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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2008
Applicant:
Colin Charles Bantin, Oakville, CA;
Inventor:
Colin Charles Bantin, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
Thales Canada Inc, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G01S 13/44 (2006.01); G01S 13/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/4454 (2013.01); G01S 13/762 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for accurate positioning using radio frequency tags and corresponding method thereof. The system comprises at least two antennas in phased array combination and an RF tag position determination unit coupled with the at least two antennas. The system also comprises a main RF output and a position detection output. The RF tag position determination unit arranged to generate a position detection signal at the position detection output responsive to comparison of a signal received by each of the at least two antennas.