System and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets both indoors and outdoors
US8712686B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W64/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (“trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from various sources utilizing any number of tracking methods may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application generates position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application further uses information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented to take tracking data from one or more trackees and compute a more accurate tracking estimate for each trackee. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic data, compass data, and/or with GPS, if and when available.
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