Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING DEVICE UTILIZATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/033243
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A control unit associated with a monitored device, wherein the control unit has a tag radio and a main radio. The tag radio has a first antenna operable to detect and communicate with a wearable tag associated with an asset, such as a person, a piece of equipment, or a supply, over a first communications channel. The main radio has a second antenna operable to communicate data over a second communications channel. In a preferred embodiment, the control unit is operable to communicate simultaneously with a wearable tag and with a communications network using the tag radio and the main radio, respectively. Further, the tag radio is operable to determine actions of a person associated with a wearable tag based upon Radio Signal Strength Identification (RSSI) values detected in short-range communications from the wearable tag.
Inventors:
LONG AVERY DALLAS (US)
NIX HARVEY A (US)
BURTIS ROMEO MAURICE (US)
NIX HARVEY A (US)
BURTIS ROMEO MAURICE (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/052901
Publication Date:
April 25, 2013
Filing Date:
August 29, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LONG AVERY DALLAS (US)
NIX HARVEY A (US)
BURTIS ROMEO MAURICE (US)
PROVENTIX SYSTEMS INC (US)
NIX HARVEY A (US)
BURTIS ROMEO MAURICE (US)
PROVENTIX SYSTEMS INC (US)
International Classes:
G06K17/00; G06K19/077
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2007103254A2 | 2007-09-13 |
Foreign References:
| US20090195385A1 | 2009-08-06 | |||
| US7277889B2 | 2007-10-02 | |||
| US20100156599A1 | 2010-06-24 | |||
| US20110046921A1 | 2011-02-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SYKES, Paul, M. (1819 Fifth Avenue NorthBirmingham, AL, US)
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