Multi-modal entity tracking and display

US9400902B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Trimble Navigation Limited · US

Inventors

• Bernd Schoner · New York, US
• Ravikanth Pappu · Cambridge, US
• Satyan P. Shah · Bedford, US
• Brian Fiegel · Iowa City, US
• John Biondo · Burbank, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 26, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B13/2462
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-modal entity tracking and display system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a tracking infrastructure comprising at least one data receiver is configured to detect a tracked entity comprising a first asset class using a first sensing technology and a second sensing technology. The at least one tracking data receiver is further configured to generate a tracking data report conveying a location of the tracked entity. A multi-modal entity tracker is configured to receive and store the tracking data report. The multi-modal entity tracker is further configured to receive and store a second tracking data report of a second tracked entity comprising a second asset class which is conveyed via the tracking infrastructure.