APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF MOBILE UNIT

Provided is a tag attached to a mobile unit to estimate a position of the mobile unit, which can minimize the estimation position error of a mobile unit even while increasing the positioning interval of a beacon, and the tag includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver transmitting and receiving an R...

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Main Authors LEE IN OCK, JIN JO CHEOL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.06.2010
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
SELECTING
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
TESTING
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Summary:Provided is a tag attached to a mobile unit to estimate a position of the mobile unit, which can minimize the estimation position error of a mobile unit even while increasing the positioning interval of a beacon, and the tag includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver transmitting and receiving an RF signal, an ultrasonic receiver receiving an ultrasonic signal, and a controller transmitting the RF signal to a beacon through the RF transceiver, receiving an RF response signal to the RF signal to calculate a distance between the mobile unit and the beacon based on the RF signal, and calculating a distance between the mobile unit and the beacon based on the ultrasonic signal when the ultrasonic signal, which is transmitted from the beacon together with the RF response signal, is received through the ultrasonic receiver.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090437499