DISTINGUISHING DEVICES HAVING POSITIONS AND DIRECTIONS

• Main Authors: NAIR, Biju Kumar Sreedharan, VERBEEK, Petrus Antonius, VERBAKEL, Cornelis Antonius
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.06.2021
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

Methods for distinguishing devices (1, 2) receive position information from position sensors (13, 23) defining positions of the devices (1, 2), and receive direction information from direction sensors (14, 24) defining directions of the devices (1, 2), and analyze the direction information. The devices (1, 2) can be distinguished from each other, even in case they are located closer to each other than the accuracies of their position sensors (13, 23). First devices (1) comprise first drivers (11) for driving first loads (15), and first controllers (12) for controlling the first drivers (11) and for receiving first position signals from first position sensors (13) and for receiving first direction signals from first direction sensors (14). The first direction sensors (14) may comprise first light detectors (16). Apparatuses (3) may commission the devices (1, 2) and may comprise receivers (31) for receiving the position information and the direction information and analyzers (32) for analyzing the direction information to distinguish the devices (1, 2).