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US 12,596,189 B2Granted
Method for transferring information via a mobile beacon
AssigneeApitrak SAS
InventorsLuc Antolinos, Julien Bonnal, Yoni Pomares, Frédéric Martin
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Abstract
A method for transmitting a piece of information from at least one first UWB radio tag by a mobile beacon including transmission and a receiver, includes transmitting a first energizing signal by a transmitter of the mobile beacon; receiving, by the mobile beacon by a UWB receiver, a first UWB signal of at least the first UWB radio tag energized by the first UHF signal; determining a first position piece of data of the mobile beacon by a location system, recording a first decoded tag piece of data of the first received UWB signal in a memory of the mobile beacon.
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A method for transmitting a piece of information from at least one first Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio tag by means of a mobile beacon including transmission and reception means, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first energizing signal by a transmitter of the mobile beacon;
- receiving, by the mobile beacon, by means of a UWB receiver, a first UWB signal transmitted by the first UWB radio tag energized by said first energizing signal, said first UWB signal comprising a first tag piece of data;
- time stamping said reception of the first UWB signal to produce a first timestamping piece of data associated with the first piece of data;
- decoding the first tag piece of data and recording the first tag piece of data decoded in a memory of the mobile beacon;
- associating a first position piece of data of the mobile beacon with said first tag piece of data, said position piece of data enabling the mobile beacon to be located, said first position piece of data being determined by means of a location system, and
- transmitting a first piece of information by the mobile beacon comprising said first tag piece of data and the first timestamping piece of data and transmitting a second piece of information by the mobile beacon including the first position piece of data to at least one piece of equipment of a data network, the first piece of information being transmitted to a data server via a Wifi, 4G, 5G or Bluetooth link and the second piece of information being transmitted in the form of a UWB message to a location system comprising at least one fixed beacon comprising means for receiving UWB signals to calculate by trilateration a position of the mobile beacon, said association between the first position piece of data of the mobile beacon and said first tag piece of data being performed by the data server so as to allow locating said mobile beacon.
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A method for transmitting a piece of information from at least one first Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio tag by means of a mobile beacon including transmission and reception means, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first energizing signal by a transmitter of the mobile beacon;
- receiving, by the mobile beacon, by means of a UWB receiver, a first UWB signal transmitted by the first UWB radio tag energized by said first energizing signal, said first UWB signal comprising a first tag piece of data;
- time stamping said reception of the first UWB signal to produce a first timestamping piece of data associated with the first piece of data;
- decoding the first tag piece of data and recording the first tag piece of data decoded in a memory of the mobile beacon;
- associating a first position piece of data of the mobile beacon with said first tag piece of data, said position piece of data enabling the mobile beacon to be located, said first position piece of data being determined by means of a location system, and
- transmitting a first piece of information by the mobile beacon comprising said first tag piece of data and the first timestamping piece of data and transmitting a second piece of information by the mobile beacon including the first position piece of data to at least one piece of equipment of a data network,
- receiving, by the mobile beacon and by means of a UWB receiver, a third UWB signal transmitted by at least one reference UWB radio tag having known position, said third UWB signal comprising a first time piece of information encoded of timestamping transmission of said third UWB signal and comprising a second encoded piece of data of identifying the reference UWB radio tag using a UWB receiver;
- timestamping said reception of the third UWB signal to produce a second time stamping piece of data of the reception of the time piece of information and the second piece of data;
- recording the first decoded time piece of information and the second decoded identification piece of data in a memory of the mobile beacon, and
- transmitting, by the mobile beacon, a third piece of information comprising the first time piece of information, the second piece of data and the second timestamping data to at least one piece of equipment of the data network.
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A method for transmitting a piece of information from at least one first Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio tag by means of a mobile beacon including transmission and reception means, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first energizing signal by a transmitter of the mobile beacon;
- receiving, by the mobile beacon, by means of a UWB receiver, a first UWB signal transmitted by the first UWB radio tag energized by said first energizing signal, said first UWB signal comprising a first tag piece of data;
- time stamping said reception of the first UWB signal to produce a first timestamping piece of data associated with the first piece of data;
- decoding the first tag piece of data and recording the first tag piece of data decoded in a memory of the mobile beacon;
- associating a first position piece of data of the mobile beacon with said first tag piece of data, said position piece of data enabling the mobile beacon to be located, said first position piece of data being determined by means of a location system, and
- transmitting a first piece of information by the mobile beacon comprising said first tag piece of data and the first timestamping piece of data and transmitting a second piece of information by the mobile beacon including the first position piece of data to at least one piece of equipment of a data network,
- receiving a first amount of Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) energy by the mobile beacon by means of a UHF receiver;
- comparing the first amount of UHF energy received with a predetermined threshold energy value by means of a comparator;
- transmitting the first energizing signal by means of the transmitter of the mobile beacon if the first amount of UHF energy received is less than the predetermined threshold energy value;
- reducing the energy transmitted by the transmitter of the mobile beacon if the first amount of UHF energy received is greater than the predetermined threshold energy value.
