Mapping boxes in a storage bay
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- mapping boxes residing in a storage bay, the mapping comprising;
ascertaining storage bay boundaries;
wirelessly reading, using a handheld mobile device, identifying information from tags associated with the boxes within a proximity sphere of the handheld mobile device, each box having at least one tag associated therewith, and the identifying information including box size information for the associated box;
determining position of the tags in the storage bay by triangulating tag locations relative to, at least in part, one or more determined locations of the handheld mobile device during the wirelessly reading;
creating, by a processor, a mapping of location and orientation of boxes in the storage bay using, at least in part, the determined tag positions and the identifying information wirelessly read from the tags;
providing boundary tags at corners and along edges of the storage bay, and wherein the ascertaining comprises wirelessly scanning the boundary tags affixed to the corners and along the edges of the storage bay to ascertain the storage bay boundaries; and
determining a current location of the handheld mobile device by trilateration based, at least in part, on measured distances between the handheld mobile device and at least three boundary tags affixed to the storage bay boundary, the determining of the current location facilitating the automatically determining position of the tags in the storage bay.
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Abstract
Mapping boxes in a storage bay is provided, which includes: ascertaining storage bay boundaries; wirelessly reading, using a mobile device, identifying information from tags associated with the boxes, each box having one or more associated tags, and the identifying information including size information for the associated box; determining position of the tags in the storage bay by triangulating tag locations relative to, in part, one or more locations of the mobile device; and creating, by a processor, a mapping of boxes in the storage bay using the tag positions and the identifying information wirelessly read from the tags. In one or more implementations, the tags are near-field communication (NFC) tags associated with the boxes, and the creating may include automatically reorienting a floating box in the mapping of boxes, as well as automatically repositioning a box when boxes overlap each other, or overlap an edge of the storage bay.
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1. A method comprising:
mapping boxes residing in a storage bay, the mapping comprising; ascertaining storage bay boundaries; wirelessly reading, using a handheld mobile device, identifying information from tags associated with the boxes within a proximity sphere of the handheld mobile device, each box having at least one tag associated therewith, and the identifying information including box size information for the associated box; determining position of the tags in the storage bay by triangulating tag locations relative to, at least in part, one or more determined locations of the handheld mobile device during the wirelessly reading; creating, by a processor, a mapping of location and orientation of boxes in the storage bay using, at least in part, the determined tag positions and the identifying information wirelessly read from the tags; providing boundary tags at corners and along edges of the storage bay, and wherein the ascertaining comprises wirelessly scanning the boundary tags affixed to the corners and along the edges of the storage bay to ascertain the storage bay boundaries; and determining a current location of the handheld mobile device by trilateration based, at least in part, on measured distances between the handheld mobile device and at least three boundary tags affixed to the storage bay boundary, the determining of the current location facilitating the automatically determining position of the tags in the storage bay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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