Systems and methods for location of objects
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1. A camera assembly unit comprising an optical block and a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from an antenna an RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that may be employed to visually locate and/or track objects equipped with active RFID tags. The disclosed systems and methods may employ an articulated camera/s, such as closed circuit television (“CCTV”) or other suitable type of articulated camera/s, that is equipped with an antenna array.
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- 1. A camera assembly unit comprising an optical block and a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from an antenna an RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device.
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14. A camera assembly comprising an optical block and at least one of an embedded RF receiver or an embedded RF antenna;
- wherein said embedded RF antenna is configured to receive a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device; and
wherein said embedded RF receiver is configured to receive from a RF antenna a RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- wherein said embedded RF antenna is configured to receive a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device; and
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24. A visual locating system, comprising:
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a plurality of camera assemblies, each of said camera assemblies comprising an optical block and a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from a RF antenna one or more RF signals comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device; and
a computer processor in communication with each of said plurality of camera assemblies. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of locating objects in a passenger terminal, comprising:
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associating a first RFID device with a passenger; and
locating said passenger within said passenger terminal using a RF transmission broadcast by said first RFID device. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method of visually locating objects, comprising:
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associating a RFID device with an object;
providing a camera assembly unit comprising an optical block and a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from an antenna an RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device;
receiving a RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device, said RFID broadcast being received by said RF receiver from said antenna; and
visually locating said object using said optical block of said camera assembly based on said RFID broadcast received by said RF receiver from said antenna. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. A method of aligning an optical block of a camera assembly with an RFID device, comprising:
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providing a camera assembly unit comprising an optical block and a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from an antenna an RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device;
receiving a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device, said RFID broadcast being received by said RF receiver from said antenna; and
aligning said optical block of said camera assembly with said RFID device based on said RFID broadcast received by said RF receiver from said antenna. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89)
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