US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research on Sept. 8 for "Motion tracking using magnetic-localization inertial measurement unit and orientation compensation" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,023, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Motion tracking using magnetic-localization inertial measurement unit and orientation compensation" was invented by Nordine Sebkhi (Atlanta), Arpan Bhavsar (Atlanta) and Omer Inan (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary motion tracking and/or localization system is disclosed that can provide a non-line-of-sight motion tracking with millimetric accuracy for a tracer moving in close proximity to a magnetic source. In some embodiments, the tracking and/or localization system includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured as a tracer that...