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Object and location tracking with a graph-of-graphs

US10317216B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2018
Grant dateJun 11, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/80
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wearable device is configured with various sensory devices that recurrently monitor and gather data for a physical environment surrounding a user to help locate and track real-world objects. The various heterogeneous sensory devices digitize objects and the physical world. Each sensory device is configured with a threshold data change, in which, when the data picked up by one or more sensory devices surpasses the threshold, a query is performed on each sensor graph or sensory device. The queried sensor graph data is stored within a node in a spatial graph, in which nodes are connected to each other using edges to create spatial relationships between objects and spaces. Objects can be uploaded into an object graph associated with the spatial graph, in which the objects are digitized with each of the available sensors. This digital information can be subsequently used to, for example, locate the object.

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