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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2016
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Guangyu Pei, Issaquah, WA (US);

David Kirkland, Normandy Park, WA (US);

Ethan Carl Owyang, Bothell, WA (US);

Shawn Robert LaGrotta, Mukilteo, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/68 (2006.01); G01S 13/76 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/18 (2013.01); B64D 11/0015 (2013.01); G01S 1/68 (2013.01); G01S 13/765 (2013.01); G06K 7/10128 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.02);
Abstract

A local positioning system may include a reader assembly and a data processing assembly. The reader assembly may be configured to read tag data from at least one wireless communication tag of a plurality of wireless communication tags disposed in spaced-apart fixed positions relative to a structure extending along an expanse when the reader assembly is disposed in the expanse proximate to the at least one wireless communication tag. The reader assembly may also generate a communication-tag signal representative of the read tag data. A data processing assembly may be configured to access a mapping of the plurality of wireless communication tags relative to the structure. The data processing assembly may be further configured to determine a location of the reader assembly based on the read tag data and the mapping of the plurality of wireless communication tags relative to the structure.


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