Systems and methods for using radio frequency signals and sensors to monitor environments
First Claim
1. A system for providing a wireless asymmetric network, comprising:
- a hub having one or more processing units and at least one antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) communications in the wireless asymmetric network;
a plurality of sensor nodes each having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional RF communications with the hub in the wireless asymmetric network to determine localization of the plurality of sensor nodes within the wireless asymmetric network, to monitor loading zones and adjacent regions within a building based on receiving information from at least two sensor nodes including at least one indoor node and at least one outdoor node, and to determine for each loading zone whether a vehicle currently occupies the loading zone wherein at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the indoor node and at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the outdoor node are utilized in combination to monitor a dynamically changing environment of the interior region and whether a vehicle occupies the loading zone.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for using radio frequency signals and sensors to monitor environments (e.g., indoor building and adjacent outdoor environments) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for providing a wireless asymmetric network comprises a hub having one or more processing units and at least one antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) communications in the wireless asymmetric network and a plurality of sensor nodes each having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional RF communications with the hub in the wireless asymmetric network. The one or more processing units of the hub are configured to determine localization of the plurality of sensor nodes within the wireless asymmetric network, to monitor loading zones and adjacent regions within a building based on receiving information from at least two sensor nodes, and to determine for each loading zone whether a vehicle currently occupies the loading zone.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for providing a wireless asymmetric network, comprising:
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a hub having one or more processing units and at least one antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) communications in the wireless asymmetric network; a plurality of sensor nodes each having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional RF communications with the hub in the wireless asymmetric network to determine localization of the plurality of sensor nodes within the wireless asymmetric network, to monitor loading zones and adjacent regions within a building based on receiving information from at least two sensor nodes including at least one indoor node and at least one outdoor node, and to determine for each loading zone whether a vehicle currently occupies the loading zone wherein at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the indoor node and at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the outdoor node are utilized in combination to monitor a dynamically changing environment of the interior region and whether a vehicle occupies the loading zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A sensor node, comprising:
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a memory for image data; an image capturing device to capture image data of loading zones and adjacent regions of a building; one or more processing units coupled to the image capturing device; and radio frequency (RF) circuitry to transmit RF communications to and receive RF communications from other wireless nodes and a hub within a wireless network architecture, wherein the one or more processing units of the sensor node are configured to execute instructions for processing the image data to monitor the loading zones and the adjacent regions within the building based on image data from at least two wireless nodes including at least one indoor node and at least one outdoor node and the image data being used to determine for each loading zone whether a vehicle currently occupies the loading zone, wherein at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the indoor node and at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the outdoor node are utilized in combination to monitor a dynamically changing environment of the interior region and whether a vehicle occupies the loading zone. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring a wireless network architecture, comprising:
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transmitting, with a plurality of sensor nodes each having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver, RF communications in the wireless network architecture to determine localization of the plurality of sensor nodes within the wireless network architecture; monitoring, with the plurality of sensor nodes each having an image capturing device, loading zones and adjacent regions within a building based on receiving image data from at least two sensor nodes including at least one indoor node and at least one outdoor node; and determining for each loading zone whether a vehicle currently occupies the loading zone wherein at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the indoor node and at least one of image data, RF data from the RF signals, and RF tracking data from the outdoor node are utilized in combination to monitor a dynamically changing environment of the interior region and whether a vehicle occupies the loading zone. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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