Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inspection tracking system
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Application No.: US17122044Application Date: 2020-12-15
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Publication No.: US11601781B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Daniel George Vernon , Brian Carl Gustafson , Matthew Todd Freudenrich
- Applicant: Daniel George Vernon , Brian Carl Gustafson , Matthew Todd Freudenrich
- Applicant Address: US WI Ashland; US MN Roosevelt; US MN Fort Ripley
- Assignee: Daniel George Vernon,Brian Carl Gustafson,Matthew Todd Freudenrich
- Current Assignee: Daniel George Vernon,Brian Carl Gustafson,Matthew Todd Freudenrich
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Ashland; US MN Roosevelt; US MN Fort Ripley
- Agency: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W4/029
- IPC: H04W4/029 ; G08B21/18 ; B60R16/02 ; G01S5/14 ; G01S5/08 ; G01S5/02

Abstract:
A system and method to verify that the driver or operator of a vehicle or piece of equipment has completed a 360-degree walk-around inspection of the vehicle/equipment. The vehicle/equipment will be equipped with an electronic beacon that detects the direction of the driver/operator via a mobile electronic device that the driver/operator carries. As the operator walks around the vehicle/equipment, the electronic beacon installed on the vehicle/equipment recognizes the location of the mobile electronic device as the driver/operator walks around the vehicle/equipment performing their inspection. In certain embodiments, the electronic beacon and mobile electronic device determine the operator's inspection are Angle of Arrival and Angle of Departure relative to each electronic beacon. The determination may require different combinations of transmitters and receivers. In another embodiment, multiple antennas, mounted on the vehicle/equipment and/or mobile electronic device, provide the location details of the driver/operator in correlation to the vehicle/equipment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210185483A1 INSPECTION TRACKING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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