WIRLESS TAG BASED COMMUNICATION, SYSTEM AND APPLICAITONS

• US 20140145829A1
• Filed: 11/21/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pixie Technology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pixie Technology, Inc.
• Inventors: Bassan-Eskenazi, Amir, Sharir, Naftaly, Friedman, Ofer
• Application Number:
  US14/085,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20140145829A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/767 Responders; Transponders teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using reflecting targets or active targets F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0289 of multiple transceivers, e.g. in ad hoc networks
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/12 by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

A method for detecting a presence of a tagged item within a tagged enclosure, the method comprising performing distance measurements between at least one wireless tag of the tagged enclosure and the tagged item to determine the spatial relationship between the tagged enclosure and the tagged item.

Claims

1. A method for detecting a presence of a tagged item within a tagged enclosure, the method comprising performing distance measurements between at least one wireless tag of the tagged enclosure and the tagged item to determine the spatial relationship between the tagged enclosure and the tagged item.

2. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining, based upon the distance measurements, whether the tagged item is within the tagged enclosure.

3. The method according to claim 1 comprising evaluating a location of a tagged user device in relation to the tagged enclosure by evaluating distances between at least two wireless tags of the tagged enclosure and the tagged user device.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising transmitting to a wireless reader the outcome of the distance measurements.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the performing of the distance measurements between at least one wireless tag of the tagged enclosure involves determining whether the tagged item is within a coverage area of each one of the at least one wireless tag.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that once executed by a computer cause the computer to execute the stages of performing distance measurements between at least one wireless tag of a tagged enclosure and a tagged item to determine the spatial relationship between the tagged enclosure and the tagged item.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 that stores instructions for determining, based upon the distance measurements, whether the tagged item is within the tagged enclosure.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 that stores instructions for evaluating a location of a tagged user device in relation to the tagged enclosure by evaluating distances between at least two wireless tags of the tagged enclosure and the tagged user device.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 wherein the performing of the distance measurements between at least one wireless tag of the tagged enclosure involves determining whether the tagged item is within a coverage area of each one of the at least one wireless tag.

10. A wireless reader that comprises an interface and a processor, wherein the interface is arranged to receive distance measurements between at least one wireless tag of a tagged enclosure and a tagged item and wherein the processor is arranged to determine the spatial relationship between the tagged enclosure and the tagged item in response to the distance measurements.

11. The wireless reader according to claim 10 wherein the processor is arranged to determine, based upon the distance measurements, whether the tagged item is within the tagged enclosure.

12. The wireless reader according to claim 10 wherein the processor is arranged to evaluate a location of a tagged user device in relation to the tagged enclosure by evaluating distances between at least two wireless tags of the tagged enclosure and the tagged user device.

13. The wireless reader according to claim 10 wherein the processor is the distance measurements are indicative of whether the tagged item is within a coverage area of each one of the at least one wireless tag.