System and method for acquisition management of subject position information
First Claim
1. A method of providing position guidance to a subject with respect to an area, the method comprising:
- receiving via radio frequency signals position information from a position tag associated with a fixed location in the area, the position tag programmed via radio frequency signals with the position information by a remote programmer; and
directing movement of the subject within the area based upon the received position information.
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Abstract
A system and method for acquisition management of subject position information that utilizes radio frequency identification (RF ID) to store position information in position tags. Tag programmers receive position information from external positioning systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), from manual inputs, such as keypads, or other tag programmers. The tag programmers program each position tag with the received position information. Both the tag programmers and the position tags can be portable or fixed. Implementations include portable tag programmers and fixed position tags for subject position guidance, and portable tag programmers for collection sample labeling. Other implementations include fixed tag programmers and portable position tags for subject route recordation. Position tags can contain other associated information such as destination address of an affixed subject for subject routing.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of providing position guidance to a subject with respect to an area, the method comprising:
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receiving via radio frequency signals position information from a position tag associated with a fixed location in the area, the position tag programmed via radio frequency signals with the position information by a remote programmer; and directing movement of the subject within the area based upon the received position information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of routing a subject from an origination to a given destination through a network of nodes connected together by paths, the method comprising:
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programming by a remote programmer via radio frequency signals a position tag to store position information related to the given destination; affixing the position tag to the subject; requesting the position information of the given destination stored in the position tag when the subject reaches a node; receiving a continuous wave backscatter signal from the position tag including the position information; and when the node is not the given destination according to the received position information, sending the subject to another node according to the received position information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing position guidance to a subject with respect to an area, the area having position tags dispersed therein, the method comprising:
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programming by a remote programmer via radio frequency signals each of the position tags with position information associated with its fixed location, the position information including position coordinates relative to other fixed locations within the area; receiving via radio frequency signals position information from a position tag associated with a fixed location in the area; and directing movement of the subject within the area based upon the received position information.
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20. A position guidance system to provide guidance to a subject with respect to an area, the system comprising:
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means for programming a position tag associated with a fixed location in the area with position information via radio frequency signals; means for extracting position information from radio frequency signals sent by the position tag; and means for directing movement of the subject within the area based upon the extracted position information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A routing system to route a subject from an origination to a given destination through a network of nodes connected together by paths, the system comprising:
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remote means for programming, via radio frequency signals, a position tag affixed to the subject with position information related to the destination, the position tag being configured to store the position information; means for requesting the stored destination information from the position tag when the subject reaches a node; means for receiving a continuous wave backscatter signal from the position tag, the signal including the position information; and means for selectively sending the subject to another node based on the received position information. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for providing guidance to a subject with respect to an area, comprising:
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a plurality of position tags dispersed within respective fixed locations within the area; remote means for programming, via radio-frequency signals, the position tags with position information associated with their respective fixed location, the position information including position coordinates relative to other fixed locations within the area; means for receiving, via radio-frequency signals, position information from a position tag in the plurality of position tags; and means for directing movement of the subject within the area based on the received position information.
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