# US 2019/0244075 A1 · Wake circuit for flexible adhesive product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0244075 A1 - Document ID: US20190244075A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/383,353 - Filed: 2019-04-12 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-14 - Assignees: Trackonomy Systems, Inc. - Applicants: Trackonomy Systems, Inc. - Inventors: Ajay Khoche - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190244075A1 ## CPC - G06K 19/07773: {Antenna details (antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22)} - B32B 37/06: characterised by the heating method - B32B 37/12: characterised by using adhesives - C09J 7/38: Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA] - G06K 19/06037: {multi-dimensional coding} - G06K 19/0702: {the arrangement including a battery} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - B32B 2457/00: Electrical equipment - C09J 2203/326: for bonding electronic components such as wafers, chips or semiconductors - C09J 2301/124: the adhesive layer being present on both sides of the carrier, e.g. double-sided adhesive tape - C09J 2301/302: the adhesive being pressure-sensitive, i.e. tacky at temperatures inferior to 30°C - C09J 2301/40: characterized by the presence of essential components - C09J 2463/00: Presence of epoxy resin - H04W 4/027: {using movement velocity, acceleration information} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A low-cost, multi-function system with a form factor that unobtrusively integrates the components needed to implement a combination of different functions and also is able to perform a useful ancillary function that otherwise would have to be performed with the attendant need for additional materials, labor, and expense. An example adhesive product that integrates sensing components within a flexible adhesive structure in a way that not only provides a cost-effective platform for interconnecting, optimizing, and protecting the components of the tracking system but also maintains the flexibility needed to function as an adhesive product that can be deployed seamlessly and unobtrusively into various applications and workflows, including person and object tracking applications, and asset management workflows such as manufacturing, storage, shipping, delivery, and other logistics associated with moving products and other physical objects. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An adhesive product, comprising: a flexible cover; a flexible substrate comprising a first adhesive layer; and between the flexible cover and the flexible substrate, at least one device layer at each of multiple respective segment locations on the flexible substrate, at least one device layer comprising an antenna, a wireless communications system, a processor, an energy source, and a respective wake circuit comprising an input node and configured to transition from an off-state to an on-state in response to a cut across the flexible adhesive product that creates an open circuit in an electrical path of the respective wake circuit that pulls the voltage on the input node above a threshold turn-on voltage and thereby closes an electrical path that couples the energy source to the processor and the wireless communication system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The adhesive product of claim 1, wherein the wake circuit comprises a low resistance path segment in series with a high resistance path segment, and the cut across the flexible adhesive product creates and open circuit between the high resistance path segment and the low resistance path segment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The adhesive product of claim 1, wherein the flexible cover comprises a marked cut line and, in response to a cut across the flexible adhesive product along the marked cut line, the open circuit is created in the electrical path of the respective wake circuit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The adhesive product of claim 1, wherein the at least one device layer is annealed between the flexible substrate and the flexible cover. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The adhesive product of claim 1, wherein energy sources in a cut length of the adhesive product comprising multiple contiguous segments are configured to supply power to electrical components in the segments in the cut length of the adhesive product. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The adhesive product of claim 5, wherein the energy sources in the cut length of the adhesive product are connected in parallel and concurrently activated to power the electrical components in the segments in the cut length of the adhesive product at the same time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The adhesive product of claim 5, wherein the energy sources in the cut length of the adhesive product are connected in parallel and alternately activated to power the electrical components in the segments in the cut length of the adhesive product at different times. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The adhesive product of claim 1, further comprising, at each of multiple respective segment locations on the flexible substrate, energy harvesting technology comprising at least one of electromagnetic wave harvesting, solar cell harvesting, vibration harvesting, and piezoelectric based harvesting to charge the respective energy sources. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The adhesive product of claim 1, further comprising, at each of multiple respective segment locations, at least one sensor operable to generate ambient data characterizing an environmental state of the segment, and a non-transitory processor readable medium configured with instructions which, when executed by the processor, configures the processor to perform operations comprising processing the ambient data, storing the processed ambient data in non-transitory processor readable medium, and controlling the wireless communication system to transmit wireless messages comprising the processed ambient data to one or more network nodes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The adhesive product of claim 9, further comprising, at each of multiple segment locations, a respective opening in the flexible cover to expose the sensor to external ambient conditions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The adhesive product of claim 9, wherein each respective sensor is configured to generate ambient data characterizing an environmental state of the segment in response to exposure to external ambient stimulus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The adhesive product of claim 9, wherein the sensor is a GPS sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The adhesive product of claim 9, wherein the sensor is one of a capacitive sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a light sensor, a sound sensor, an altimeter, a gyrator, an accelerometer, a temperature sensor, a flex sensor, and a strain sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The adhesive product of claim 9, further comprising, in each of multiple ones of the segments, an output of a respective sensor is electrically connected to an input of the respective wake circuit and, in response to a cut across the tracking flexible adhesive product, the respective wake circuit delivers power from the respective energy source to the respective processor and the respective wireless communications system in response to an output of the respective sensor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The adhesive product of claim 14, wherein, in each of multiple ones of the segments, the respective sensor is a strain sensor that produces a wake signal based on a change in strain in the respective segment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The adhesive product of claim 14, wherein, in each of multiple ones of the segments, the respective sensor is a capacitive sensor that produces a wake signal based on a change in capacitance in the respective segment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The adhesive product of claim 14, wherein, in each of multiple ones of the segments, the respective sensor is a near-field communications sensor that produces a wake signal based on a change in inductance in the respective segment. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The adhesive product of claim 1, in the form of a roll comprising the plurality of segments. The adhesive product of claim 1, in the form of a planar sheet comprising the plurality of segments. ### Claim 20 An adhesive product, comprising: a flexible cover; a flexible substrate comprising a first adhesive layer; and between the flexible cover and the flexible substrate, at least one device layer at each of multiple respective segment locations on the flexible substrate, at least one device layer comprising an antenna, a wireless communications system, a processor, an energy source, and a respective wake circuit comprising a first power terminal electrically coupled to an output node of the energy source and a second power terminal electrically coupled to an input node of the energy source, wherein the wake circuit is configured to transition from an off-state to an on-state in response to a creation of a closed circuit in an electrical path between the first and second power terminals by an external electrical conductor that pulls the voltage on the input node above a threshold turn-on voltage and thereby closes an electrical path that couples the energy source to the processor and the wireless communication system.