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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Iee International Electronics & Engineering S.a., Echternach, LU;
Andreas Diewald, Kell am See, DE;
IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A., Echternach, LU;
Abstract
A position determining device for determining the position of an object with reference to the position determining device, the position determining device encompassing: a transmitting device at a first location; a receiving device at a second location, the receiving device being configured for reception of a transmitted signal from the first transmitting device, and for determination of a transit time of the transmitted signal from the transmitting device to the object and from the object to the receiving device, the first location and the second location being at a distance from one another, and the position determining device being configured to determine, from the transit time, an ellipse on which the object lies and which has the first location and the second location as foci.