US Patent Issued to Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives on Sept. 30 for "Vector magnetometers network and associated positioning method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,531, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Paris).

"Vector magnetometers network and associated positioning method" was invented by Matthieu Le Prado (Saint-Marcellin, France), Saifeddine Aloui (Fontaine, France) and Etienne Labyt (Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of localisation of vector magnetometers arranged in a network, comprising the following steps: generation (EMi), by a magnetic field source (S), of m reference magnetic fields with known amplitudes and known and distinct directions; measurement (MESj...