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8179742 |
Listening with multiple computing devices
A computer-implemented method is executable by a first computing device to perform functions including retrieving, from the first computing device, sound information for the first computing device;...
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8174931 |
Apparatus and method for providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using building information
An apparatus and method for providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using building information. The mobile computer determines the dimensions of a room in a building...
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8174933 |
Listening with multiple computing devices
A computer-implemented method is executable by a first computing device to perform functions including retrieving, from the first computing device, sound information for the first computing device;...
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8149156 |
System and method for estimating location of projectile source or shooter location
A system for estimating a location of the source of a projectile includes a radar system for transmitting a wave and detecting and providing an indication of a wave reflection from the projectile,...
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8134889 |
Systems and methods for augmenting gunshot location using echo processing features
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing weapon fire information such as gunfire. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method of processing gunshot information to determine...
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8134888 |
Method and apparatus of location tracking
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of location tracking. The location tracking apparatus may calculate a location of an object using an ultrasound. In this instance, an intensity of the used...
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8120994 |
Digital transcription system utilizing acoustical detectors having apertures with a vertical orientation relative to the work surface
A pen transcription system and method for using the same are disclosed. The pen transcription system includes a receiver having first and second acoustical sensors mounted on a planar base and...
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8111584 |
Optical sensing arrangements
A method of detecting a submerged vessel in or near the wake of a ship in which a plurality of optical fiber sensors are trailed from said ship and in which at least one of said sensors which is...
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8089827 |
Method for localizing remote devices, using acoustical and electromagnetic waves
Localization of remote devices by: the emission of pulses from acoustic transmitters, whose wavefronts propagate in the space region occupied by the remote devices and finally reach them; the...
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8064290 |
Digital transcription system utilizing small aperture acoustical sensors
A pen transcription system and method for using the same are disclosed. The pen transcription system includes a receiver having first and second acoustical sensors mounted on a planar base and...
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8060256 |
Apparatus, method, and medium for localizing moving robot and transmitter
Provided are an apparatus allowing a moving robot to localize a user, or localizing the moving robot from a fixed location, and a method and medium thereof. The apparatus includes a motion...
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8054712 |
Autonomous hydrophone position locating and target tracking system
An autonomous hydrophone position locating and target tracking system employing a string or array of acoustic hydrophone equipped apparatuses that are easily and rapidly deployed over the ocean...
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8036065 |
Gunshot detection sensor with display
A system for locating and identifying an acoustic event such as gunfire. The inventive system employs a plurality of man wearable acoustic sensors for detecting gunfire, each acoustic sensor having...
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8009516 |
Underwater acoustic positioning system and method
A method for determining the position of an underwater device includes placement of a plurality of station keeping devices on or below the surface of the water in known positions. A device to...
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7969822 |
System and method for extending GPS to divers and underwater vehicles
A navigation system extends satellite navigation to divers, underwater vehicles, and surface vessels. The navigation system comprises a location reference unit and a plurality of sub-surface beacon...
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7955266 |
Ultrasonic contact transducer with multiple emitting elements and means of bringing these elements into contact
Ultrasonic contact transducer with multiple ultrasonic emitting elements and means of bringing these elements into contact. This transducer is applicable particularly to non-destructive testing and...
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7916577 |
Method and system for recognizing location by using sound sources with different frequencies
Provided is a method for recognizing a location to control the location of a moving object, the method including: generating a synchronizing signal for a plurality of ultrasonic satellites; the...
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7855935 |
Weapon fire location systems and methods involving mobile device and/or other features
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing information associated with weapon fire. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method of processing information associated with weapon...
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7830750 |
Apparatus and method for calibrating an acoustic detection system
A system and method for calibrating an acoustic detector. The method includes the steps of simultaneously transmitting an acoustic signal and an electromagnetic signal to an acoustic detector,...
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7822562 |
Removing air wave noise from electromagnetic survey data
Method for removing air wave noise from shallow water controlled source electromagnetic survey data, using only the measured data and conductivity values for sea water (140) and air. The method is...
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7796471 |
Ultrasonic in-building positioning system based on phase difference array with ranging
A method for determining position of a mobile electronic device includes emitting an acoustic pulse from the position of the mobile electronic device. The acoustic pulse is detected at a known...
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7766298 |
Apparatus for positioning an image measuring platform
An apparatus for positioning an image measuring platform, the apparatus includes a horizontal base (11); a measuring platform (21) movable on the horizontal base; a support arm (12) extending in...
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7764574 |
Positioning system using ultrasonic waves and method for operating the same
Provided is a method for controlling a positioning system using ultrasonic waves. The method installs a plurality of ultrasonic satellites generating ultrasonic signals to position a mobile. The...
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7751282 |
System and method for precision acoustic event detection
A system and method for providing precision locations for sensors which make up an array of sensors in a gunshot detection system. In a preferred embodiment sensors employ a commercial GPS which...
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7710829 |
RSSI and ultrasonic based hybrid ranging technology
Disclosed is a hybrid ranging method comprising the steps of: transmitting from a first node an ultrasonic signal and a radio signal comprising at least one radio synchronization signal with a...
