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US 2021/0081735 A1Published application
System for determining positions of a plurality of labels
AssigneeNedap N.V.
InventorJeroen Martin VAN DIJK
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AssigneeNedap N.V.
InventorJeroen Martin VAN DIJK
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A system for determining positions of labels. Each label includes a processor and a transmitting and receiving device, and each label is configured for transmitting an electromagnetic first type beacon signal. The labels are also configured for receiving first type beacon signals from other labels, and for determining first type positioning data. The labels are also configured to transmit information about the positioning data. The system includes a receiver for receiving transmitted information about the positioning data, and a computer configured to calculate, on the basis of the received information, the relative positions of the labels relative to each other. The information about the relative positions of the labels can be exported by means of an electrical information signal.
A system for determining positions of a plurality of labels, each label comprising a processor and a transmitting and receiving device which is connected with the processor, wherein each label is configured for transmitting with the transmitting and receiving device an electromagnetic first type beacon signal, and that each label is configured for receiving with the transmitting and receiving device an electromagnetic first type beacon signal which has been transmitted by another label, each label is configured to determine first type positioning data with the aid of the processor of the label, and that each label is configured to transmit with the transmitting and receiving device information about the first type positioning data determined by the processor of that label, wherein the system further comprises at least a receiver for receiving the information about the first type positioning data transmitted by the labels and a computer which is communicatively connected with the receiver, wherein at least one of the labels or the computer is configured to identify on the basis of the received electromagnetic first type beacon signal the label from which the received first type electromagnetic beacon signal originates, and wherein the computer is configured to calculate, at least on the basis of information about the first type positioning data received with the receiver, relative positions of the labels relative to each other and to export information about the relative positions of the labels, in particular in the form of an electrical information signal.
A label comprising a processor and a transmitting and receiving device which is connected with the processor, wherein the label is configured for transmitting with the transmitting and receiving device an electromagnetic first type beacon signal, each label is configured for receiving with the transmitting and receiving device the electromagnetic first type beacon signal which has been transmitted by another label, each label is configured to determine first type positioning data with the aid of the processor of the label, such as information about a signal strength of the electromagnetic first type beacon signal received with that label, possibly in combination with information about the signal strength with which the electromagnetic first type beacon signal was transmitted and/or information about the time at which the electromagnetic first type beacon signal was received, possibly in combination with the time at which the electromagnetic first type beacon signal was transmitted, and that each label is configured to transmit with the transmitting and receiving device information about the label first type positioning data determined by the processor of that label.
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