METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS AND PEOPLE
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Abstract
An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects.
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54. A system for locating, identifying, and tracking of at least one object, said system comprising:
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a transponder affixable to the object, the transponder associated with a transponder identification (ID); a reader; an antenna for communicating radio frequency (RF) signals between said reader and said transponder, the RF signals from said transponder including the transponder ID, wherein said antenna has an antenna coverage area in which the antenna can communicate the RF signals with said transponder; and
,a processor for determining that said reader has detected the transponder ID entering the antenna coverage area of said antenna based on said reader detecting the transponder ID and subsequently determining that the transponder has exited the antenna coverage area of said antenna based on information from said reader and said antenna. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58)
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Specification