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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
James J. Troy, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher Esposito, Issaquah, WA (US);
Vladimir Karakusevic, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0247 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); G01S 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a directional scanner configured to receive signals from at least three RFID tags at a plurality of orientations of the directional scanner. The apparatus includes a pose estimator configured to estimate a pose of a device that includes or is coupled to the directional scanner based on orientation data indicating orientations of the directional scanner associated with determined peak signal strengths associated with the at least three RFID tags.