Method and a system for determining the location of an object

A system for determining the location of a transmitter, comprising:

• one or more reflective surfaces
• one transmitter for sending a signal;
• a set of receivers for receiving the transmitted signal and echoes of the transmitted signal reflected by said reflective surfaces;
• a first computing module for finding the location of the virtual sources of said echoes;
• a second computing module for mirroring the virtual sources into the room and obtained mirrored virtual sources;
• a third computing module for combining the locations of said mirrored virtual sources so as to find the location of the transmitter.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a tangible computer usable medium including computer usable program code for determining the location of a transmitter sending a signal received by a set of receivers, the set of receivers receiving also echoes of the transmitted signal reflected by one or more reflective surfaces, the computer usable program code being used for
• finding by a first computing module the location of the virtual sources of said echoes;
• mirroring by a second computing module the virtual sources into the space and obtained mirrored virtual sources;
• combining by a third computing module the locations of said mirrored virtual sources so as to obtain the location of the transmitter.

A method for determining the location of a receiver in a space defined by one or more reflective surfaces, comprising the steps of

• sending a signal from a set of transmitters;
• receiving by said receiver the transmitted signal and echoes of the transmitted signal reflected by said reflective surfaces;
• finding by a first computing module the location of the virtual receivers of said echoes;
• mirroring by a second computing module the virtual receivers into the space and obtained mirrored virtual receivers;
• combining by a third computing module the locations of said mirrored virtual receivers so as to obtain the location of the receiver.

A system for determining the location of a receiver, comprising:

• one or more reflective surfaces
• a set of transmitters for sending a signal;
• said receiver for receiving the transmitted signal and echoes of the transmitted signal reflected by said reflective surfaces;
• a first computing module for finding the location of the virtual receivers of said echoes;
• a second computing module for mirroring the virtual receivers into the room and obtained mirrored virtual receivers;
• a third computing module for combining the locations of said mirrored virtual receivers so as to find the location of the receiver.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a tangible computer usable medium including computer usable program code for determining the location of a receiver receiving a signal transmitted by a set of transmitters, the receiver receiving also echoes of the transmitted signal reflected by one or more reflective surfaces, the computer usable program code being used for
• finding by a first computing module the location of the virtual receivers of said echoes;
• mirroring by a second computing module the virtual receivers into the space and obtained mirrored virtual receivers;
• combining by a third computing module the locations of said mirrored virtual receivers so as to obtain the location of the receiver.