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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/06 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/06 (2013.01); G01S 5/0226 (2013.01); G01S 5/02585 (2020.05); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a localization system is provided for determining a geographic location of a movable object, the system comprising: a plurality of anchors, wherein each anchor is configured to receive a broadcasted message through an ultra-wideband communication channel; a processing unit configured to determine the geographic location based on differences between the times of arrival of the broadcasted message at the respective anchors, on relative positions of the anchors and on a predetermined orientation of the movable object.