Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking
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Application No.: US16118077Application Date: 2018-08-30
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Publication No.: US10542382B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Brandon Stephen Good , Charles Burton Theurer , Shaopeng Liu , Robert Lee Wallace
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hanley, Flight and Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04W4/029
- IPC: H04W4/029 ; G01S5/02 ; G06Q10/08 ; G16H40/63 ; G16H40/20 ; G06Q50/22 ; G06K7/10 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/80 ; H04L12/26 ; H04W4/02 ; G06F19/00 ; G16Z99/00 ; G16H40/40 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example method includes receiving messages collected by a badge in an environment, the messages including signal strength and a timestamp. The example method also includes assigning a location in the environment to the badge based on a first subset of the messages. The example method also includes identifying an asset in a second subset of the messages. The example method also includes updating a current location associated with the asset based on a relative proximity of the asset to the badge, wherein the current location corresponds to a first time and the updated location corresponds to a second time, and wherein a change in location between the current location and the updated location indicates movement of the asset in the environment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190082298A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE PROXIMITY DETECTION AND LOCATION TRACKING Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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