IP Library Granted Patent US 10,649,065
Granted Patent B2
US 10,649,065 · App. 16/128,727 · Granted May 12, 2020

Position detection system

Inventors: Keigo Wakana (Miyagi-Ken, JP); Daisuke Takai (Miyagi-Ken, JP); Yukimitsu Yamada (Miyagi-Ken, JP); Toshiki Nakamura (Miyagi-Ken, JP); Hironori Takayama (Miyagi-Ken, JP)
Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
G01S5/14G01S13/767G01S13/878G01S2013/466G01S2013/468H04W64/00
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Patent No.
US 10,649,065
App. No.
16/128,727
Granted
May 12, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a position detection system that has a plurality of transmitters/receivers placed at least three positions: processing is executed to measure distances among the plurality of transmitters/receivers, each distance being measured a plurality of times, and obtain a minimum value for each distance; processing is executed to obtain an angle between each two adjacent straight lines, each of which is one of straight lines that mutually connect the plurality of transmitters/receivers, by using minimum values, each of which is the minimum value for each distance; and if the absolute value of the difference between 180 degrees and the sum of angles, each of which is the angle between each two adjacent straight lines, inside a triangle formed by straight lines that interconnect three of the plurality of transmitters/receivers is smaller than a predetermined value, processing is executed to take the minimum values as the true values of the distances.

Claims (10)

1. A position detection system comprising:

a plurality of transmitters/receivers placed at at least three positions, wherein: one or more of the plurality of transmitters/receivers executes a process to measure distances among the plurality of transmitters/receivers, each distance being measured a plurality of times, and obtain a minimum value for each distance;

one or more of the plurality of transmitters/receivers executes a process to obtain an angle between each two adjacent straight lines, each of which is one of straight lines that mutually connect the plurality of transmitters/receivers, by using minimum values, each of which is the minimum value for each distance; and

if an absolute value of a difference between 180 degrees and a sum of angles, each of which is the angle between each two adjacent straight lines, inside a triangle formed by straight lines that interconnect three of the plurality of transmitters/receivers is smaller than a predetermined value, one or more of the plurality of transmitters/receivers executes a process to take the minimum values as true values of the distances.

2. A position detection system comprising:

a plurality of transmitters/receivers placed at at least three positions, wherein: one or more of the plurality of transmitters/receivers executes a process to measure distances among the plurality of transmitters/receivers, each distance being measured a plurality of times, and obtain a minimum value for each distance;

one or more of the plurality of transmitters/receivers executes a process to obtain an angle between each two adjacent straight lines, each of which is one of straight lines that mutually connect the plurality of transmitters/receivers, by using minimum values each of which is the minimum value for each distance;

if an absolute value of a difference between 180 degrees and a sum of angles, each of which is the angle between each two adjacent straight lines, inside a triangle formed by straight lines that interconnect three of the plurality of transmitters/receivers is smaller than a predetermined value, one or more of the plurality of transmitters/receivers executes a process to obtain an average value and a variance for each minimum value and for each angle; and

if the variance of the each minimum value is smaller than a first threshold and the variance of the each angle is smaller than a second variance, one or more of the plurality of transmitters/receivers executes a process to take the average value of the each minimum value as a true value of the distance.

3. The position detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the angle is calculated by using the law of cosines.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 048211/0428 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2018
From: WAKANA, KEIGO; TAKAI, DAISUKE; YAMADA, YUKIMITSU; NAKAMURA, TOSHIKI; TAKAYAMA, HIRONORI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 046849/0215 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-052592 · Mar 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017002397 · Jan 24, 2017
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