Patent Document ID: 20120139791
Application ID: 13289287
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for determining an estimated value for a location of a receiving element within a reference system which may receive signals of a signal source movable to different measuring positions, it being possible to measure—on the basis of the signals received—localization data which indicate a relative location of the receiving element with respect to the movable signal source, the apparatus being configured to determine the estimated value on the basis of at least two different measuring positions and localization data corresponding thereto by means of an evolutionary algorithm, the apparatus being configured to iteratively determine the estimated value on the basis of a plurality of estimated-value individuals comprising estimated-value attributes for the location of the receiving element, the plurality of the estimated-value individuals forming an estimated-value population, the apparatus being configured to form, for each of the plurality of the estimated-value individuals in each iteration, a fitness function based on the localization data measured and on corresponding measuring positions of the signal source, an estimated-value being determined for corresponding, localization data for each estimated-value individual on the basis of the at least two different measuring positions and of an estimated value for the location of the receiving element, so that the fitness function for each estimated-value individual indicates the amount of deviation of the at least two estimated values for the localization data, said estimated values having been acquired by an individual estimated value for the location of the receiving element, from at least two measured localization data, and the localization data comprising an angle of arrival of the received signals on the receiving element and/or a signal arrival time from which a distance from the signal source may be determined.