Methods and systems for position tracking
AssigneeSmart Skin Technologies Inc.
InventorsKumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Daniel Robert Rogers, Abhishek Kar
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein for methods and systems that can be used to track a position of a mobile receiver on a production line. In one example embodiment, the position of the mobile receiver is tracked by receiving at least information signal from at least one location tag from among a plurality of location tags positioned at fixed locations along the length of a conveyor belt in a production line, by determining a signal strength of the at least one information signal, and by determining the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.
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A method of tracking the position of a mobile receiver on a production line, the production line having a movable conveyor belt and a plurality of location tags positioned at fixed locations along the length of the conveyor belt, and wherein the mobile receiver, when placed on a moving conveyor belt, is moving with respect to the plurality of location tags such that the distance between the mobile receiver and the plurality of location tags is continuously changing, and wherein the mobile receiver is configured to observe and communicate with one or more location tags within a range of the mobile receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one information signal from at least one location tag;
- determining a signal strength of the at least one information signal;
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- determining the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.
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A system for tracking the position of a mobile receiver on a production line, the production line having a moving conveyor belt, the system comprising:
- at least one location tag, the at least one location tag positioned at an at least one fixed location along the length of the conveyor belt;
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- a mobile receiver, wherein the mobile receiver, when placed on a moving conveyor belt, is moving with respect to the at least one location tag such that the distance between the mobile receiver and the at least one location tag is continuously changing, and wherein the mobile receiver is configured to observe and communicate with one or more location tags within a range of the mobile receiver, the mobile receiver comprising a processor unit, the processor unit being configured to:
- receive at least one information signal from at least one location tag;
- determine a signal strength of the at least one information signal;
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- determine the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.
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A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, the instructions for causing a processor to perform a method of tracking the position of a mobile receiver on a production line, the production line having a moveable conveyor belt and a plurality of location tags positioned at fixed locations along the length of the conveyor belt, and wherein the mobile receiver, when placed on a moving conveyor belt, is moving with respect to the plurality of location tags such that the distance between the mobile receiver and the plurality of location tags is continuously changing, and wherein the mobile receiver is configured to observe and communicate with one or more location tags within a range of the mobile receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one information signal from at least one location tag;
- determining a signal strength of the at least one information signal;
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- determining the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.
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