AUTONOMOUS TRACKING OF CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES USING SHORT RANGE WIRELESS BEACONS
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1. A system for tracking a construction vehicle at a construction site, comprising:
- a Bluetooth receiver located at the construction site for receiving a unique identifier code that is autonomously and repeatedly transmitted as a radio frequency signal by a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) transmit only beacon mounted on the construction vehicle, the Bluetooth receiver further configured to communicate the received BLE unique identifier code to a remote computer over a communications interface, the remote computer locating the construction vehicle using a known location of the Bluetooth receiver.
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Abstract
Described examples include a system for tracking a construction vehicle at a construction site. The system includes a Bluetooth receiver located at the construction site for receiving a unique identifier code transmitted by a Bluetooth beacon mounted on a construction vehicle, and the Bluetooth receiver is further configured to communicate the unique identifier code to a remote computer over a communications interface.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for tracking a construction vehicle at a construction site, comprising:
a Bluetooth receiver located at the construction site for receiving a unique identifier code that is autonomously and repeatedly transmitted as a radio frequency signal by a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) transmit only beacon mounted on the construction vehicle, the Bluetooth receiver further configured to communicate the received BLE unique identifier code to a remote computer over a communications interface, the remote computer locating the construction vehicle using a known location of the Bluetooth receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising;
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receiving at a Bluetooth enabled user device located in a construction site a unique identification code as a radio frequency signal that is repeatedly and autonomously transmitted from a transmit only Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon installed in a construction vehicle by receiving signals over a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) radio frequency communications interface; determining whether the received unique identification code corresponds to a known construction vehicle; responsive to determining the received unique identification code does not correspond to a known construction vehicle, prompting a user for an input indicating the BLE unique identification code corresponds to a new construction vehicle; and responsive to the user input, forwarding the received unique identification code to a remote computer, the remote computer locating the construction vehicle using a location of the Bluetooth receiver. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a Bluetooth enabled receiver located in a construction site coupled to an antenna for receiving Bluetooth low energy (BLE) signals that are autonomously and repeatedly transmitted from transmit only Bluetooth low energy beacons placed within construction vehicles; a programmable processor coupled to the Bluetooth enabled receiver and configured to receive a unique identification code associated with a construction vehicle from a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) signal received by the Bluetooth enabled receiver; and a transmitter coupled to a communications interface different from the Bluetooth low energy signals; wherein the programmable processor is further configured to transmit the received unique identification code using the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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