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Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Fraunhofer-gesellschaft E.v., Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Stephan Otto, Heroldsberg, DE;

Tobias Feigl, Gerhardshofen, DE;

Christian Daxer, Happurg, DE;

Alexander Bruckmann, Nuremberg, DE;

Christoffer Loeffler, Nuremberg, DE;

Christopher Mutschler, Cadolzburg, DE;

Marc Faßbinder, Nuremberg, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 1/70 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 1/7032 (2019.08); G06F 3/012 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method () to determine a present position () of an object (). The method () comprises using () an optical positioning system () to determine a first preliminary position () and using () a radio-based positioning system () to determine a second preliminary position (), determining () a supposed position () on the basis of one of the preliminary positions () and combining () the supposed position () with a previous position () of the object to determine the present position () of the object, if the supposed position () is based on a different positioning system () than a previous supposed position ('). A positioning system () with combined optical and a radio-based determination of a position of a tracker () and a tracker () with an active light source ().


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