System for three dimensional positioning and tracking
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01C-017/00
G01C-019/00
출원번호
US-0309217
(2002-12-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Moriya, Netzer
Primak, Harel
Itzkovich, Moti
출원인 / 주소
Netmor Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Nixon &
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12인용 특허 :
63
초록▼
A system for tracking and positioning a moving object, the system including a plurality of transmitters operative to transmit alternating electromagnetic fields within a three-dimensional space and at least one sensor arranged to be fixed to at least one corresponding portion of a moving object whos
A system for tracking and positioning a moving object, the system including a plurality of transmitters operative to transmit alternating electromagnetic fields within a three-dimensional space and at least one sensor arranged to be fixed to at least one corresponding portion of a moving object whose position it is sought to monitor. Each of said at least one sensors includes an electromagnetic field receiver having at least one active axis and operative to receive at least one component, lying along the at least one active axis respectively, of the alternating electromagnetic fields, an accelerometer to independently measure at least one component of the acceleration of the moving object; and a digital signal processor. The digital signal processor is adapted to store at least one characteristic of the electromagnetic fields as received by the electromagnetic field receiver, and at least one characteristic of the acceleration as measured by the accelerometer, and to transmit the stored characteristics to a Kalman filter, and to compute therefrom an estimate of at least one component of the position and orientation of the moving object.
대표청구항▼
1. A system for tracking and positioning a moving object, the system comprising:a plurality of transmitters operative to transmit alternating electromagnetic fields within a three-dimensional space; and at least one sensor arranged to be fixed to at least one corresponding portion of a moving object
1. A system for tracking and positioning a moving object, the system comprising:a plurality of transmitters operative to transmit alternating electromagnetic fields within a three-dimensional space; and at least one sensor arranged to be fixed to at least one corresponding portion of a moving object whose position it is sought to monitor, each of said at least one sensors comprising: an electromagnetic field receiver having at least one active axis and operative to receive at least one component, lying along the at least one active axis respectively, of the alternating electromagnetic fields; an accelerometer to independently measure at least one component of the acceleration of the moving object; and a digital signal processor adapted to store at least one characteristic of the electromagnetic fields as received by the electromagnetic field receiver, and at least one characteristic of the acceleration as measured by the accelerometer, and to transmit the stored characteristics to a Kalman filter, and to compute therefrom an estimate of at least one component of the position and orientation of the moving object. 2. A system according to claim 1 wherein said at least one component of the position of the moving object comprises at least two components.3. A system according to claim 2 wherein said at least two components of the position of the moving object comprise three components.4. A system according to claim 1 wherein said at least one component of the position of the moving object is selected from the group consisting of the x, y, and z coordinates of the moving object.5. A system according to claim 1 wherein said at least one component of the acceleration of the moving object comprises at least two components.6. A system according to claim 5 wherein said at least two components of the acceleration of the moving object comprise three components.7. A system according to claim 1 wherein said at least one component of the acceleration of the moving object is selected from the group consisting of the ax, ay, and az acceleration components of the moving object.8. A system according to claim 1 wherein the Kalman filter employs at least one estimate of an acceleration value's components in order to compute an estimate of said at least one component of the moving object's position and orientation, and wherein the Kalman filter employs said at least one independently measured component of the acceleration of the moving object as said at least one estimated acceleration value's components, rather then deriving said at least one estimated acceleration value's components from the electromagnetic field information.9. A system according to claim 8 wherein employing said at least one independently measured component of the acceleration of the moving object as said at least one estimated acceleration value's components improves the accuracy of the estimate of the at least one component of the position and orientation of the moving object.10. A system according to claim 8 wherein the electromagnetic field receiver comprises a single axis electromagnetic field receiver, and wherein the accelerometer is attached thereto, such that employing said at least one independently measured component of the acceleration of the moving object as said at least one estimated acceleration value's components provides information about the axial rotation of the moving object.11. A method for tracking and positioning a moving object, the method comprising:positioning a plurality of transmitters operative to transmit alternating electromagnetic fields within a three-dimensional space; affixing at least one sensor to at least one corresponding portion of the moving object whose position it is sought to monitor, each of said at least one sensors comprising: an electromagnetic field receiver having at least one active axis and operative to receive at least one component, lying along the at least one active axis respectively, of the alternating electromagnetic fields; and an accelerometer operative to independently measure at least one component of the acceleration of the moving object; and storing at least one characteristic of the electromagnetic fields as received by the electromagnetic field receiver, and at least one characteristic of the acceleration as measured by the accelerometer, transmitting the stored characteristics to a Kalman filter, and computing therefrom an estimate of at least one component of the position and orientation of the moving object. 12. A method according to claim 11 wherein said at least one component of the position of the moving object comprises at least two components.13. A method according to claim 12 wherein said at least two components of the position of the moving object comprise three components.14. A method according to claim 11 wherein said at least one component of the position of the moving object is selected from the group consisting of the x, y, and z coordinates of the moving object.15. A method according to claim 11 wherein said at least one component of the acceleration of the moving object comprises at least two components.16. A method according to claim 15 wherein said at least two components of the acceleration of the moving object comprise three components.17. A method according to claim 11 wherein said at least one component of the acceleration of the moving object is selected from the group consisting of the ax, ay, and az acceleration components of the moving object.18. A method according to claim 11 and also comprising employing at least one estimate of an acceleration value's components in order to compute an estimate of said at least one component of the moving object's position and orientation, and wherein said at least one independently measured component of the acceleration of the moving object is employed as said at least one estimated acceleration value's components, rather then deriving said at least one estimated acceleration value's components from the electromagnetic field information.19. A method according to claim 18 wherein employing said at least one independently measured component of the acceleration of the moving object as said at least one estimated acceleration value's components improves the accuracy of the estimate of the at least one component of the position and orientation of the moving object.20. A method according to claim 18 wherein the electromagnetic field receiver comprises a single axis electromagnetic field receiver, and wherein the accelerometer is attached thereto, such that employing said at least one independently measured component of the acceleration of the moving object as said at least one estimated acceleration value's components provides information about the axial rotation of the moving object.
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