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US 12,743,592 B2Granted
Sensor enabled location awareness system
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorsShahpour Ashaari, David C. Lin, Seth S. Vasa, Scott R. Bombaugh, Mario Andre Salisbury, Thomas Jay Graham, Erich Joseph Petre
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Abstract
Systems and methods of identifying wearable tags or other items within a facility. The location of the identifiable item can be calculated by the system and used to improve the efficiency of the facility or to dispatch emergency help or maintenance to the location of the badge.
Claims20
A system for detecting an item comprising:
- a tag configured to receive or send wireless signals, the tag configured to be attached to an item;
- a plurality of sensors disposed within a facility, wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to detect a unique identifier and an operational issue signal from the tag;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the plurality of sensors, the processors configured to:
- automatically receive the operational issue signal from one or more of the plurality of sensors;
- receive the unique identifier for the tag from one or more of the plurality of sensors;
- determine based at least in part on the received unique identifier a location of the tag within the facility;
- determine, based at least on the location of the tag within the facility and a location of a facility equipment, a proximity of the location of the tag to the facility equipment;
- automatically determine, based at least in part on the received signal and the proximity of the location of the tag to the facility equipment, a corrective action for the operational issue;
- and
- automatically initiate the corrective action based on the received operational issue signal, the proximity of the location of the tag to the facility equipment, and the determined location of the tag.
8 more elements
A method for detecting a location of an item comprising:
- detecting, in one or more sensors, a unique identifier wirelessly transmitted from a tag;
- automatically detecting, in the one or more sensors, an operational issue signal wirelessly transmitted from the tag;
- determining, in a processor, based at least in part on the detected unique identifier, a location of the tag within a facility;
- determining, based at least on the location of the tag within the facility and a location of a facility equipment, a proximity of the location of the tag to the facility equipment;
- automatically determining, in the processor, based at least in part on the detected operational issue signal and the proximity of the location of the tag to the facility equipment, a corrective action for the operational issue;
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- automatically initiating the corrective action based on the detected operational issue signal and the determined location.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.