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7679997 |
Method and apparatus for estimating position of robot
A method and apparatus estimating a position of a moving robot are provided. The method includes receiving a primary signal and a secondary signal transmitted from a predetermined signal...
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7663976 |
Dynamic positioning of marine vessels
Dynamic positioning of a vessel 10 connected to the seafloor 14 by a riser 12 utilizes a measurement of riser 12 bottom angle combined with a measurement of vessel 10 velocity, optionally obtained...
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7649808 |
Distance measuring system and method utilizing infrared radiation and ultrasonic wave
A distance measuring system comprising: a transmitter that simultaneously emits an infrared radiation and an ultrasonic wave; and a receiver that include a table showing a relationship between an...
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7602329 |
Systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans
The present invention relates to systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of tracking individual assets may...
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7535798 |
Method, system, and medium for estimating location using ultrasonic waves
Provided are a method, system, and medium for estimating a location of a remote controller using ultrasonic waves. The method includes receiving a plurality of signals transmitted from the remote...
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7515105 |
Method for mapping machine rooms and locating machines within machine rooms
A system and method automatically maps computer center rooms and locates data center components within computer centers. Radio triangulation is used to determine the locations and, optionally,...
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7499376 |
System and method for position awareness for minimizing power consumption in sensor network environment
Provided are a system and method for position awareness that can be used indoors in a large-scale environment and can minimize generation of radio frequency (RF) and ultrasonic waves in a wireless...
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7474208 |
Method and system for locating an object
One aspect of the invention is a system for locating an object. The system may include, for example, an object electromagnetic receiver, an audio amplifier, an audio transducer, and an object...
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7420878 |
System and method for precision acoustic event detection
A system and method for providing precision locations for sensors which make up an array of sensors in a gunshot detection system. In a preferred embodiment sensors employ a commercial GPS which...
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7406000 |
Positioning system using ultrasonic waves and method for operating the same
Provided is a method for controlling a positioning system using ultrasonic waves. The method installs a plurality of ultrasonic satellites generating ultrasonic signals to position a mobile. The...
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7379390 |
Distance measurement for wireless building automation devices
In a building environment, a distance associated with a building automation device is determined as a function of an inserted time delay between a wireless transmission of a signal and wireless...
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7379389 |
Apparatus for monitoring surroundings of vehicle and sensor unit
An apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle includes an imaging apparatus provided at the vehicle, a plurality of ultrasonic sensors provided around the imaging apparatus as a unit with...
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7372771 |
Electronic distance measuring apparatus
A portable and convenient electronic distance measuring apparatus using a laser beam and a supersonic wave is provided. A predetermined height is measured using a supersonic sensor and a laser...
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7362656 |
Ultrasonic locating system
The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring and position determination of objects and/or living beings within an area, such as, e.g. a room in a building or a road tunnel. The...
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7352652 |
Ultrasonic tracking and locating system
The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring and position determination of objects and/or living beings within an area, such as, e.g. a room in a building. The system comprises a...
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7272074 |
System and method for extending GPS to divers and underwater vehicles
A navigation system extends satellite navigation to divers. The navigation system comprises a surface unit and a plurality of sub-surface beacon units. The surface unit includes a receiver to...
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7266045 |
Gunshot detection sensor with display
A system for locating and identifying an acoustic event such as gunfire. The inventive system employs a plurality of man wearable acoustic sensors for detecting gunfire, each acoustic sensor having...
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7233546 |
Flash event detection with acoustic verification
A system for identifying flash events including an optical imaging module with one or more optical imaging array, the optical imaging module configured for monitoring a region of interest to...
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7190634 |
GPS-based underwater cable positioning system
A GPS-based underwater cable positioning system for use in determining the shape and position of hydrophone streamers towed underwater behind survey vessels involved in marine seismic prospecting....
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7190635 |
System and method for multi-beam laser vibrometry triangulation mapping of underground acoustic sources
The system and method in accordance with the present invention provides a non-contact detection and location of acoustic sources, which will be useful for locating signaling humans and will assist...
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7181356 |
Device and method for analyzing the structure of a material
The invention relates to a device that is used to analyse the structure of a material. The inventive device comprises: probe elements (5) which are used to (i) emit a wave, in the material, with...
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7088641 |
Bistatic azimuth detection system and detection method
An arithmetic unit detects difference α (=X−Y) between a sound source arrival azimuth X° of a sound wave, which is transmitted from a sound source buoy and is directly received in a wave rec...
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7064669 |
Electronic tether for portable objects
A system and method for issuing an alarm when the separation distance between a monitoring module associated with an object (animate or inanimate) and an alert module exceeds a preset threshold...
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7031224 |
Buoy-to-sailboat distance indicator system
This system is intended for use during a regatta to indicate the distance between a sailboat and a race course marker buoy being rounded as part of the race. The system involves a transmitter on...
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7010290 |
System and method of determining short range distance between RF equipped devices
A first, transmitting, device transmits a digitized data message using a short range radio link followed by digital data representing a digitized acoustic signal, such as a tone. Simultaneously, or...
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