摘要:
In an embodiment an ultra-wideband indoor real-time location system for determining positions of mobile tag devices within a localizing area includes a plurality of UWB signal transmitters located at preset positions and defining the localizing area, wherein the UWB signal transmitters are configured to operate with synchronized clocks and transmit UWB signals based on a UWB frame format, and wherein the UWB frame format includes unique information content for the UWB signal transmitter and at least one mobile tag device comprising a signal reception unit configured to receive the UWB signals, a time detection unit configured to derive respective arrival time points for the received UWB signals, an identification unit configured to derive the unique information content from the received UWB signals and a control unit configured to process the unique information content and the arrival time points for at least a subset of the UWB signal transmitters in a localizing algorithm to derive a position of the mobile tag device with respect to the subset of the UWB signal transmitters.
摘要:
In an embodiment a real-time location method includes sending and receiving ultra-wideband frames using an exchange protocol based on an ultra-wideband frame format, wherein the exchange protocol defines a location rate frame format including a beacon section having a series of time slots associated to at least one frame of interleaved pairs of beacon frames, wherein a first beacon frame and a second beacon frame of each pair are separated in time by a master time delay, and wherein, between time slots assigned to the beacon frames of an opening pair having an initial one of the beacon frames within the beacon section, an array of time slots is respectively assigned to the first beacon frames of the remaining pairs, and a tag response section including a sequence of time slots associated to tag response frames.
摘要:
An enhanced LOng RAnge Navigation (eLORAN) system may include a plurality of eLORAN transmitter stations, and at least one eLORAN receiver device. The eLORAN receiver device may include an eLORAN receive antenna, an eLORAN receiver coupled to the eLORAN receive antenna, and a controller coupled to the eLORAN receiver. The controller may be configured to cooperate with the eLORAN transmitter stations to determine an eLORAN receiver position and receiver clock error corrected from additional secondary factor (ASF) data, the ASF data based upon different geographical positions and different times for each different geographical position.
摘要:
A computer-implemented method of geolocating a target includes: receiving, from a plurality of sources, a corresponding plurality of angle estimates of the target relative to the respective sources; generating a corresponding plurality of planar renditions of the received angle estimates; selecting a combination of two or more planar renditions whose intersection defines a polygon; in response to multiple such combinations, selecting one having a largest number of planar renditions; and determining a center of the polygon of the selected combination. A computer-implemented method of evaluating geolocation geometry with respect to a target includes: geolocating the target from received sensor data of the target from multiple sources and location data of the sources; generating entries of a covariance matrix from the location data and the geolocation; deriving eigenvalues of the covariance matrix from the generated entries; and comparing the derived eigenvalues to evaluate the geolocation geometry with respect to the target.
摘要:
A method for passively locating a non-movable transmitter on the ground implemented by a group of at least one receiving station, each of the receiving stations comprising a detector of radars and a time reference, the set of time references being mutually synchronized, the transmitter transmitting a set of periodic pulses, wherein a first estimation of the position of the transmitter is carried out by the Bancroft scheme on the basis of the mean arrival times of the pulses transmitted by the transmitter at the level of each station of the group of at least one receiving station, the result obtained being used thereafter as point for initializing a maximum likelihood scheme so as to converge toward the position of the transmitter.
摘要:
The present invention proposed a weighted Centroid Localisation (WCL) algorithm, which does the location estimation based on the known positions of the gateways and the measurements times of arrival (TOA) at the gateways. The algorithm computes the weight of the gateway based on their rank when the gateways are sorted by their TOA. Simulations have demonstrated the algorithm's robustness under different multipath/fading channel conditions and its good location performance.
摘要:
An apparatus and computerized method are provided for monitoring the positions of a plurality of vessels that may be capable of responding to an event one or more vessels. The apparatus comprises a first receiver device configured to receive vessel identification and vessel position information originating from respective sources located onboard each of the plurality of vessels; a second receiver device configured to receive a plurality of vessel data fields regarding the plurality of vessels from a vessel database; a third receiver device configured to receive a data request, the data request identifying an event; and a processor configured to receive and correlate the vessel position information and the plurality of vessel data fields for each of the plurality of vessels to produce vessel response data.
摘要:
A network node such as a positioning node, and a related method of determining an uncertainty of a timing measurement used for positioning of a wireless device are disclosed. The method includes estimating a timing measurement uncertainty, and determining if an uncertainty reducing measurement is available. If an uncertainty reducing measurement is available, the method also comprises determining a timing measurement uncertainty based on the estimated timing measurement uncertainty and the uncertainty reducing measurement.
摘要:
The system and method uses a one or more pilot beacons to more accurately locate the position of an indoor mobile device. Modulation and level control of the co-pilot beacons provides a third dimension, z-axis, of positioning. An augmented Position Determining Entity (“aPDE”) can be used which does not modify the existing PDE in the network, and facilitates and ensures high-integrity information during a 2D to 3D positioning upgrade.
摘要:
Methods and systems are disclosed for radio positioning of a mobile receiver using a virtual positioning reference established by logging a known position of the mobile receiver together with a local time at which a first instance of a predictably repeated code word is received by the mobile receiver from a terrestrial radio signal transmitter. During movement of the mobile receiver from the first known position to a second unknown position, a local clock is used to determine the time difference between when the virtual positioning reference is predicted to receive a second instance of the code word and when the mobile receiver actually receives the second instance of the code word.