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US 11,775,928 B1Granted
Asset location system and method of use
AssigneeMolocar, Inc.
InventorMichael S Hanna
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Abstract
An improved asset location system deploys gateways to communicate with transmitters that are attached to an asset. The gateways create a web of interlocking area where the gateways communicate with the same transmitters. These measurements are combined to increase the accuracy of location data provided to track or locate assets within an operations area.
Claims20
An asset movement and localization system comprising:
- a plurality of transmitter tags carried within each asset of a plurality of assets, each of the transmitter tags comprising a low energy beacon transmitter and being programmed with a unique identifier, the plurality of transmitter tags associated with a device to determine the location of the plurality of transmitter tags;
- a plurality of gateways that communicate with the transmitter tags;
- a database that enables algorithms to compute data from the gateways;
- wherein the gateways communicate with all of the transmitter tags within range of thereof;
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- wherein the algorithms combine data from multiple gateways relative to the same transmitter tag to locate or otherwise provide information relative to the asset associated with the transmitter tag;
- wherein at least one gateway is configured to determine, in response to an interruption of a communication between at least one transmitter tag and the at least one gateway, that the communication has been interrupted and wherein the gateway is further configured to identify whether the interruption was caused by at least one of the assets of the plurality of assets.
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An asset movement and localization system comprising:
- a plurality of transmitter tags carried within each asset of a plurality of assets, each of the transmitter tags comprising a low energy beacon transmitter and being programmed with a unique identifier, the plurality of transmitter tags being associated with a device to determine the location of the plurality of transmitter tags;
- a plurality of gateways that have a transmitter tag attached to or associated therewith and communicate with the transmitter tags of the assets, wherein the transmitter tags of the gateways comprise a low energy beacon transmitter;
- a database that enables algorithms to compute data from the gateways;
- wherein each of the gateways collects data from communication with the transmitter tags of the assets;
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- wherein the gateways preprocess the data prior to communicating the data to the database;
- wherein at least one gateway is configured to determine, in response to an interruption of a communication between at least one transmitter tag and the at least one gateway, that the communication has been interrupted and wherein the gateway is further configured to identify whether the interruption was caused by at least one of the assets of the plurality of assets.
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An asset movement and localization system comprising:
- a plurality of transmitter tags carried within each asset of a plurality of assets, each of the transmitter tags comprising a low energy beacon transmitter and being programmed with a unique identifier, the plurality of transmitter tags associated with a device to determine the location of the plurality of transmitter tags;
- a plurality of gateways that communicate with the transmitter tags;
- a database that enables algorithms to compute data from the gateways;
- wherein the gateways communicate with all of the transmitter tags within range of thereof;
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- wherein the algorithms combine data from multiple gateways relative to the same transmitter tag to locate or otherwise provide information relative to the asset associated with the transmitter tag;
- wherein the algorithms determine the facing or disposition of the asset based on the difference of the measurements taken from a first transmitter tag and a second transmitter tag attached at different places on the same asset.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.