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US 2014/0004797 A1Published application
Coordinating devices to estimate distance, relative position, and device attitude
AssigneeNet Power and Light, Inc.
InventorsStanislav Vonog, Tara Lemmey, Maxim Bykov, Nikolay Surin
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Abstract
The present invention contemplates a variety of improved techniques including methods and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices, and more specifically, a method and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices to estimate or calculate various distances, relative positions, device attitudes, and other absolute and/or relative kinematic data.
Claims22
1-34. (canceled)
An apparatus configured to process information gathered by a plurality of devices to determine a spatial model of the plurality of devices within an environment, the apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a first transmission into the environment, wherein the first transmission contains a first transmission characteristic associated with the transmitter and location of the first transmission within the environment;
- a receiver configured to receive a second transmission from a first device of the plurality of devices, wherein the second transmission includes a second transmission characteristic associated with the first device and the location of the second transmission within the environment;
- a processing unit configured to process the first transmission characteristic and the second transmission characteristic to determine a first portion of a spatial model of the plurality of the devices with respect to the location of the first transmission;
- wherein the processing unit is configured to process the first transmission characteristic and the second transmission characteristic to determine a second portion of the spatial model of the plurality of the devices with respect to the location of the second transmission;
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- wherein the processing unit is configured to process the first portion of the spatial model and the second portion of the spatial model to determine a third portion of the spatial model indicative of locations of at least some of the plurality of devices within the environment.
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An apparatus configured to process data from a plurality devices to determine a spatial model indicative of the distance of the plurality of devices within an environment, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a first transmission from a first device of the plurality of devices, wherein the first transmission includes a first transmission characteristic associated with a location of the first transmission within the environment and data associated with the environment about the first transmission location;
- the receiver configured to receive a second transmission from a second device of the plurality of devices, wherein the second transmission includes a second transmission characteristic associated with a location of the second transmission within the environment and data associated with the environment about the second transmission location;
- a processor configured to process the first transmission characteristic with respect to the location of the second transmission to determine a first portion of a spatial model indicative of the relative distance between the first device and the second device;
- wherein the processor is configured to process the second transmission characteristic with respect to the location of the first transmission to generate a second portion of the spatial model associated with the relative distance between the first device and the second device;
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- wherein the processor is configured to process the first portion of the spatial model and the second portion of the spatial model to determine a third portion of the spatial model indicative of the distance of the first device and second device to each other within the environment.
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A system configured to process data from a plurality devices to determine a spatial model indicative of the locations of the plurality of devices within an environment, the system comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a first transmission from a first device, wherein the first transmission includes a first transmission characteristic associated with a location of the first transmission within the environment and data associated with the environment about the first transmission location;
- the receiver configured to receive a second transmission from a second device, wherein the second transmission includes a second transmission characteristic associated with a location of the second transmission within the environment and data associated with the environment about the second transmission location;
- a processor configured to process the first transmission characteristic with respect to the location of the second transmission to determine a first portion of a spatial model indicative of at least the relative distance between the first device and the second device;
- wherein the processor is configured to process the second transmission characteristic with respect to the location of the first transmission to generate a second portion of the spatial model associated with at least the relative distance between the first device and the second device;
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- wherein the processor is configured to process the first portion of the spatial model and the second portion of the spatial model to determine a third portion of the spatial model indicative of the relative locations of the first device and second device to each other within the environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.