Method and Apparatus Involving Global Positioning and Long-Range Wireless Link

• US 20150199548A1
• Filed: 01/15/2014
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Savi Technology Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Savi Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: Rajapakse, Ravindra U., Zhu, Liping Julia, Shannon, David L., Farrel, Steven J.
• Application Number:
  US14/156,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20150199548A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/00 Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/34 Power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07 with integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/00 Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion G06K1/00; pattern recognition G06F18/00; arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding G06V10/00; character recognition, recognising digital ink or document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00

Abstract

A tag has a transmitter for transmitting first wireless signals, and a receiver for receiving second wireless signals from which the tag can determine its current physical location. A different embodiment includes a tag having a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals, and a reader having a receiver for receiving the wireless signals, the receiver in the reader being an ultra-sensitive receiver.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a system, comprising:

a processor operable to direct transmission of one or more first signals and operable to direct the receiving of one or more second signals;

a transmitter operable to cause the transmission of a said first signal in response to the processor; and

a receiver operable to cause the receiving of a said second signal in response to the processor from which said system can determine its current physical location.

2-38. -38. (canceled)