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US 2024/0193380 A1Published application
System and method for inferring the presence of objects by means of identification and detection
AssigneeOhel Technologies, LLC.
InventorsJosé-Adalberto TERAN-MATUS, Hector GOMEZ-MACFARLAND
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Abstract
A system and method for inferring the presence of objects including the identification of an object at least one time and use other presence sensor(s) to confirm the tag or sensor is still in the area of interest even if the identification cannot be confirmed.
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A system for inferring the presence of one or more objects based on identification information and presence information from each object, wherein each object is assigned to a specific storage area, said system comprising:
- one or more readable identification means each attached to an object to be tracked and each object assigned to a storage area, said identification means having identification information about the object;
- one or more means for wirelessly obtaining identification information from the readable identification means (readers), each reader assigned to a storage area and obtaining information from one correspondent readable identification means attached to an object;
- means for detecting the presence or absence of an object (presence sensors), each presence sensor assigned to a storage area and obtaining presence information from one correspondent object assigned to said storage area;
- data processing means (computer) connected to each reader and to each presence sensor, said data processing means having one or more databases;
- wherein each storage area has one reader and one presence sensor for obtaining identification information and presence information from one specific object;
- wherein each reader obtains identification information from a correspondent readable identification means when receiving a request from the computer and send said information thereof in order to be processed;
- wherein each presence sensor senses the presence of a corresponding object inside a predetermined storage area when receiving a request from the computer and sends the presence information to the computer in order to be processed;
- wherein when both, identification information and presence information from a specific object is received by the computer, it is processed, in order to determine whether the object is present or not.
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A method inferring the presence of one or more objects, said method being processed by computer, the method comprising:
- a) sending a signal to activate a reader assigned to a storage area;
- b) sending a signal to activate a presence sensor assigned to the same storage area;
- c) wirelessly obtaining identification information from a readable identification means of an object stored in the storage area using the reader;
- d) obtaining presence information about the object using the presence sensor;
- e) if the computer is able to successfully obtain the identification information from the readable identification means of the object, then a report is generated indicating that the object is present in the storage area and the presence status of the object is established as:
- detected;
- f) if the computer is not able to successfully obtain the identification information from the identification means of the object, and the computer is also not able to success fully receive presence information indicating the presence of the object, then a report is generated indicating that the object is not present in the storage area and the presence status of the object is established as:
- not detected;
- g) if the computer is not able to successfully obtain the identification information from the readable identification means of the object but the computer is able to successfully receive presence information indicating the presence of the object, and if the presence status of the object comprises:
- detected, which corresponds to the presence status of the object from an immediately previous iteration of the method, then a report is generated indicating that the object is present in the storage area, and the presence status of the object is established as:
- detected;
- h) repeat steps a) to g) for each storage area;
- i) repeat steps a) to h) until the computer receives an external instruction to stop the execution of the method.
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