GB2398688A - Tag tracking - Google Patents

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GB2398688A
GB2398688A GB0405627A GB0405627A GB2398688A GB 2398688 A GB2398688 A GB 2398688A GB 0405627 A GB0405627 A GB 0405627A GB 0405627 A GB0405627 A GB 0405627A GB 2398688 A GB2398688 A GB 2398688A
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mobile tag
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Aled Wynne Jones
Paul Anthony Smith
Paul Joseph Bearpark
Michael Raymond Reynolds
Daniel Reginald Ewart Timson
Andrew Michael Rhodes
Nicolas Vasilopoulos
Peter Duffett-Smith
David Bartlett
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Scientific Generics Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB0206597A external-priority patent/GB0206597D0/en
Priority claimed from GB0209781A external-priority patent/GB0209781D0/en
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    • 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
    • G01S11/00—Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation
    • G01S11/02—Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation using 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
    • G01S1/00—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith
    • G01S1/02—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith using radio waves
    • G01S1/08—Systems for determining direction or position line
    • 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
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/0205—Details
    • G01S5/021—Calibration, monitoring or correction
    • 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
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/0205—Details
    • G01S5/0226—Transmitters
    • 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
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/14—Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
  • Position Fixing By Use Of Radio Waves (AREA)

Abstract

The present invention provides a position determining system in which a mobile tag having an unknown position is tracked in space over time. In use, the mobile tag either transmits or receives signals comprising a pair of tones at different frequencies from a number of base stations having known locations. The phase of each of the received signals is then measured and the measured phases are then passed to a processing unit which determines the position of the tag at the time of the transmission of the signals on the basis of the difference between the measured phases of the two tones. In a preferred embodiment, this system is combined with a conventional phase-based position measurement which is derived from phase measurements of similar tones transmitted between the mobile tag and different base stations.

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GB 2398688 A continuation (72) Inventor(s): Aled Wynne Jones Paul Anthony
Smith Paul Joseph Bearpark Michael Raymond Reynolds Daniel Reginald Ewart Timson Andrew Michael Rhodes Nicolas Vasilopoulos Peter Duffett-Smith David Bartlett (74) Agent and/or Address for Service: Beresford & Co 16 High Holborn, LONDON, WC1V 6BX, United Kingdom
GB0405627A 2001-08-14 2002-05-14 Tag tracking Expired - Fee Related GB2398688B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0119787A GB0119787D0 (en) 2000-11-15 2001-08-14 Tag tracking
GB0206597A GB0206597D0 (en) 2002-03-20 2002-03-20 Phase based RF location system
GB0209781A GB0209781D0 (en) 2002-04-29 2002-04-29 Location measurement system
PCT/GB2002/002245 WO2003016940A2 (en) 2001-08-14 2002-05-14 Tag tracking

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GB0405627D0 GB0405627D0 (en) 2004-04-21
GB2398688A true GB2398688A (en) 2004-08-25
GB2398688B GB2398688B (en) 2005-07-13

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US3696427A (en) * 1969-06-04 1972-10-03 Geophysique Cie Gle Radio-navigation system
US3774215A (en) * 1970-11-23 1973-11-20 Gen Systems Dev Corp Position locating system
US4283726A (en) * 1978-09-05 1981-08-11 Lewis C. Spence Dual frequency distance measuring system
GB2267623A (en) * 1992-05-21 1993-12-08 Racal Positioning Syst Ltd Radio frequency ranging apparatus
WO1996025673A1 (en) * 1995-02-16 1996-08-22 Nexus 1994 Limited Differential ranging for a frequency-hopped remote position determination system
US6066967A (en) * 1997-02-07 2000-05-23 Sensytech, Inc. Phase-coherent frequency synthesis with a DDS circuit
WO1999030181A1 (en) * 1997-12-10 1999-06-17 Ericsson Inc. Method and system for determining position of a mobile transmitter
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