- Patent Title: Intelligent location estimation for assets in clinical environments
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Application No.: US17111075Application Date: 2020-12-03
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Publication No.: US11363419B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Brandon M. Ayers , Frederick C. Davidson , Stephen R. Embree , Matthew D. Morgan , Kenzi L. Mudge , Britten J. Pipher , Eugene G. Urrutia
- Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Batesville
- Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Batesville
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W4/029
- IPC: H04W4/029 ; G16H40/67 ; G16H40/20 ; H04W4/33 ; G01S5/02 ; G01S5/00 ; G07C9/00 ; H04W4/02 ; G01S5/04 ; G01S5/06

Abstract:
A system identifies a first position of a tag in a clinical environment based on first times at which first receivers received a first wireless signal from the tag. The system estimates a second position of the tag in the clinical environment based on second times at which second receivers received a second wireless signal from the tag. The system determines that a boundary is located between the first position and the second position, defines a path range around the first position of the tag based on an expected movement of the tag during a time interval between the first and second wireless signals, determines that the boundary lacks a door within the path range, adjusts the second position of the tag based on the boundary map, and transmits a message indicating that the tag is located at the adjusted position at the second time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210176600A1 INTELLIGENT LOCATION ESTIMATION FOR ASSETS IN CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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