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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Hans Gregory Schantz, Huntsville, AL (US);
Robert Edward Depierre, Huntsville, AL (US);
David Wesley Langford, Madison, AL (US);
Hans Gregory Schantz, Huntsville, AL (US);
Robert Edward DePierre, Huntsville, AL (US);
David Wesley Langford, Madison, AL (US);
Q-Track Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining a position of a locus comprising a locator device for disposition at the locus; the locator device configured for receiving an electromagnetic signal from a beacon device, the locator device receiving at a distance from the beacon device within near field range of the electromagnetic signal; the locator device configured for distinguishing at least two characteristics of the electromagnetic signal sensed at the locus; the system employing the at least two characteristics to effect the determining of the position of the locus.