US 7,561,039 B2
Transmitting unit
Lennart Nordevall, Jonkoping (Sweden); and Stefan Andersson, Huskvarna (Sweden)
Assigned to SAAB AB, Linköping (Sweden)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/164,183.
Claims priority of application No. 04027086 (EP), filed on Nov. 15, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0103567 A1, May 18, 2006
Int. Cl. G08B 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—539.13  [340/539.1; 340/825.36; 340/825.72; 340/573.1; 340/573.4; 398/115; 398/118; 398/127; 398/130; 398/151] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmitting unit, comprising:
a transmitter arranged to transmit signals of coded information about a position close to the unit in a space so as to provide a receiver arranged on a moving object, present in said space with position information for determining the position of said object, said transmitter being adapted to normally be in an inactive non-transmitting state; and
a detector adapted to detect movement of said object within said space and to activate said transmitter to transmit said signals when a movement of said object in said space is detected, wherein said detector is adapted to detect movement of said object only within a restricted predefined volume of said space; and wherein said transmitter is activated only as long as movement within said predefined volume is detected.