Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibrating a magnetic transmitter
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Application No.: US16252350Application Date: 2019-01-18
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Publication No.: US10883812B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Mark Robert Schneider , Charles Robertson , Joseph Bruce Durfee
- Applicant: Ascension Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US VT Shelburne
- Assignee: Ascension Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ascension Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VT Shelburne
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01R33/00
- IPC: G01R33/00 ; G01B7/004 ; G01C17/38 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0346

Abstract:
A calibration device comprising: a plurality of magnetic sensors positioned at the calibration device, the plurality of magnetic sensors defining a space; a controller configured to be positioned in the space defined by the plurality of magnetic sensors, wherein the controller includes a magnetic transmitter; and one or more processors configured to: cause the magnetic transmitter to generate magnetic fields; receive signals from the plurality of magnetic sensors that are based on characteristics of the magnetic fields received at the plurality of magnetic sensors; calculate, based on the signals received from the plurality of magnetic sensors, positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors relative to a position and orientation of the magnetic transmitter; and determine whether the calculated positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors are within one or more threshold limits of known positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190226825A1 Calibrating a Magnetic Transmitter Public/Granted day:2019-07-25
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