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Patent No.:

US 8296096 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2009
Applicant:

Richard Kirby, Heber City, UT (US);

Inventor:

Richard Kirby, Heber City, UT (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for determining the location and attitude (roll, pitch, and yaw) of a moving object relative to an external reference frame by tracking unique two-dimensional patterns in the external reference frame from the moving object with displacement sensors. The displacement sensors lock onto the unique two-dimensional patterns by means of a steering mechanism which steers an optical path element capable of deviating the optical path using the displacement information from the relative movement of the two-dimensional patterns. The system is able to detect position and attitude to sub-millimeter accuracy without a physical connect between the moving object and the external reference frame and without a physical connection between the moving object and the external reference frame.


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Kirby, Richard. (2012). Positioning system and method using optically tracked anchor points (U.S. Patent No. 8296096). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8296096

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