US 2020/0026889 A1 · KINEMATIC ASSET MANAGEMENT

Abstract

A system for managing kinematic assets is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises an electronic identification device associated with an asset. The system further comprises a container comprising a reader disposed within the container for receiving a unique identification of the identification device. The container further comprises a reader node for maintaining an inventory record comprising the asset and for generating a report when the asset is not detected by said reader. The report further comprises a location of the container when said report is generated. The system further comprises a kinematic asset management platform comprising an asset registry for storing data conveyed by the report and a reports engine for generating a second report conveying the location of said container when the report is generated.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of determining a location of an asset, the method comprising:

with a wireless reader, reading information from a reference tag, wherein the reference tag is fixed at the location, and wherein a kinematic asset management platform has stored a position of the reference tag as being at the location;
with the wireless reader, reading information from one or more ID tags, each coupled with one of one or more portable assets;
and
with the wireless reader, transmitting data based on the information from the reference tag and based on the information from the one or more ID tags to the kinematic asset management platform, whereby the location of the one or more portable assets is reported to the kinematic asset management platform by association because of the transmitted data associated with both the information from the reference tag and the information from the one or more ID tags.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/585,977Filed 27 Sep 2019

Priority

25 Jan 2013

Published

23 Jan 2020

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

G06K 7/10297
Sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves: arrangements for handling protocols designed for…
G06Q 10/08778
By inventory control or reporting using inventory tracking or counting: for managing mis-shipments, lost items or stolen goods
B60R 99/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
E05F 15/40
Power-operated mechanisms for wings: safety devices, e.g. detection of obstructions or end positions

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