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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Alken Inc., Colchester, VT (US);
Inventors:
Henry E. Himberg, Williston, VT (US);
Allan G. Rodgers, Jr., Waterbury, VT (US);
Robert F. Higgins, South Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
ALKEN Inc., Colchester, VT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/22 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/22 (2013.01); G01B 11/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for implementing a technique for dynamically switching between or mixing position and orientation determinations in a hybrid tracking system using both electromagnetic and non-electromagnetic tracking, and having a transmitter coil array for generating a magnetic field, a receiver circuit for sensing the magnetic field, and at least one non-magnetic sensor.