Portable locator system
First Claim
1. A locator system for locating at least one of persons and objects within a facility, the system comprising:
- a plurality of badges, each badge having a badge transmitter that wirelessly transmits a signal including unique identification code;
a database for storing a list of each badge, its identification code, and one of a person and an object associated with each badge;
a receiver;
a central processor coupled to the receiver; and
a plurality of transceivers spatially dispersed within the facility, each of the transceivers having a transceiver receiver that receives signals including the unique identification code transmitted by a badge and a transceiver transmitter that wirelessly forwards the signals received from the badge to the central processor via the receiver.
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Abstract
A locator system and method for locating at least one of persons and objects within a facility comprises a plurality of badges, each badge having a badge transmitter that wirelessly transmits a signal including unique identification code, and a plurality of transceivers spatially dispersed within the facility, each of the transceivers having a transceiver receiver that receives signals including the unique identification code transmitted by a badge and a transceiver transmitter that wirelessly forwards the signals received from the badge to a central processor via a receiver.
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20 Claims
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1. A locator system for locating at least one of persons and objects within a facility, the system comprising:
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a plurality of badges, each badge having a badge transmitter that wirelessly transmits a signal including unique identification code;
a database for storing a list of each badge, its identification code, and one of a person and an object associated with each badge;
a receiver;
a central processor coupled to the receiver; and
a plurality of transceivers spatially dispersed within the facility, each of the transceivers having a transceiver receiver that receives signals including the unique identification code transmitted by a badge and a transceiver transmitter that wirelessly forwards the signals received from the badge to the central processor via the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of collecting location data comprising:
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associating each of a plurality of objects and persons to a respective one of a plurality of badges, each of the badges having a unique identification code;
transmitting a first signal including the unique identification code from a badge;
receiving the first signal at a location having a location identifier;
wirelessly transmitting a second signal including information representing the received unique identification code and the location identifier;
receiving the second signal;
recording the second signal information; and
determining a location of at least one of the object and the person. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A locator system for locating at least one of persons and objects within a facility, the system comprising:
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a plurality of badges, each having a badge transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a signal including a unique identification code;
a database for storing a list of each badge, its identification code, and one of a person or an object associated with each badge;
a plurality of first transceivers spatially dispersed within the facility, each of said transceivers having a transceiver receiver for receiving the identification code and a transceiver transmitter for wirelessly forwarding signals to a second transceiver;
at least one second transceiver configured to receive signals from the first transceivers and forward the signals to a central processor, the second transceiver being communicatively coupled to the central processor by a wire.
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