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- Patent Title: Adaptive weighting of multiple sources in a magnetic or hybrid tracking system
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Application No.: US16773460Application Date: 2020-01-27
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Publication No.: US11543529B1Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Robert F. Higgins , Keith M. Hanf , Allan G. Rodgers, Jr. , Allan G. Rodgers
- Applicant: ALKEN Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VT Colchester
- Assignee: ALKEN Inc.
- Current Assignee: ALKEN Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VT Colchester
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: G01B11/14
- IPC: G01B11/14 ; G01S17/66 ; G06F1/16 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for implementing a technique for adaptively assigning weighting factors to position and orientation determinations in an electromagnetic or hybrid tracking system having multiple transmitters or multiple receivers. The apparatus may reduce the impact of eddy current distortion to the position and orientation determinations.
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