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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2003
Applicants:
Sebastian Egner, Eindhoven, NL;
Nicolaas Lambert, Eindhoven, NL;
Kero Van Gelder, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a device for location positioning, and more particularly, in a system for identifying an environmental source emitting a base frequency and waveform signal, a sensor () records an environmental source () emitting a base frequency and waveform signal, the signal being amplified (), digitized (), processed and compared () with a stored unique waveform characteristic. On the basis of the comparison result(s), location positioning and/or a device orientation may be determined.