Patents by Inventor Philip G. Greenspun

Philip G. Greenspun has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5150310
    Abstract: Position detection methods and apparatus include transmitters, coupled to each object to be tracked, for transmitting signals uniquely identifying each transmitter. Receivers disposed at known locations receive the transmitted signals and generate received signals representative of the transmitted signals. Arrival-time elements, responsive to a selected zero-crossing or other event in each received signal, determine the respective arrival time of each transmitted signal at each receiver. A processor calculates differences in arrival times of the transmitted signals at each receiver, and determines the spatial position of each object with respect to the known locations of the receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Consolve, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip G. Greenspun, Gregory B. Baecher