Method, apparatus and system for location detection and object aggregation

US10578730B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• New BIS Safe Luxco S.à r.l · LU

Inventors

• Andrew John Cardno · Wellington, NZ
• Babu Arunachalam · San Diego, US
• Matthew Simmonds · Toronto, CA
• Paul Allan Cardno · Waitati, NZ
• Paul Valer'evich Sheliastovich · Wellington, NZ
• Guillermo Quiros Manser · Wellington, NZ

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A positioning determination method using an improved RFID location tag is described the tag including an RFID controller; memory; a power management module; and an accelerometer. The position determination method including the steps of periodically polling the RFID tags for information; receiving information from a plurality of reference RFID tags at a known location; receiving information from the non reference RFID tags, the information including the tag id and sensor data; calculating for each non reference and referenced RFID tag a received signal strength indication; and calculating an initial position for each non reference RFID tag based on the received signal strength indications and the positions of the reference RFID tags.