Patents by Inventor Sylvain AINSLEY

Sylvain AINSLEY 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).

  • Personal locator beacon system
    Patent number: 9494674
    Abstract: A personal locator beacon system including at least one individual locator device and a plurality of battery powered wireless beacons installed at different locations within a facility. Each individual locator device is worn by a corresponding individual and has a local wireless transceiver and a GPS receiver. The plurality of beacons include at least a subset of reed switch beacons installed at different doorway locations within the facility. Each reed switch beacon is configured to transmit an identification signal with a predetermined signal strength for reception by the local wireless transceiver of the individual locator device within a designated area of the facility, as well as to selectively acquire a perimeter mode for detecting opening of a respective door of the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAFETRACKS GPS CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Yves Messier, Laura Watkins, Jerome Baron, Sylvain Ainsley, Ron Toledano, Aravind Radhakrishna Warrier
  • PERSONAL LOCATOR BEACON SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150247913
    Abstract: A personal locator beacon system including at least one individual locator device and a plurality of battery powered wireless beacons installed at different locations within a facility. Each individual locator device is worn by a corresponding individual and has a local wireless transceiver and a GPS receiver. The plurality of beacons include at least a subset of reed switch beacons installed at different doorway locations within the facility. Each reed switch beacon is configured to transmit an identification signal with a predetermined signal strength for reception by the local wireless transceiver of the individual locator device within a designated area of the facility, as well as to selectively acquire a perimeter mode for detecting opening of a respective door of the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yves MESSIER, Laura WATKINS, Jerome BARON, Sylvain AINSLEY, Ron TOLEDANO, Aravind Radhakrishna Warrier