Abstract: In a UWB real time locating system, UWB readers (12) are synchronized by adjusting a clock of a UWB slave reader (12) until the UWB reader (12) receives each UWB pulse (34) of a sequence of UWB pulses (34) having a predetermined pulse period (Tp) and encoding a master UWB reader unique identifier at an expected time slot (35) within each predetermined pulse period (Tp), the expected time slot (35) being related to the distance between the UWB tag reader (12) and a master UWB reader (12).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2016
Assignees:
DATALOGIC IP TECH S.R.L., CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMMUNICATIONI, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E. V.
Inventors:
Marco Bottazzi, Enrico Savioli, Federico Natali, Niels Hadaschik, Davide Dardari, Andrea Conti