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WO2007077151A3
WO2007077151A3 PCT/EP2006/070087 EP2006070087W WO2007077151A3 WO 2007077151 A3 WO2007077151 A3 WO 2007077151A3 EP 2006070087 W EP2006070087 W EP 2006070087W WO 2007077151 A3 WO2007077151 A3 WO 2007077151A3
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Robert Thomas Cato
Thomas Guthrie Zimmerman
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Robert Thomas Cato
Thomas Guthrie Zimmerman
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Priority to CA002636233A priority patent/CA2636233A1/en
Priority to EP06830783.4A priority patent/EP1969436B1/en
Priority to CN2006800501102A priority patent/CN101351754B/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D1/00—Control of position, course or altitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
    • G05D1/02—Control of position or course in two dimensions
    • G05D1/021—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles
    • G05D1/0231—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles using optical position detecting means
    • G05D1/0242—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles using optical position detecting means using non-visible light signals, e.g. IR or UV signals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S17/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems
    • G01S17/02—Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S17/06—Systems determining position data of a target
    • G01S17/46—Indirect determination of position data
    • G01S17/48—Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S17/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems
    • G01S17/74—Systems using reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. IFF, i.e. identification of friend or foe
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D1/00—Control of position, course or altitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
    • G05D1/02—Control of position or course in two dimensions
    • G05D1/021—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles
    • G05D1/0231—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles using optical position detecting means
    • G05D1/0244—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles using optical position detecting means using reflecting strips
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D1/00—Control of position, course or altitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
    • G05D1/02—Control of position or course in two dimensions
    • G05D1/021—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles
    • G05D1/0231—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles using optical position detecting means
    • G05D1/0246—Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to land vehicles using optical position detecting means using a video camera in combination with image processing means

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer program product for obtaining the location of, for example, a mobile device (211).The present invention comprising: obtaining an image of a target (202-206) in a defined space; analyzing the image to obtain identification data and image positional data, the image positional data, comprising a position in the image of a reference point relative to the target; using the indentification data to obtain target location data comprising a location of the target in the defined space; and determining the location of the reference point in the defined space by combining the image positional data and the target location data.
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ES06830783.4T ES2476424T3 (en) 2006-01-05 2006-12-21 Mobile device tracking
JP2008548974A JP2009522563A (en) 2006-01-05 2006-12-21 Mobile device tracking
CA002636233A CA2636233A1 (en) 2006-01-05 2006-12-21 Mobile device tracking
EP06830783.4A EP1969436B1 (en) 2006-01-05 2006-12-21 Mobile device tracking
CN2006800501102A CN101351754B (en) 2006-01-05 2006-12-21 Mobile device tracking

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