Patent · US Expired

Method of sensing the position and orientation of elements in space

US4396945A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1981
Grant dateAug 2, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S17/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention discloses a method of determining the position and orientation of an element (such as a platform) in space by determining the intersection of a line with a plane (or with another line). Three different implementations are disclosed.

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