Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clock phase ranging methods and systems
- Patent Title (中): 时钟相位测距方法和系统
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Application No.: US11968366Application Date: 2008-01-02
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Publication No.: US07986270B2Publication Date: 2011-07-26
- Inventor: Ghobad Heidari-Bateni , Khawza Iftekhar-Uddin Ahmed
- Applicant: Ghobad Heidari-Bateni , Khawza Iftekhar-Uddin Ahmed
- Applicant Address: JP Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo
- Agency: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Main IPC: G01S1/24
- IPC: G01S1/24 ; G01S13/08

Abstract:
A system and method for estimating the range between two devices performs two or more ranging estimates with subsequent estimates performed using a clock that is offset in phase with respect to a prior estimate. The subsequent estimate allows estimate uncertainties due to a finite clock resolution to be reduced and can yield a range estimate with a higher degree of confidence. In one embodiment, these additional ranging estimates are performed at n/N (for n=1, . . . N−1, with N>1 and a positive integer) clock-period offset introduced in the device. The clock-period offset can be implemented using a number of approaches, and the effect of clock drift in the devices due to relative clock-frequency offset can also be determined. To eliminate the bias due to clock-frequency offset, a system and method to estimate the clock-frequency offset is also presented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100283682A1 CLOCK PHASE RANGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2010-11-11
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