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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2022
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Francis Mitchell, Madison, AL (US);
John Dalton Williams, Decatur, AL (US);
Fei Cai, Edmonds, WA (US);
Farahnaz Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for controlling a process to prevent injury are presented. The techniques include obtaining a location estimation of a mobile transmitter affixed to an object, where the location estimation is relative to a location of a fixed receiver, and where the obtaining the location estimation includes sending an ultra wideband communication from the mobile transmitter to the fixed receiver and acquiring the ultra wideband communication by a phased antenna array of the fixed receiver; assessing, based on the location estimation, that the mobile transmitter is within an impermissible location; determining that the location estimation is sufficiently accurate based on a distance between the location estimation and the fixed receiver; and interrupting the process upon both assessing that the mobile transmitter is within an impermissible location and determining that the location estimation is sufficiently accurate.