Nova Patents
ES2115776T3

Position location system

Abstract

METHODS AND DEVICES ARE PROVIDED TO LOCATE THE POSITIONING, PREFERABLY IN THREE DIMENSIONS, OF A SENSOR (7) THAT IS GENERATING MAGNETIC FIELDS THAT ARE DETECTED IN THE SENSOR (7). THE MAGNETIC FIELDS ARE GENERATED FROM A PLURALITY OF LOCATIONS (1) AND, IN A CONFORMATION OF THE INVENTION, MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT THE ORIENTATION AND THE LOCATION OF A COIL SENSOR (7) ARE DETERMINED. THE INVENTION FINDS, IN THIS WAY, APPLICATION IN SUCH AREAS IN WHICH THE USE OF KNOWN SENSORS COMPRISING TWO OR MORE PERPENDICULAR COILS IS INAPPROPRIATE.

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