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US 6,331,817 B1Granted
Object tracking apparatus and method
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorSteven Jeffrey Goldberg
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Abstract
A tracking apparatus includes a tracked object interrogator which produces a tracked object identifier output. The tracking apparatus also includes a location interrogator which produces an apparatus location output. The apparatus further includes an alarm which enunciates for a predetermined combination of the apparatus location output and the tracked object identifier output.
Claims22
A tracking apparatus comprising:
- a tracked object interrogator producing a tracked object identifier output;
- a location interrogator producing an apparatus location output corresponding to its proximity relative to a location transducer;
- and
- an alarm which annunciates for a predetermined combination of the apparatus location output and the tracked object identifier output.
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A tracking apparatus comprising:
- a tracked object interrogator producing a tracked object identifier output;
- a location interrogator producing an apparatus location output;
- a person interrogator producing a person identifier output;
- and
- an alarm which annunciates for a predetermined combination of the apparatus location output, the tracked object identifier output, and the person identifier output.
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A method for monitoring a protected object comprising
- designating one or more environments as trusted environments;
- designating one or more persons as trusted persons;
- sensing whether the protected object is in a trusted environment;
- sensing whether the protected object is proximate to a person and whether that person is a trusted person;
- annunciating an alarm for a predetermined combination of sensed environment and sensed person.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.