US 12,032,087 B2
Systems and methods for remotely controlled device position and orientation determination
Chris P. Jennings, Merrimack, NH (US); and James R. Rahaim, Amherst, NH (US)
Assigned to DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (FIRST), Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,171.
Application 17/465,171 is a continuation of application No. 13/077,239, filed on Mar. 31, 2011, granted, now 11,131,747.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/319,647, filed on Mar. 31, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0396838 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G01S 1/70 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 5/16 (2013.01) [G01S 1/7034 (2019.08); G01S 1/7038 (2019.08); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/027 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for remotely controlling devices comprising:
a remotely controlled device;
at least one electric emitter configured to emit at least one signal;
at least one sensor operably coupled with the remotely controlled device, the at least one sensor configured to receive the at least one signal;
a microcontroller configured to determine, based on the at least one signal, an orientation and a position of the at least one sensor relative to the at least one electric emitter, the microcontroller configured to compute a device position and a device orientation of the remotely controlled device;
a dynamic field element;
a field element sensor coupled with the dynamic field element;
a field element processor configured to compute an element position of the dynamic field element relative to the at least one electric emitter; and
a field management system configured to detect if the remotely controlled device moves into a type of zone on a playing field and assess a penalty, the field management system including a field management processor configured to disable the remotely controlled device for a pre-selected interval of time based at least on a number of points the remotely controlled device has earned during a match.