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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for tracking a device in zero-infrastructure and zero-power conditions, and a tracking device therefor
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Application No.: US15756764Application Date: 2016-09-13
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Publication No.: US10237693B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Atif Shamim , Rana Muhammad Bilal
- Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: SA Thuwal
- Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Thuwal
- Agency: Patient Portfolio Builders PLLC
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/055443 WO 20160913
- International Announcement: WO2017/046699 WO 20170323
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; G01S19/48 ; H04W52/02 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W4/80

Abstract:
Disclosed are embodiments for a tracking device having multiple layers of localization and communication capabilities, and particularly having the ability to operate in zero-infrastructure or zero-power conditions. Also disclosed are methods and systems that enhance location determination in zero-infrastructure and zero-power conditions. In one example, a device, system and/or method includes an infrastructure-based localization module, an infrastructure-less localization module and a passive module that can utilize at least two of the modules to determine a location of the tracking device.
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