Location monitoring via implanted radio transmitter
First Claim
1. An open-loop internal monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of internal radio transmitters, each said internal radio transmitter being implanted in a human for transmitting a plurality of signal pulses, each said signal pulse being encoded with at least information uniquely identifying one said internal radio transmitter;
a plurality of external radio receivers each having a corresponding clock, with said clocks associated with said external radio receivers being synchronized, each said external radio receiver for receiving each of said plurality of signal pulses transmitted by each of said plurality of internal radio transmitters and for generating from each said received signal pulse a plurality of data including at least (1) a time-of-arrival of when said signal pulse was received by said external radio receiver, the time-of-arrival being generated in accordance with said synchronized clock of said external radio receiver and (2) said internal radio transmitter identifying information decoded from said received signal pulse by said external radio receiver;
a central processor for (1) estimating a location for each said internal radio transmitter, and thus for each said human, in accordance with the time-of-arrival generated by each of said plurality of external radio receivers, (2) storing, for each said human, authorized or unauthorized areas to which said human is assigned, (3) determining an event of whether the estimated location is within said authorized area or said unauthorized area assigned to any one of said humans and stored in said central processor, and (4) notifying a monitor of said central processor upon occurrence of said event; and
a plurality of relays, each relay for relaying said plurality of data from each said external radio receiver to said central processor.
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An open-loop internal monitoring system comprising (a) a plurality of internal radio transmitters, each being implanted in a human for transmitting a plurality of signal pulses, each pulse being encoded with unique identifying information; (b) a plurality of external radio receivers each having a corresponding clock, for receiving each of the plurality of signal pulses transmitted by each of the plurality of internal radio transmitters and for generating from each received signal pulse a plurality of data including at least a time-of-arrival generated in accordance with the synchronized clock of the external radio receiver and the internal radio transmitter identifying information; and (c) a central processor for (1) estimating a location for each internal radio transmitter in accordance with the time-of-arrival, (2) storing, for each human, authorized or unauthorized areas to which the human is assigned, (3) determining an event of whether the estimated location is within the authorized area or the unauthorized area assigned to any one of the humans and stored in the central processor, and (4) notifying a monitor of the central processor upon occurrence of the event.
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16 Claims
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1. An open-loop internal monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of internal radio transmitters, each said internal radio transmitter being implanted in a human for transmitting a plurality of signal pulses, each said signal pulse being encoded with at least information uniquely identifying one said internal radio transmitter; a plurality of external radio receivers each having a corresponding clock, with said clocks associated with said external radio receivers being synchronized, each said external radio receiver for receiving each of said plurality of signal pulses transmitted by each of said plurality of internal radio transmitters and for generating from each said received signal pulse a plurality of data including at least (1) a time-of-arrival of when said signal pulse was received by said external radio receiver, the time-of-arrival being generated in accordance with said synchronized clock of said external radio receiver and (2) said internal radio transmitter identifying information decoded from said received signal pulse by said external radio receiver; a central processor for (1) estimating a location for each said internal radio transmitter, and thus for each said human, in accordance with the time-of-arrival generated by each of said plurality of external radio receivers, (2) storing, for each said human, authorized or unauthorized areas to which said human is assigned, (3) determining an event of whether the estimated location is within said authorized area or said unauthorized area assigned to any one of said humans and stored in said central processor, and (4) notifying a monitor of said central processor upon occurrence of said event; and a plurality of relays, each relay for relaying said plurality of data from each said external radio receiver to said central processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An internal monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of internal radio transmitters and substance monitoring units respectively electrically connected thereto, the substance monitoring units detecting the presence of a predetermined amount of a predetermined substance in said human, each said internal radio transmitter and substance monitoring unit being implanted in a respective human for transmitting a plurality of signal pulses, each said signal pulse being encoded with at least (i) information uniquely identifying one said internal radio transmitter and (ii) information regarding the detection by said substance monitoring unit of the predetermined substance; a plurality of external radio receivers each having a corresponding clock, with said clocks associated with said external radio receivers being synchronized, each said external radio receiver for receiving each of said plurality of signal pulses transmitted by each of said plurality of internal radio transmitters and for generating from each said received signal pulse a plurality of data including at least (1) a time-of-arrival of when said signal pulse was received by said external radio receiver, the time-of-arrival being generated in accordance with said synchronized clock of said external radio receiver, (2) said internal radio transmitter identifying information decoded from said received signal pulse by said external radio receiver, and (3) information regarding the detection by said substance monitoring unit of the predetermined substance; a central processor for (1) estimating a location for each said internal radio transmitter, and thus for each said human, in accordance with the time-of-arrival generated by each of said plurality of external radio receivers, (2) storing, for each said human, authorized or unauthorized areas to which said human is assigned, (3) determining an event of whether the estimated location is within said authorized area or said unauthorized area assigned to any one of said humans and stored in said central processor, (4) notifying a monitor of said central processor upon occurrence of said event, (5) storing, for each said human, a list of authorized or unauthorized substances and quantities thereof, (6) comparing the information regarding the detection by said substance monitoring unit of the predetermined substance with the list of authorized or unauthorized substances and quantities thereof, and (7) notifying the monitor of said central processor in accordance with the comparison; and a plurality of relays, each relay for relaying said plurality of data from each said external radio receiver to said central processor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An internal monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of internal radio transmitters, each said internal radio transmitter being implanted in a human for transmitting a plurality of signal pulses, each said signal pulse being encoded with at least information uniquely identifying one said internal radio transmitter; a plurality of external radio receivers each having a corresponding clock, with said clocks associated with said external radio receivers being synchronized, each said external radio receiver for receiving each of said plurality of signal pulses transmitted by each of said plurality of internal radio transmitters and for generating from each said received signal pulse a plurality of data including at least (1) a time-of-arrival of when said signal pulse was received by said external radio receiver, the time-of-arrival being generated in accordance with said synchronized clock of said external radio receiver and (2) said internal radio transmitter identifying information decoded from said received signal pulse by said external radio receiver; a central processor for (1) estimating a location for each said internal radio transmitter, and thus for each said human, in accordance with the time-of-arrival generated by each of said plurality of external radio receivers, (2) storing, for each said human, authorized or unauthorized areas to which said human is assigned, (3) determining an event of whether the estimated location is within said authorized area or said unauthorized area assigned to any one of said humans and stored in said central processor, and (4) notifying a monitor of said central processor upon occurrence of said event; and a plurality of relays, each relay for relaying said plurality of data from each said external radio receiver to said central processor.
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