Measuring distance

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1996-06-26

1999-09-28

Sotomayor, John B.

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,

Radar transponder system

36447803, 36447813, 235385, 340568, 340572, 34082554, 705 28, 342125, G01S 1384, G06F 1760

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059595680

ABSTRACT:
An object in a storage area or moving vehicle is monitored by attaching an electronic tag to the object. An electronic device detects the presence of the object by communicating with the tag while the object is in storage or is being moved by the vehicle. The tags may also determine the location of an attached object and may reroute the object if it deviates from a given shipping schedule. A group of objects is monitored by two electronic tags, each attached to an object in the group. Each tag has circuitry for communicating information relating to an object in the group to a second tag. Each tag also includes a memory connected to the circuitry that is capable of storing the information, and a controller connected to the memory and the circuitry. A distance is measured by transmitting multiple symbols from one object to another object, having the symbols returned such that the symbols' measured round-trip times are not all identical, and calculating the distance using the measured round-trip times.

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