FURNITURE AND BUILDING STRUCTURES COMPRISING SENSORS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF ONE OR MORE OBJECTS
First Claim
1. A system for determining the location of objects comprising:
- a. one or more structures having one or more sensors;
b. one or more objects having one or more sensor tags; and
c. one or more controllers coupled to the sensors for receiving signals from the sensors when the objects are proximate the sensors such that the controllers are able to determine the location of the objects.
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Abstract
A system, device and method for determining the position of objects comprising one or more furniture items and/or building structures having one or more sensors and a controller coupled to the sensors. The sensors detect when one or more objects having at least one sensor tag are positioned proximate one of the sensors and transmit a signal to the controller including an identifier of the object and the sensor that detected the objects. As a result, the controller is able to track the position of the objects in relation to the furniture and/or building structures preventing the items from being lost and increasing efficiency when looking for misplaced objects.
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58 Claims
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1. A system for determining the location of objects comprising:
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a. one or more structures having one or more sensors; b. one or more objects having one or more sensor tags; and c. one or more controllers coupled to the sensors for receiving signals from the sensors when the objects are proximate the sensors such that the controllers are able to determine the location of the objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A structure for determining the position of objects comprising:
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a. a body having one or more platforms such that the body is able to support one or more objects having one or more sensor tags; and b. one or more sensors coupled with the body such that the sensors are able to sense the objects via the sensor tags when the objects are proximate one or more of the sensors. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of determining the position of objects comprising:
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a. placing one or more objects having one or more sensor tags on one or more structures, wherein the one or more structures comprise one or more sensors; b. reading data stored on the sensor tags with the sensors when the objects are moved proximate to at least one of the sensors; c. transmitting the data stored on the sensory tags to one or more controllers coupled to the sensors such that the controllers are able to determine the location of the objects; and d. presenting the determined location of one or more of the objects to a user on a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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