Virtual Mapping of an Indoor Space Using Indoor Position and Vector Tracking
AssigneeKacchip, LLC
InventorMichael C. Mountz
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Abstract
A control system for indoor position and vector tracking includes a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters to detect a mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The control system includes an intelligent controller to receive location information from the RF transmitters and to calculate a vector associated with the mobile RFID tag. The intelligent controller may utilize the vector as a control input to an algorithm for selecting a control operation for one or more of plurality of networked devices.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method for indoor position and vector tracking, comprising:
- prompting a gesture of a wearable mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) tag at a first location of a wall anchor, the gesture comprising a first personal motion vector representing (1) a position and direction of movement or (2) a movement state of the wearable RFID tag within an indoor space;
- detecting the gesture of the wearable RFID tag using a position data obtained from the wall anchor;
- building, by an intelligent controller, a virtual map of the indoor space based on the detected gesture by adding the first location of she wall anchor to the virtual map;
- calculating a second personal motion vector;
- learning, by the intelligent controller, a second location of a networked device using the second personal motion vector and the first location of the wall anchor;
- and
- adding, by the intelligent controller, the second location of the networked device to the virtual map.
A system for indoor position and vector trucking, comprising:
- a wall anchor configured to transmit a position data associated with a wearable RFID tag;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the wall anchor and operable to:
- receive the position data associated with the wearable RFID tag;
- calculate a first personal motion vector of the wearable RFID tag:
- detect a gesture of the wearable RFID tag at a first location of the wait anchor using the calculated first personal motion vector;
- build a virtual map of the indoor space by adding the first location of the wall anchor to the virtual map;
- calculate a second personal motion vector;
- learn a second location of a network device using the second personal motion vector and the first location of the wall anchor;
- and
- add the second location of the networked device to the virtual map.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a wall anchor at a first location, a position data associated with the wearable RFID tag;
- calculating a first personal motion vector of the wearable RFID tag associated with the wall anchor;
- building, by an intelligent controller, a virtual map of an indoor space by adding the first location of the wall anchor to the virtual map;
- calculating a second personal motion vector;
- learning, by the intelligent controller, a second location of a network device using the second personal motion vector and the first location of the wall anchor;
- and
- adding, by the intelligent controller, the second location of the networked device to the virtual map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.