Smart Wireless Asset Tracking
First Claim
1. A method for localizing a bad condition in a crowded asset environment, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein each wireless transceiver is operable to provide an adjustable transmission power, each of the plurality of wireless transceivers associated with a sensor monitoring a condition of an asset;
operating each wireless transceiver in a long range operating mode which adjusts the transmission power to a high output power;
monitoring the conditions of the assets using the long range operating mode with a sensor receiver;
communicating an alarm to the sensor receiver by at least one of the plurality of wireless transceiver;
transmitting by the sensor receiver a command to all of the plurality of wireless transceivers to switch to a low transmission power output to allow a localization of the item;
switching each of the plurality of wireless transceivers to operate in a localization operating mode, wherein the transmission power is set to a low output power; and
localizing the sensor generating the alarm.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for localizing a bad condition in a crowded asset environment include providing a plurality of wireless transceivers associated with a sensor monitoring a condition of an asset, wherein each of the plurality of wireless transceivers in a long range operating mode adjusts the transmission power to a high output power, monitoring the conditions of the assets using the long range operating mode with a sensor receiver, communicating an alarm to the sensor receiver by at least one of the plurality of wireless transceiver, transmitting by the sensor receiver a command to all of the plurality of wireless transceivers to switch to a low transmission power output to allow a localization of the item, switching each of the plurality of wireless transceivers to operate in a localization operating mode, wherein the transmission power is set to a low output power, and localizing the sensor generating the alarm.
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1. A method for localizing a bad condition in a crowded asset environment, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein each wireless transceiver is operable to provide an adjustable transmission power, each of the plurality of wireless transceivers associated with a sensor monitoring a condition of an asset; operating each wireless transceiver in a long range operating mode which adjusts the transmission power to a high output power; monitoring the conditions of the assets using the long range operating mode with a sensor receiver; communicating an alarm to the sensor receiver by at least one of the plurality of wireless transceiver; transmitting by the sensor receiver a command to all of the plurality of wireless transceivers to switch to a low transmission power output to allow a localization of the item; switching each of the plurality of wireless transceivers to operate in a localization operating mode, wherein the transmission power is set to a low output power; and localizing the sensor generating the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for localizing a bad condition in a crowded asset environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein each of the plurality of wireless transceivers is associated with a sensor monitoring a condition of an asset, and wherein each of the plurality of wireless transceivers is operable to provide an adjustable transmission power; and a sensor receiver communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of wireless transceivers, the sensor receiver operable to monitor the conditions of the assets by receiving transmissions from the plurality of wireless transceivers operating in a long range operating mode which adjusts a transmission power to a high output power; and wherein each of the plurality of wireless transceivers is operable to; in a long range operating mode which adjusts a transmission power to a high output power, communicate monitoring data associated with the condition of the asset to the sensor receiver; in the long range operating mode, communicate an alarm to the sensor receiver; in response to a signal from the sensor receiver, switch to operate in a localization operating mode, wherein the transmission power is set to a low output power; and wherein the sensor receiver is further operable to localize the sensor generating the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for localizing a bad condition in a crowded asset environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of assets, wherein each of the plurality of assets is associated with a sensor monitoring a condition of the asset; a plurality of wireless transceivers, each of the plurality of wireless transceivers associated with one or more of the sensors, and wherein each of the plurality of wireless transceivers is operable to provide an adjustable transmission power; wherein each of the plurality of wireless transceivers is operable to; in a long range operating mode which adjusts a transmission power to a high output power, communicate monitoring data associated with the condition of the asset to a sensor receiver; in the long range operating mode, communicate an alarm to the sensor receiver; in response to a signal from the sensor receiver, switch to operate in a localization operating mode, wherein the transmission power is set to a low output power; and in response to a second signal received from the sensor receiver once the sensor generating the alarm has been localized, return to operating in the long range operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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