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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Castar, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventor:
Jeri J. Ellsworth, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
CastAR, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 3/00643 (2013.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); G06K 7/10009 (2013.01); G06K 7/10356 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2435 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2489 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system is provided by which objects with RFID tags can communicate with a surface containing exciting and sensing antennas so as to actuate optical emission from those objects. That light emission can then be used for fine position and orientation sensing by an array of cameras placed around the surface.