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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:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2018
Applicants:

Swiss Timing Ltd, Corgemont, CH;

Friedrich-alexander-universitaet Erlangen-nuernberg, Erlangen, DE;

Inventor:

Thomas Kautz, Sangerhausen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/10 (2006.01); H04W 16/20 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/10 (2013.01); H04W 16/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method (MTH) for estimating the coverage area of a directive antenna of a local positioning system while setting up said system, said antenna being located in the vicinity of an area of interest, the method (MTH) comprising the following steps: —Distributing (DIS_TR) a plurality of transponders over the area of interest—Performing (MSD_SS) measurements of signal strength between the antenna and said transponders—Estimating (EST_CV) the coverage area by using said measurements.


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