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A method for transmitting a piece of information from at least one first Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio tag by means of a mobile beacon including transmission and reception means, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first energizing signal by a transmitter of the mobile beacon;
- receiving, by the mobile beacon, by means of a UWB receiver, a first UWB signal transmitted by the first UWB radio tag energized by said first energizing signal, said first UWB signal comprising a first tag piece of data;
- time stamping said reception of the first UWB signal to produce a first timestamping piece of data associated with the first piece of data;
- associating a first position piece of data of the mobile beacon with said first tag piece of data, said position piece of data enabling the mobile beacon to be located, said first position piece of data being determined by means of a location system, and
- transmitting a first piece of information by the mobile beacon comprising said first tag piece of data and the first timestamping piece of data and transmitting a second piece of information by the mobile beacon including the first position piece of data to at least one piece of equipment of a data network,
- measuring a distance value between an object and the mobile beacon by means of a distance sensor;
- comparing, by means of a comparator, the distance value measured with a predetermined threshold distance value (Vthreshold);
- modulating the transmission of the first energizing signal by a UHF transmitter of the mobile beacon if the distance value measured is less than the predetermined threshold distance value.
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A method for transmitting a piece of information from at least one first Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio tag by means of a mobile beacon including transmission and reception means, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first energizing signal by a transmitter of the mobile beacon;
- receiving, by the mobile beacon, by means of a UWB receiver, a first UWB signal transmitted by the first UWB radio tag energized by said first energizing signal, said first UWB signal comprising a first tag piece of data;
- time stamping said reception of the first UWB signal to produce a first timestamping piece of data associated with the first piece of data;
- decoding the first tag piece of data and recording the first tag piece of data decoded in a memory of the mobile beacon;
- associating a first position piece of data of the mobile beacon with said first tag piece of data, said position piece of data enabling the mobile beacon to be located, said first position piece of data being determined by means of a location system, and
- transmitting a first piece of information by the mobile beacon comprising said first tag piece of data and the first timestamping piece of data and transmitting a second piece of information by the mobile beacon including the first position piece of data to at least one piece of equipment of a data network,
- wherein the first UWB signal received by the mobile beacon is associated with a context piece of information corresponding to a piece of information on the environment in which the mobile beacon operates, and wherein the first piece of information transmitted to the equipment of a data network comprises the context piece of information, the context piece of information being processed by processing means to determine an identification piece of data of the mobile beacon having transmitted the first energizing signal originating transmission by the first UWB radio tag of said first UWB signal received by said mobile beacon.
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A mobile beacon comprising means for transmitting an energizing signal, means for receiving UWB signals, a calculator and a memory, wherein the mobile beacon is configured to implement a method for transmitting a piece of information from at least one first Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio tag by means of a mobile beacon including transmission and reception means, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first energizing signal by a transmitter of the mobile beacon;
- receiving, by the mobile beacon, by means of a UWB receiver, a first UWB signal transmitted by the first UWB radio tag energized by said first energizing signal, said first UWB signal comprising a first tag piece of data;
- time stamping said reception of the first UWB signal to produce a first timestamping piece of data associated with the first piece of data;
- decoding the first tag piece of data and recording the first tag piece of data decoded in a memory of the mobile beacon;
- associating a first position piece of data of the mobile beacon with said first tag piece of data, said position piece of data enabling the mobile beacon to be located, said first position piece of data being determined by means of a location system, and
- transmitting a first piece of information by the mobile beacon comprising said first tag piece of data and the first timestamping piece of data and transmitting a second piece of information by the mobile beacon including the first position piece of data to at least one piece of equipment of a data network,
- the mobile beacon comprising at least two transmission antennas, each transmission antenna being configured to transmit at least one portion of the first energizing signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.