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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft E.v., Munich, DE;
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;
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 ().