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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Llc, Aiken, SC (US);
Lawrence J. Harpring, North Augusta, SC (US);
Eduardo B. Farfan, Aiken, SC (US);
John R. Gordon, Aiken, SC (US);
Gerald T. Jannik, North Augusta, SC (US);
Trevor Q. Foley, Aiken, SC (US);
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Aiken, SC (US);
Abstract
A position determination system and method is provided that may be used for obtaining position and orientation information of a detector in a contaminated room. The system includes a detector, a sensor operably coupled to the detector, and a motor coupled to the sensor to move the sensor around the detector. A CPU controls the operation of the motor to move the sensor around the detector and determines distance and angle data from the sensor to an object. The method includes moving a sensor around the detector and measuring distance and angle data from the sensor to an object at incremental positions around the detector.