Location of cooperative tags with personal electronic device

The present disclosure relates to location and communication systems that can be utilized for locating people, pets and other objects with a software defined radio set. A personal electronic device (PED) such as a cellular telephone, personal data assistant (PDA) or other device that include a softw...

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Main Authors Mankovitz Roy J, Karr Lawrence J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.07.2017
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
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
TESTING
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:The present disclosure relates to location and communication systems that can be utilized for locating people, pets and other objects with a software defined radio set. A personal electronic device (PED) such as a cellular telephone, personal data assistant (PDA) or other device that include a software defined radio set can be configured for operation as a locator device. The PED transmits a signal A transponder or micro-transponder (MT) that is tagged to an object is arranged to reply to a transmission received from the PED. The PED based locator is arranged to calculate a distance between the PED and the MT using the time-of-flight (TOF) between the transmission and the receipt of a reply. The absolute geographic position of the PED can be determined using satellite navigation information, while the position of the MT relative to the PED can be determined from the TOF information.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615206679