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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
May. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Klaas Cornelis Jan Wijbrans, Rijen, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/74 (2006.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01S 11/06 (2006.01); G01S 13/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/74 (2013.01); G01S 7/40 (2013.01); G01S 11/06 (2013.01); G01S 13/82 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method of measuring the distance between a first device and a second device, the method comprising performing a time-of-flight-based distance measurement to measure the distance between the first device and the second device, wherein the length of the signals transmitted and/or the number of time-of-flight measurements obtained during the time-of-flight-based distance measurement is determined according to an accuracy level required for the distance measurement.