Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Group aware tracking of personal property within a bounded zone
- Patent Title (中): 群体意识到跟踪有限区域内的个人财产
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Application No.: US12420652Application Date: 2009-04-08
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Publication No.: US08164443B2Publication Date: 2012-04-24
- Inventor: Marya L. Alston , Joel Duquene , Morris S. Johnson, Jr. , Henri F. Meli
- Applicant: Marya L. Alston , Joel Duquene , Morris S. Johnson, Jr. , Henri F. Meli
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Carey, Rodriquez, Greenberg & O'Keefe
- Agent Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.
- Main IPC: G08B1/08
- IPC: G08B1/08

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to personal articles tracking and provide a method, system and computer program product for group aware tracking within a bounded zone. In an embodiment of the invention, a group aware tracking method can include recording an association in a table in a computing system between individuals within a geographically bounded zone and at least one target object within the geographically bounded zone. The method also can include sensing an individual from amongst the individuals exiting the geographically bounded zone and further sensing a target object exiting the geographically bounded zone. The method yet further can include comparing the sensed individual with the further sensed target object to determine whether or not an association exists in the table and triggering an alarm when an association is determined not to exist in the table between the sensed individual and the further sensed target object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100259385A1 GROUP AWARE TRACKING OF PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHIN A BOUNDED ZONE Public/Granted day:2010-10-14
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