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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Yakup Genc, Princeton, NJ (US);
Xiang Zhang, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Yakup Genc, Princeton, NJ (US);
Xiang Zhang, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for object localization includes providing a plurality of tags having fixed positions within an environment and known identifications, and providing a reader, for detecting the tags and reading the identifications, wherein the reader detects a plurality of tags within a scanning volume having a known shape. The method further includes determining positions for the plurality of tags within the scanning volume, and determining a position of the reader according to the positions for the plurality of tags within the scanning volume and the known shape of the scanning volume.