Tracking system using optical tags
US7395966B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K29/005
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for identifying objects including fixing tags to respective objects, each such tag comprising at least one optical emitter. The at least one optical emitter on each of the tags is driven to emit optical radiation of a respective color, selected from among the first plurality of colors emittable by the tags, during a respective time slot, selected from among a second plurality of time slots during which the tags may emit the optical radiation. A camera captures sequence of electronic images of an area containing the objects to which the tags are fixed. The electronic images in the sequence are processed in order to identify, responsively to the colors of the optical radiation emitted by the tags and the time slots in which the optical radiation is emitted, the objects to which the tags are fixed.
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