Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking
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Application No.: US15407873Application Date: 2017-01-17
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Publication No.: US10068116B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- 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: G06Q50/22
- IPC: G06Q50/22 ; G06K7/10 ; H04W4/02 ; H04L29/08 ; G01S5/02 ; H04W4/029

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
- US20170124366A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE PROXIMITY DETECTION AND LOCATION TRACKING Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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