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US 9,374,667 B1Granted
Bluetooth low energy rapid room entry system and method
AssigneeAwarepoint Corporation
InventorsGary Jorgensen, Wei Geng, Matt Delmage, Brian Costabile, John Taylor
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Abstract
A system and method for rapid room entry are provided in which at least two Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons may be used to determine when a BLE enabled object has crossed a boundary. The BLE enabled object may sense the signals from BLE beacon and a location engine may determine the crossing of the boundary based on the sensed signals from each BLE beacon. Each BLE beacon may have a directional antenna so that a portion of the signal having a strong strength is directed towards the boundary and a portion of the signal having a weaker strength is directed away from the boundary.
Claims31
A system, comprising:
- two Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons adjacent a boundary in an area with a first BLE beacon mounted on a first side of the boundary in the area and a second BLE beacon mounted on a second side of the boundary in the area, each BLE beacon having a directional antenna so that a portion of the signal having a strong strength is directed away from the boundary and a portion of the signal having a weaker strength is directed towards the boundary;
- a BLE enabled object that senses a signal from each of the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary in the area and captures one or more characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary in the area;
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- a location engine that determines when the one or more captured characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary intersect each other and determines, based on the intersection of the one or more captured characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary, a crossing of the boundary by the BLE enabled object.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a location determining system having two Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons adjacent a boundary in an area with a first BLE beacon mounted on a first side of the boundary in the area and a second BLE beacon mounted on a second side of the boundary in the area, each BLE beacon having a directional antenna so that a portion of the signal having a strong strength is directed away from the boundary and a portion of the signal having a weaker strength is directed towards the boundary;
- sensing, by a BLE enabled object, a signal from each of the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary in the area, the sensing further comprising capturing one or more characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary in the area;
- comparing the one or more captured characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary in the area;
- determining when the one or more captured characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary intersect each other;
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- determining, based on the intersection of the one or more captured characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary in the area, a crossing of the boundary by the BLE enabled object.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a device having a processor, a memory and a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) receiver;
- wherein the Bluetooth low energy receiver senses a signal from two Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons adjacent a boundary in an area with a first BLE beacon mounted on a first side of the boundary in the area and a second BLE beacon mounted on a second side of the boundary in the area and captures one or more characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons, each BLE beacon having a directional antenna so that a portion of the signal having a strong strength is directed away from the boundary and a portion of the signal having a weaker strength is directed towards the boundary;
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- wherein the processor of the device determines when the one or more captured characteristics of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary intersect each other and determines, based on the intersection of the one or more captured characteristics of the signal for each of the two BLE beacons adjacent the boundary in the area, a crossing of the boundary by the device.
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A system, comprising:
- a building having at least one doorway;
- two Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons including a first BLE beacon mounted on a first side of the doorway and a second BLE beacon mounted on a second side of the doorway, each BLE beacon having a directional antenna so that a portion of the signal having a strong strength is directed away from the doorway and a portion of the signal having a weaker strength is directed towards the doorway;
- a BLE enabled object that senses a signal from each of the two BLE beacons adjacent the doorway and captures a received signal strength of the signal for each of the two BLE beacons;
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- a location engine that determines when the received signal strength of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the doorway intersect each other and determines, based on the intersection of the received signal strength of the signal for the two BLE beacons adjacent the doorway, a crossing of the doorway by the BLE enabled object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.