ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,742, issued on Aug. 12.
"3D geolocation system" was invented by Nathaniel Zoso (Quebec, Canada), Victorien Thiaux (Quebec, Canada), Eric Duplain (Quebec, Canada), Martin Beaumont (Quebec, Canada) and Stephane Bedard (Levis, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) geolocation system for providing the 3D coordinates of a moving person in the absence of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal. The 3D geolocation system uses biomechanics information about the user provided by two inertial sensors configured to be positioned at the left and right foot-ankle structures and additional sensors configured to measure th...