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Localization and tracking system for mobile robots

US8818723B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Andreas SCHUH · Duderstadt, DE
Kamal Youcef-Toumi · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2012
Grant date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/42
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Localization and tracking system. The system includes at least one laser mounted for pointing its beam at arbitrary locations within a three-dimensional space. An object within the three-dimensional space supports a screen at its top for receiving the laser beam to create a shaped image on the screen. The shaped image on the screen is observed by a camera and computing apparatus determines the location of the object in the three-dimensional space from pointing parameters of the laser and from shape and center points of the shaped image on the screen.

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