light signals above are received from a node A and a node B. xB is the x-axis coordinate or node B on the assumption that the node A is the origin, whereas yB is the y-coordinate of the node B. R is the ratio of received signal strength of the node A and the node B. D is the distance between the node A and the node B.). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the above position calculation unit, when three invisible light signals are received without time synchronization, calculates two intersecting points of circles derived from the above equation 1, and draws a circle, with the center being one of two points that was closer to the user's previous location and the radius being the distance between these two points, as the user's position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the above position calculation unit, when four or more invisible light signals are received without time synchronization, determines the above user's position from one intersecting point of circles derived from the above equation 1 based on the location data and the received signal strength of four or more invisible light signals emitted from four or more signaling nodes. ### Claim 6 A positioning system; and a node network that includes one or more signaling nodes that transmit invisible light, sound, and radio frequency signals that carry data comprising unique ID, longitude, latitude, altitude, channel, time of transmission, ID of the device that made a transmission request to be received by the terminal; and a signal transmission unit sends a signal to request location information to one or more signaling nodes; and an invisible light detection unit that detects one or more invisible light signals emitted with the same intensity on different channels from one or more signaling nodes that have received the location request signal; and a position calculation unit that calculates the user's position based on one or more invisible light signals of the node network in the order of light signal, sound wave, and RF signal.