A wireless transmitting/receiving system includes a transmitter, a first directional receiver, a camera, a storage device and a processor. The transmitter is disposed on a target object and transmits a wireless signal. The first directional receiver is disposed with respect to an entry/exit boundary. The first directional receiver receives the wireless signal and generates a first received signal strength indication. The camera captures an image of the entry/exit boundary. The storage device stores a mapping table of target object location and received signal strength. The processor is electrically connected to the storage device and determines a location of the target object and a moving direction of the target object with respect to the entry/exit boundary according to the image and the mapping table of target object location and received signal strength.

A wireless transmitting/receiving system includes a transmitter, a first directional receiver, a camera, a storage device and a processor. The transmitter is disposed on a target object and transmits a wireless signal. The first directional receiver is disposed with respect to an entry/exit boundary. The first directional receiver receives the wireless signal and generates a first received signal strength indication. The camera captures an image of the entry/exit boundary. The storage device stores a mapping table of target object location and received signal strength. The processor is electrically connected to the storage device and determines a location of the target object and a moving direction of the target object with respect to the entry/exit boundary according to the image and the mapping table of target object location and received signal strength.

Disclosed is an infrared ray positioning node device, including a reflection cup with a plurality of side surfaces; and an infrared ray emitting tube cooperating with the reflection cup and being positioned so that the range of an included angle m formed after the rays emitted by the infrared ray emitting tube reflect off some reflection side surfaces in the plurality of side surfaces is 0°≦m<180°. Also disclosed is an infrared ray positioning node system. The present invention makes the direction of an infrared ray emission signal controllable in the range of 0°-180°, makes the signal stable and even in intensity, improves the radiation utilization of the infrared ray emitting tube, reduces the power consumption of the node device, realizes uniform projection of infrared light, and effectively avoids emission blind areas of a single node and signal interference between adjacent nodes.

Disclosed is an infrared ray positioning node device, including a reflection cup with a plurality of side surfaces; and an infrared ray emitting tube cooperating with the reflection cup and being positioned so that the range of an included angle m formed after the rays emitted by the infrared ray emitting tube reflect off some reflection side surfaces in the plurality of side surfaces is 0°≦m<180°. Also disclosed is an infrared ray positioning node system. The present invention makes the direction of an infrared ray emission signal controllable in the range of 0°-180°, makes the signal stable and even in intensity, improves the radiation utilization of the infrared ray emitting tube, reduces the power consumption of the node device, realizes uniform projection of infrared light, and effectively avoids emission blind areas of a single node and signal interference between adjacent nodes.

A computer-implemented method for controlling a vehicle comprises: receiving tracking data associated with a surrounding environment of the vehicle; detecting, based upon the tracking data, an object in the surrounding environment of the vehicle; determining a location of the object; determining, based on navigation assistance data, whether the location of the object is at least partially within a classified area in the surrounding environment; and configuring a control system of the vehicle to: initiate, based upon determining that the location of the object is not at least partially within the classified area, a first collision avoidance response procedure for responding to the object; and initiate, based upon determining that the location of the object is at least partially within the classified area, a second collision avoidance response procedure for responding to the object, the second collision avoidance response procedure different from the first collision avoidance response procedure.

In a positioning system, a mobile device can detect a transmission from one of a number of lighting devices to obtain an identification (ID) label or code of each lighting device. The mobile device uses the detected ID code for a lookup in a self-stored or remotely stored table that associates lighting device location information with ID codes, to obtain an estimate of mobile device position. To mitigate against hacking by a third party detecting the ID codes and observing locations to compile its own lookup table, the disclosed examples dynamically alter the assignments of particular ID codes to the lighting devices, while minimizing potential disruption of position determination service for mobile devices due to the changes to ID code assignments.

In a positioning system, a mobile device can detect a transmission from one of a number of lighting devices to obtain an identification (ID) label or code of each lighting device. The mobile device uses the detected ID code for a lookup in a self-stored or remotely stored table that associates lighting device location information with ID codes, to obtain an estimate of mobile device position. To mitigate against hacking by a third party detecting the ID codes and observing locations to compile its own lookup table, the disclosed examples dynamically alter the assignments of particular ID codes to the lighting devices, while minimizing potential disruption of position determination service for mobile devices due to the changes to ID code assignments.

A system comprising: a user device, comprising: sensors configured to sense data related to a physical environment of the user device, displays; hardware processors; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processors to: place a virtual object in a 3D scene displayed by the second user device, determine a pose of the user device with respect to the physical location in the physical environment of the user device, and generate an image of virtual content based on the pose of the user device with respect to the placed virtual object, wherein the image of the virtual content is projected by the one or more displays of the user device in a predetermined location relative to the physical location in the physical environment of the user device.

A system comprising: a user device, comprising: sensors configured to sense data related to a physical environment of the user device, displays; hardware processors; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processors to: place a virtual object in a 3D scene displayed by the second user device, determine a pose of the user device with respect to the physical location in the physical environment of the user device, and generate an image of virtual content based on the pose of the user device with respect to the placed virtual object, wherein the image of the virtual content is projected by the one or more displays of the user device in a predetermined location relative to the physical location in the physical environment of the user device.

The disclosed technology includes image-based systems and methods for object tracking within an asset area. Some exemplary methods include receiving an indication of a first object entering an asset area and receiving data indicative of a plurality of captured images. The methods also include performing, by at least one processor, object classification of the first object based on one or more of the plurality of captured images. The methods further include determining a first object location of the first object based at least in part on the object classification, and outputting an indication of the first object location.