Patents by Inventor Brett Gent

Brett Gent has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170039517
    Abstract: Parts in a manufacturing or service facility are electronically tracked using wireless beacons, strategically positioned receiver devices in the facility, and a monitoring server. The wireless beacons are individually coupled to the parts in the facility and equipped with sensors that wake the wireless beacons up to wirelessly transmit location signals when sensed data indicates the parts are moving to the receiver devices. The receiver devices, in turn, transmit the location signals across a network to the monitoring server, which uses the location signals and identifiers of the receiver devices to locate the work areas of the facility in which the wireless beacons—and thus coupled parts—are located. Interactive user interfaces illustrate the real-time locations of the parts being located in the various work areas of the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Amann, Brett Gent