Detection system for determining positional and other information about objects

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6493649
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09319047

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A system for determining the position of each of a plurality of objects in a specified environment by determining the transit times of slowly propagating measurement energy transmitted from a measurement energy transmitter on each object to a plurality of fixed measurement energy receivers in the specified environment, the transmission of the measurement energy being triggered by a burst of high speed propagating trigger energy into the specified environment from a trigger energy transmitter, the measurement energy transmitter on each object being triggered by an object-mounted trigger energy receiver, each burst of trigger energy being encoded so as to trigger one only of the measurement energy transmitters, wherein a coordinating control system determines the order in which the measurement energy transmitters are triggered, in response to updatable information relating to service demands of the trigger energy transmitter and/or objects.

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AT&T ISTELREDDITCH WORCESTERSHIRE B97 5EQ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jones, Alan Henry Cambridge, GB 14 623
Ward, Andrew Martin Robert Cambridge, GB 25 548

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