Systems and methods for location of objects
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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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65 Claims
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21. 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 (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. 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;
wherein said method comprises visually locating said passenger within said passenger terminal using at least one camera assembly; and
wherein said camera assembly comprises an optical block and an RF receiver configured to receive from a RF antenna one or more RF signals comprising said RF transmission broadcast by said first RFID device. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. 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 (59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. 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
automatically 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.
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65. A visual location system, comprising:
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a plurality of camera assemblies, each of said camera assemblies comprising an optical block and a RF receiver;
wherein said RF receiver is configured to receive from a RF antenna one or more RF signals comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device; and
wherein said visual location system is configured to automatically visually locate said object using said optical block of said camera assembly based on said RFID broadcast received by said RF receiver from said antenna.
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