A system for a remotely controlled device to determine its location and orientation is disclosed. The system includes a remotely controlled device, at least one sensor connected to the remotely controlled device, the at least one sensor comprising a processor, and at least one emitter, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to receive the signal from the at least one emitter and the processor is configured to determine the location and orientation of the remotely controlled device.

A system and method for synchronizing a data stream. The system may include one or more acoustic sources, an information handling system disposed on a platform, a GPS module connected to the information handling system, and a fiber optic cable connected to the information handling system. The method may include transmitting one or more acoustic waves from one or more acoustic sources, sensing the one or more acoustic waves with a fiber optic cable to form a data stream, sending the data stream to an information handling system through the fiber optic cable, communication a time and a location to a GPS module attached to the information handling system with one or more global positioning system (GPS) devices, and modulating the time and the location to the data stream with a fiber optic phase modulator.

Systems for position determination using an energy chain for guiding supply lines, which energy chain has a movable run which is fixed at an end to a driver and a stationary run wherein the driver moves back and forth along a track. The system has a sensor device for position determination, which is attached to the driver. In one variant, the system comprises guide components, arranged along the track, for lateral guidance of the energy chain of which components at least one has a reference component acting as a position reference. In another variant of the system, at least each nth chain link of the energy chain has at least one reference component attached thereto. In both variants, the sensor device for position determination interacts with individual reference components, which allows better and more reliable determination of the current position.

A tracking beacon is provided that is trackable using image sensors. The beacon includes a housing with a lower portion and an upper portion. The upper portion include a light diffusing structure with protrusions to help scatter the emitted light in different directions. A light source is positioned within the housing, and electrical contacts are positioned on an external surface of the lower portion.

A system and method for ordnance delivery that includes a projectile that, when embedded into a target, can transmit information such as location and position information to a computing device. The computing device can relay this information to a weapon system that can deliver ordnance to the target accurately.

Provided is a high-precision anti-interference VR system, including a data selection module, a headset, and a handle matched with the headset, the data selection module selects and invokes an optical tracking module group and an electromagnetic tracking module group according to an optical FOV range; the optical tracking module group includes an optical display module and an optical tracking module, the optical display module emits a physical signal by adjusting on-off and brightness thereof; the optical tracking module obtains the physical signal emitted by the optical display module, and converts the physical signal into tracking information of the handle; the electromagnetic tracking module group includes an electromagnetic emission module and an electromagnetic receiving module, the electromagnetic emission module generates an electromagnetic signal through a driving circuit, and transmits the electromagnetic signal; and the electromagnetic receiving module receives the electromagnetic signal to complete electromagnetic tracking.

An underwater communications network may include spaced apart nodes on a bottom of a body of water. The underwater communications network may also include fiber optic cabling connecting the spaced apart nodes. Each node may include a frame, a node short-range navigation device carried by the frame, and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) carried by the frame after delivering a fiber optic cable along a navigation path from an adjacent node. The UUV may be configured to cooperate with the node short-range navigation device during an end portion of the navigation path adjacent the frame.

A delivery device includes an image capture device for generating delivery image data of a delivery at a service address. A processor executes a delivery application to bidirectionally communicate delivery data with the delivery data server via the network interface, wherein the delivery data includes a delivery tracking number and the delivery image data. The delivery data server processes the delivery data to provide a delivery confirmation to a customer at the service address, wherein the delivery confirmation includes the delivery tracking number and the delivery image data.

A system for registering multiple point clouds captured by an aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a speckle generator, at least one three-dimensional (3D) scanner, and a processor coupled thereto. In operation, the speckle generator projects a laser speckle pattern onto a surface (e.g., a featureless surface). The at least one 3D scanner scans the featureless surface to generate a plurality of point clouds of the featureless surface and to image at least a portion of the laser speckle pattern. The processor, which is communicatively coupled with the at least one 3D scanner, registers the plurality of point clouds to generate a complete 3D model of the featureless surface based at least in part on the laser speckle pattern.

Circuits for controlling magnetic-based tracking systems are described. These systems may be used in virtual reality applications, for example to track in real-time the location of one or more body parts. The systems use a beacon emitting mutually orthogonal magnetic fields. On the receiver side, one or more sensors disposed on different parts of a body receive the magnetic fields. The beacon includes switching amplifiers for driving the magnetic field emitters. Being binary, these amplifiers may be controlled by binary signals. The circuits may exhibit a resonant frequency response, and may be operated off-resonance, thus providing for a better control of the magnetic fields amplitude. As a result, however, fluctuations in the envelop of the magnetic fields due to the presence of a beating tone may arise. These fluctuations may be shortened by gradually activating the drivers for the magnetic field emitters.