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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2013
Applicant:

Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Tristan Hautson, Grenoble, FR;

Saifeddine Aloui, Grenoble, FR;

David Dominique, Claix, FR;

Timothée Jobert, Grenoble, FR;

Andréa Vassilev, Grenoble, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/004 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/004 (2013.01); G01V 3/081 (2013.01); G06F 3/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

Locating a moving magnetic object includes determining its position or orientation from measurements from an array N tri-axial magnetometers (N>5) mechanically linked to one another with 0-DOF by repeatedly estimating its position relative to the array from measurements made either in a preceding iteration or from a sensor distinct from the array's magnetometers before making a new measurement using the array's magnetometers; computing the distance between each magnetometer and the object's estimated position; eliminating Ni magnetometers closest to this estimated position, where Ni<N; using the remaining magnetometers, making a new measurement of the field generated or modified by the object; and determining its new position or orientation from the new measurements so as to obtain the object's new location.


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