Localizing a vehicle's charging or fueling port—methods and apparatuses

R Meng, J Perez-Ramirez, H Moustafa - US Patent 11,003,972, 2021 - Google Patents
Automated methods and apparatuses for charging or fueling a vehicle include provision of a
plurality of tags and a controller to a vehicle. The plurality of tags are respectively installed at …

Light source estimation

O Grau - US Patent App. 15/636,370, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for light source estimation are disclosed. In one
embodiment, the apparatus comprises: an on-board tracking device to obtain a position and …

GOPA: Geometrical Optics Positioning Algorithm

H Hosseinianfar, A Chizari… - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose an accurate visible light indoor localization system for a
smartphone using the commercial light-emitting diode (LED) panels which are used …

Positioning through multipath reflection

M Brandt-Pearce, H Hosseinianfar… - US Patent 11,408,959, 2022 - Google Patents
A positioning system and method includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The
transmitter includes at least one energy source configured to emit an optical or quasi-optical …

GOPA: Geometrical optics positioning algorithm using spatial color coded leds (extended version)

H Hosseinianfar, A Chizari, JA Salehi - arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.06931, 2018 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we propose an accurate visible light indoor localization system for a
smartphone using the existing commercial light-emitting diode (LED) luminaries. The …

System and method for positioning one or more robotic apparatuses

O Rawas, LP Czinger - US Patent 11,529,741, 2022 - Google Patents
An approach to positioning one or more robotic arms in an assembly system may be
described herein. For example, an apparatus may include a first robotic arm having a distal …