Patents Assigned to PINC Solutions
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Patent number: 10846656Abstract: Techniques are described with regard to determining and controlling a location and status of assets directly and/or indirectly. The techniques may be used to track and control the respective locations and status of any number of objects. Applications include but are not limited to tracking dry and refrigerated trailers and their status in a supply-chain yard; tracking pallets and boxes and their status in a warehouse; tracking items in a retail environment; tracking finished goods and work in progress in and around a manufacturing plant; tracking vehicles in a parking lot; tracking cargo and equipment at an airport; tracking equipment in a lay down yard; etc. In all cases the laborious and error prone data gathering is replaced with automated data collection methods reducing cost, increasing accuracy, and increasing efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventor: Aleks Göllü
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Patent number: 10134007Abstract: Techniques are described with regard to determining and controlling a location and status of assets directly and/or indirectly. The techniques may be used to track and control the respective locations and status of any number of objects. Applications include but are not limited to tracking dry and refrigerated trailers and their status in a supply-chain yard; tracking pallets and boxes and their status in a warehouse; tracking items in a retail environment; tracking finished goods and work in progress in and around a manufacturing plant; tracking vehicles in a parking lot; tracking cargo and equipment at an airport; tracking equipment in a lay down yard; etc. In all cases the laborious and error prone data gathering is replaced with automated data collection methods reducing cost, increasing accuracy, and increasing efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventor: Aleks Göllü
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Patent number: 10127521Abstract: Techniques are described with regard to determining and controlling a location and status of assets directly and/or indirectly. The techniques may be used to track and control the respective locations and status of any number of objects. Applications include but are not limited to tracking dry and refrigerated trailers and their status in a supply-chain yard; tracking pallets and boxes and their status in a warehouse; tracking items in a retail environment; tracking finished goods and work in progress in and around a manufacturing plant; tracking vehicles in a parking lot; tracking cargo and equipment at an airport; tracking equipment in a lay down yard; etc. In all cases the laborious and error prone data gathering is replaced with automated data collection methods reducing cost, increasing accuracy, and increasing efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventor: Aleks Göllü
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Patent number: 9990604Abstract: Techniques are described with regard to determining and controlling a location and status of assets directly and/or indirectly. The techniques may be used to track and control the respective locations and status of any number of objects. Applications include but are not limited to tracking dry and refrigerated trailers and their status in a supply-chain yard; tracking pallets and boxes and their status in a warehouse; tracking items in a retail environment; tracking finished goods and work in progress in and around a manufacturing plant; tracking vehicles in a parking lot; tracking cargo and equipment at an airport; tracking equipment in a lay down yard; etc. In all cases the laborious and error prone data gathering is replaced with automated data collection methods reducing cost, increasing accuracy, and increasing efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventor: Aleks Göllü
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Patent number: 9592964Abstract: Techniques are described with regard to determining and controlling a location and status of assets directly and/or indirectly. The techniques may be used to track and control the respective locations and status of any number of objects. Applications include but are not limited to tracking dry and refrigerated trailers and their status in a supply-chain yard; tracking pallets and boxes and their status in a warehouse; tracking items in a retail environment; tracking finished goods and work in progress in and around a manufacturing plant; tracking vehicles in a parking lot; tracking cargo and equipment at an airport; tracking equipment in a lay down yard; etc. In all cases the laborious and error prone data gathering is replaced with automated data collection methods reducing cost, increasing accuracy, and increasing efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: PINC SOLUTIONSInventor: Aleks Göllü
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Publication number: 20140131451Abstract: An apparatus for temporarily attaching an RFID device to a mobile object, includes an RFID tag comprising an enclosure, attachment mechanism, handles, and an RFID device. The handles may be rotatable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The attachment mechanism may comprise magnets, which are used to attach the RFID tag to a metal support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: PINC SOLUTIONSInventors: Richard R. Mizzo, Sing Yiu Cheung
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Patent number: 8720788Abstract: An apparatus for temporarily attaching an RFID device to a mobile object, includes an RFID tag comprising an enclosure, attachment mechanism, handles, and an RFID device. The handles may be rotatable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The attachment mechanism may comprise magnets, which are used to attach the RFID tag to a metal support surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Pinc SolutionsInventors: Richard R. Mizzo, Sing Yiu Cheung
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Patent number: 8608086Abstract: An apparatus for temporarily attaching an RFID tag to a mobile object includes a bracket comprising a first arm comprising an object mounting surface, and a second arm comprising a tag mounting surface. The first arm further comprises an attachment mechanism used to attach the bracket to a support surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventors: Richard R. Mizzo, Sing Yiu Cheung
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Patent number: 7321305Abstract: A system for determining a location of an object. The system includes an object location tracker and a computer system. The object location tracker is configured for attachment to a mobile vehicle and includes an object identification reading device and a position-tracking device. The object identification reading device senses object identification indicia on the object, such as RF ID tags, bar codes, etc., as the mobile vehicle moves around an environment in which the object is situated. The position-tracking device computes the location of the object location tracker as the mobile vehicle moves throughout environment. The computer system associates the sensed object identification indicia of the object, as determined by the reading device, with a location in the environment based on the position of the object location tracker in the environment, as determined by the position-tracking device, when the reading device senses the object identification indicia.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventor: Aleks Göllü
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Patent number: 7245215Abstract: A position-tracking system for tracking the position of an object is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the tracking system includes a tracking device that is connected to or otherwise affixed to the object to be tracked. The tracking device may include, among other things, an inertial sensor assembly, radio transceivers and a processor. The position tracking system may also include a host processing system that is in communication with the tracking device. The position tracking system may provide variable-resolution position information based on the environment in which the object is moving. In a “wide resolution” area, the system may compute a general position for the object based on a wireless telephone network Cell-ID/map correlation architecture. In a high-resolution area, greater position resolution may be realized from the combination of a wireless aiding system and inputs from the inertial sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventors: Aleks Göllü, Meng-Hsiung Kiang
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Patent number: 7236091Abstract: A position-tracking system for tracking the position of an object is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the tracking system includes a tracking device that is connected to or otherwise affixed to the object to be tracked. The tracking device may include, among other things, an inertial sensor assembly, radio transceivers and a processor. The position tracking system may also include a host processing system that is in communication with the tracking device. The position tracking system may provide variable-resolution position information based on the environment in which the object is moving. In a “wide resolution” area, the system may compute a general position for the object based on a wireless telephone network Cell-ID/map correlation architecture. In a high-resolution area, greater position resolution may be realized from the combination of a wireless aiding system and inputs from the inertial sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventors: Meng-Hsiung Kiang, Aleks Göllü
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Patent number: D680520Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: PINC SolutionsInventors: Richard R. Mizzo, Peter Solman