Patent №
US 7,600,613
Granted
2009-10-13
Filed 2006
Owner
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Lab
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AI components
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vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10576836
An apparatus and method for measuring a position of a moveable platform comprising a plurality of RFID tags encoded with location information situated at known locations and a plurality of visual markers situated at precise, known locations. An RF reader attached to a moveable platform reads the RFID tags to determine the approximate location of the platform. A camera apparatus attached to the moveable platform scans the visual marker. The scanned image is processed to provide the precise position information of the platform.
AI classification
Ownership
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
assignment · 178250462
Assignors
KANG, PENGJU, OH, JAE-HYUK, FINN, ALAN M., PENG, PEI-YUAN, HOOTSMANS, NORBERT A.M.
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