# US 12,223,234 B2 · Apparatus for provision of digital content associated with a radio target area

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- Number: US 12,223,234 B2
- Document ID: US12223234B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/438,550
- Filed: 2024-02-12
- Published: 2024-06-06
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2017-02-22
- Assignees: Middle Chart, LLC
- Applicants: Middle Chart, LLC
- Inventors: Michael Wodrich; Michael S. Santarone; Jason E. Duff; Frederick A. Flitsch
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223234B2

## CPC

- G01S 5/12: by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial
- G06F 30/13: Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
- G01C 21/00: Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 (measuring distance traversed on the ground by a vehicle G01C22/00; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of vehicles G05D1/00; traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)
- G01S 19/48: by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt}
- G06F 1/1698: {the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone (details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266)}
- G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)}
- G06F 3/0346: with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
- G06F 3/04815: Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06Q 10/063: Operations research, analysis or management
- G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- G06Q 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- G06T 17/05: Geographic models
- G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)}
- H04W 4/35: for the management of goods or merchandise
- H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information
- G01S 3/28: using amplitude comparison of signals derived simultaneously from receiving antennas or antenna systems having differently-oriented directivity characteristics
- G01S 3/46: using antennas spaced apart and measuring phase or time difference between signals therefrom, i.e. path-difference systems
- G01S 5/14: Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
- G01S 5/16: using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
- G01S 5/30: Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
- G01S 19/01: Satellite radio beacon positioning systems transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Apparatus for displaying information associated with a wireless location node via a user interface based upon electromagnetic radiation received from a radio target area. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and systems for receiving electromagnetic radiation received from a radio target area, and presenting digital content in a user interactive interface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Apparatus for displaying information associated with a wireless location node, the apparatus comprising:
a) an Agent supportable device supportable by an agent at a location relative to a ground plane, the Agent supportable device comprising:
b) a memory storing a software program;
c) a network interface enabling the Agent supportable device to communicate via a wireless data communication standard;
d) an antenna configured to communicate with a wireless data transceiver;
e) an ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver in logical communication with the antenna;
f) an energy receiver;
g) a user interface surface;
h) a clock;
i) a processor in logical communication with the memory, the processor operative via execution of the software program to cause the Agent supportable device to:
i) generate a position for a location of a node based upon wireless communication between the node and the UWB transceiver;
ii) associate digital content stored with the position of the node;
iii) establish a radio target area for the energy receiver, said radio target area comprising an area in a field of view of one or both of: a charged couple device (CCD) and a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS);
iv) receive energy into the energy receiver from the radio target area;
v) generate a digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiver at an instance in time;
vi) generate a user interactive interface comprising the digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiver at the instance in time;
vii) include in the user interactive interface a dynamic portion representative of the location of the node;
viii) receive a user input on the user interface surface corresponding with the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface; and
ix) based upon the user input received into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface, display the digital content associated with the position of the node in the user integrative interface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the radio target area comprises the location of the node.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the user interactive interface is displayed on the user interface surface, and the processor is additionally operative to receive into the Agent supportable device a digital quantification of a condition of an item of equipment within the radio target area at the instance in time, and displaying the digital quantification of the condition in the user interactive interface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is additionally operative to: receive multiple disparate energy wavelengths into the energy receiver at the instance in time, the disparate energy wavelengths received from different geospatial locations; and indicating the disparate energy wavelengths in the user interactive interface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the digital content comprises a virtual tag associated with an area comprising the positional coordinates.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the node comprises a transceiver capable of wireless communication and the processor is additionally operative to: transceive a wireless communication between the Agent supportable device and the node; and generate the positional coordinates for the node based upon the wireless communication between the node and the Agent supportable device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor is additionally operative to identify a wireless communication area comprising the radio target area of the energy receiver, the wireless communication area based upon a communication distance of an Ultra-Wideband modality in an area encompassing the energy receiver.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the Agent supportable device comprises a transceiver capable of wireless communication between the Agent supportable device and at least one transceiver using a Bluetooth modality; and the processor is additionally operative to generate a distance to the at least one transceiver using a Bluetooth modality.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is additionally operative to identify a wireless communication area comprising the radio target area of the energy receiver, the wireless communication area based upon a communication distance of a Bluetooth modality in an area encompassing the energy receiver.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is additionally operative to generate the positional coordinates representative of a location of the node.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the positional coordinates representative of the location of the node comprise Cartesian Coordinates.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the positional coordinates are based upon at least one of: an angle of arrival and an angle of departure.

### Claim 13 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the radio target area comprises a storage area.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the radio target area comprises a frustum extending outward from the energy receiver.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is additionally operative to redefine the radio target area based upon a change in position of the energy receiver.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is additionally operative to quantify an amount of infrared energy as a digital value.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the energy received into the energy receiver comprises one or more of: an infrared wavelength; and a wavelength between 400 nanometers and 700 nanometers.

### Claim 18 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the Agent supportable device comprises a smart phone.

### Claim 19 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the Agent supportable device comprises a smart tablet.

### Claim 20 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the Agent supportable device comprises a headset.