Position detection system and position detection method

Abstract

The position or the direction of a first marker which produces an alternating magnetic field by means of an external power supply is detected precisely even if the first marker coexists with a second marker which includes a resonance circuit having a resonance frequency the same as or close to the frequency of the alternating magnetic field. There is provided a position detection system including a first marker that produces a first alternating magnetic field having a single set of first position-calculating frequencies that are a predetermined frequency away from each other; a second marker provided with a magnetic induction coil having as a resonance frequency a substantially central frequency interposed between the single set of first position-calculating frequencies; a magnetic-field detection section that is disposed outside the working region and that detects a magnetic field at the first position-calculating frequencies; an extracting section that extracts from the detected magnetic field the sum of the intensities of a single set of first detection-magnetic-field components having the single set of first position-calculating frequencies; and a position/direction analyzing section that calculates the position or the direction of the first marker based on the extracted sum.

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