Phase coherent ultrasonic tracking

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Phase coherent ultrasonic tracking is a type of ultrasonic tracking that measures the phase of the signal and compares it with a reference signal to determine the translation of a moving point.

Phase coherent methods work like this: The difference between two successive measurements of phases allows to compute the distance change since the last measurement.[1] Basically, the translational movement of an ultrasonic emitter results in the receiver sensing a different phase. The receiver compares the sensed signal with a reference signal to determine the phase.[1] It is a relative system.

Phase coherent methods rely on slow movement. In its raw form it is not resilient to doppler effect.

It is at risk of multi-path interference, meaning sound can bounce off of walls and interfere.[2]

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