Asset tracking device and system
AssigneeNagravision Sarl
InventorsFlorian DEPRAZ, Frederic PETI-JEAN, Bertrand CALVET, Erick GIROUX
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Abstract
The tracking device is configured to be physically associated with an asset and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one master computing device. It comprises: an inductor having an inductance and configured to vary the inductance depending on whether the tracking device is physically associated with the asset or not, and a processor configured to detect an inductance variation of the inductor that is indicative of an event of physically separating the tracking device and the asset and to wirelessly notify said detected event to the master computing device.
Claims15
A tracking device configured to be physically associated with an asset and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one master computing device, said tracking device including:
- an inductor having an inductance and configured to vary the inductance depending on whether the tracking device is physically associated with the asset or not, and
- a processor configured to detect an inductance variation of the inductor that is indicative of an event of physically separating the tracking device and the asset and to wirelessly notify said detected event to the master computing device.
A method of monitoring an asset, said asset being configured to be physically associated with a tracking device including an inductor having an inductance and configured to vary the inductance depending on whether the tracking device is physically associated with the asset or not,
- the method comprising the steps, performed by the tracking device, of:
- detecting an inductance variation of the inductor that is indicative of an event of physically separating the tracking device and the asset;
- wirelessly notifying said detected event to a master computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.