US 12,127,796 B2
High bandwidth and low latency hybrid communication techniques for a navigation system
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US); Paul Hoekstra, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Matt Shinew, Ada, MI (US); and Chunwu Wu, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/730,105.
Application 16/730,105 is a continuation of application No. 16/189,241, filed on Nov. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,555,781.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/586,340, filed on Nov. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0129245 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04N 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G01C 21/1656 (2020.08); G01S 5/0294 (2013.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); G01S 17/66 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); H04B 1/02 (2013.01); H04B 10/1141 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); H04N 5/04 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A navigation system for tracking an object, the navigation system comprising:
a tracker configured to couple to the object and comprising one or more optical tracking elements and a tracker transmitter; and
a localization device configured to track the tracker;
wherein the tracker and the localization device are configured to wirelessly communicate using an optical communication method and to wirelessly communicate using a non-optical communication method; and
wherein the localization device is configured to utilize the optical communication method to track the one or more optical tracking elements of the tracker and to utilize the optical communication method to manage an operating parameter of the tracker with respect to the non-optical communication method;
wherein the operating parameter specifies one or more of: a channel frequency for the tracker transmitter, and a transmission power of the tracker transmitter.