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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); G01S 13/75 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 9/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/28 (2006.01); H01Q 23/00 (2006.01); H01Q 5/40 (2015.01); G01S 13/76 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/248 (2013.01); G01S 13/751 (2013.01); G06K 7/10099 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2216 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2225 (2013.01); H01Q 3/26 (2013.01); H01Q 5/40 (2015.01); H01Q 9/24 (2013.01); H01Q 9/285 (2013.01); H01Q 23/00 (2013.01); G01S 13/758 (2013.01); G01S 13/765 (2013.01); G01S 2013/0245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tracking system comprising: a transmitter configured to steer an RF beam across a detection range, a passive RFID tag configured to be enabled for locating substantially when located in the center of the RF beam of the transmitter, and an RFID reader configured to detect the tagonce enable.