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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Centrak Inc., Newtown, PA (US);
Israel Amir, Newtown, PA (US);
Deepak Gopi, Bensalem, PA (US);
CENTRAK, INC., Newton, PA (US);
Abstract
System and method for wireless infrared-aided location, including: a portable tag to be located, the portable tag comprising an infrared (IR) receiver; and a plurality of base-stations, at least one of said base-stations comprising: a processor coupled to a memory; a first clock coupled to the processor, the first clock configured to be selectively activated and deactivated by the processor; a receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver configured to receive a periodic timing synchronization signal; and an infrared transmitter coupled to the processor, the infrared transmitter configured to transmit an IR signal to the portable tag, wherein the IR signal is substantially identical and in-phase with IR signals from other base-stations, wherein the processor is configured to synchronize said base-station to the periodic timing synchronization signal.