Abstract: Real-time location systems and methods use small, battery operated sensors and radios. The radios conform to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The radios are attached to objects to form mobile nodes. Fixed nodes are positioned to define a wired or wireless mesh network representing an area in which the objects can be monitored and tracked. The real-time location systems/methods provide robust, flexible and highly scalable systems/methods for remotely, accurately, efficiently, and/or readily tracking and securing objects (e.g., equipment, inventory, people) at a relatively low cost.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 4, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2016
Assignee:
Zia Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Giacomo Conte, Larry J. Rapp, Gary L. Rapp
Abstract: Real-time location systems and methods use small, battery operated sensors and radios. The radios conform to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The radios are attached to objects to form mobile nodes. Fixed nodes are positioned to define a wired or wireless mesh network representing an area in which the objects can be monitored and tracked. The real-time location systems/methods provide robust, flexible and highly scalable systems/methods for remotely, accurately, efficiently, and/or readily tracking and securing objects (e.g., equipment, inventory, people) at a relatively low cost.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 4, 2010
Publication date:
February 10, 2011
Applicant:
ZIA SYSTEMS, LLC
Inventors:
Giacomo Conte, Larry J. Rapp, Gary L. Rapp