Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.

Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nürnberg

Fraunhofer-Ges. Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.

Markus Hartmann

Tobias Draeger

Josef Bernhard

Gerd Kilian

Jörg Robert

Jörn Thielecke

Rafael Psiuk

Hans-Martin Tröger

Norbert Franke

Niels Hadaschik

Reiner Retkowski

Jørn Eskildsen

Christian Forster

Marc Fassbinder

Ingmar Bretz

Tobias Dräger

Iker Mayordomo

Marc Faßbinder

Ferdinand Kemeth

Martin Guettler

Roland Fischer

Christine Gundelfinger

Joern Eskildsen

Hans-Martin TRÖGER

Martin GÜTTLER

A method for determining a position of a movable object is disclosed. The method comprises generating an electromagnetic exciter field. The electromagnetic exciter field is configured to excite the movable object to develop a magnetic response field. Further, the method includes determining a plurality of measurement values for the magnetic response field by measuring the magnetic response field at a plurality of predetermined measuring positions. Further, the method includes determining the position of the movable object based on a comparison of the plurality of measurement values with reference measurement values. Here, one position of the movable object is allocated to each of the reference measurement values. Further, the reference measurement values are each determined by a simulation.

Method and device for determining a position of a movable object and system comprising the device

Embodiments provide a data receiver with a unit for receiving sub-data packets configured to receive at least two sub-data packets from a data transmitter, and to combine the at least two sub-data packets to obtain a data packet that is transmitted split into the at least two sub-data packets by the data transmitter, wherein each of the at least two sub-data packets is shorter than the data packet, a unit for receiving sub-data packets configured to receive the at least two sub-data packets on at least two different carrier frequencies a unit for determining a phase difference configured to determine a phase difference between the at least two sub-data packets that is caused by the at least two different carrier frequencies and the path delay, and a unit for determining a distance difference configured to determine a distance difference between the data receiver and the data transmitter based on the determined phase difference between the at least two sub-data packets.

Localization based on telegram splitting

A method for determining information on a position of an object, the object emitting a magnetic field in response to an exciting electromagnetic field comprises monitoring () a receive signal of at least one loop antenna, the receive signal having a contribution caused by the emitted magnetic field; determining a first quadrature component () of the receive signal; and determining the information on the position of the object () based on the first quadrature component.

Method, apparatus and computer program for determining information on a position of an object, the object emitting a magnetic field

The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a first sensor node relative to a second sensor node, wherein the first and the second sensor nodes are communicatively connected to each other and are a constituent part of a sensor network, comprising the method steps: reception of signal sections of transmitted signals from at least two transmitters by the first and the second sensor node, beginning at a time tfor a time period t; determining the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals to at least one of the sensor nodes; determining the distance between the sensor nodes from the propagation time differences of the transmitted signals from the at least two transmitters received at the first and second sensor nodes; determining the position of the first sensor node relative to the second sensor node from the distance between the sensor nodes and the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals, wherein the sensor nodes determine the time tand the time period tin relation to a reference frequency which is derived from the received transmitted signal from at least one of the transmitters.

Determining the position of sensor nodes of a sensor network

Embodiments of the present invention provide a measuring device with a receiver coil array and evaluator. The receiver coil array is configured to detect three magnetic field components of a magnetic field of a conductor loop array generated by an electric alternating current signal and to provide a magnetic field component signal for each of the detected three magnetic field components. The evaluator is configured to evaluate the magnetic field component signals in order to determine the phase relation to the electric alternating current signal allocated for the magnetic field component signals, wherein the phase relations each include coarse position information of the conductor loop array relative to the conductor loop array and wherein the evaluator is configured to determine a resulting intersection of the coarse position information, wherein the resulting intersection includes or results in fine position information of the receiver coil array relative to the conductor loop array.

Coil coverage

Embodiments of the present invention provide a device for monitoring access to a storage area of a plurality of storage areas for goods, including a measurement signal generation, detection, and evaluator. The measurement signal generator includes a signal source and a conductor loop arrangement, the detector for detecting the generated magnetic field is configured to provide a measurement signal on the basis of the detected magnetic field, and the evaluator for evaluating the measurement signal is configured to determine an instance of access to one of the storage areas on the basis of the measurement signal, to compare a determined instance of access with a target access instance, and to output a display signal on the basis of the comparison.

Device and method for monitoring access to a storage area of a plurality of storage areas for goods

Embodiments relate to a concept for an elastically deformable item of sports equipment comprising at least one deformable electromagnetic coil structure around a curved surface within the item of sports equipment, such that the at least one electromagnetic coil structure forms a three-dimensional curve having non-vanishing geometric torsion and curvature to provide an elongation reserve related to a maximum deformation of the item of sports equipment.

Elastically deformable item of sports equipment comprising a deformable electromagnetic coil structure

Embodiments relate to a concept for determining a transit of a movable object through a detection area within a detection plane. At least one exciter antenna provides an exciting electromagnetic field. The exciting electromagnetic field or at least one spatial component thereof has a field strength above a field strength threshold in the detection area. The exciting electromagnetic field is capable of exciting the movable object to emit an electromagnetic response signal comprising information on a position of the movable object. At least one sensor antenna comprising a magnetic core receives the electromagnetic response signal. The at least one magnetic core is positioned in a region of the exciting electromagnetic field where the field strength of the exciting electromagnetic field or the at least one spatial component thereof is below the field strength threshold.

Antenna system and method for determining a transit of a movable object through a detection plane

Embodiments relate to an elastically deformable item of sports equipment (), comprising at least one deformable electromagnetic coil structure () arranged around a curved surface () within the item of sports equipment, wherein the at least one deformable electromagnetic coil structure has an elongation reserve corresponding to a maximum elastic deformation of the item of sports equipment.

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Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany

Markus Hartmann