Article locating and tracking apparatus and method
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1. A system for tracking a plurality of movable assets in a healthcare environment, the system comprising:
- a plurality of badges, each badge of the plurality of badges including a transmitter, the badge being adapted to be coupled to an asset, and the badge being configured to transmit an identification signal identifying the badge; and
a locating system configured to receive the identification signal from the respective badge and to determine a location of the asset in the healthcare environment including a height associated with the asset based at least in part on the identification signal, the locating system being further configured to determine if the height of the asset is an expected height.
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Abstract
An activity based monitoring system is disclosed, the activity based monitoring system being configured to monitor a plurality of badges associated with a plurality of assets within a healthcare facility.
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1. A system for tracking a plurality of movable assets in a healthcare environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of badges, each badge of the plurality of badges including a transmitter, the badge being adapted to be coupled to an asset, and the badge being configured to transmit an identification signal identifying the badge; and a locating system configured to receive the identification signal from the respective badge and to determine a location of the asset in the healthcare environment including a height associated with the asset based at least in part on the identification signal, the locating system being further configured to determine if the height of the asset is an expected height. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for tracking a plurality of movable assets in a healthcare facility, the system comprising:
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a plurality of badges, each badge of the plurality of badges including a transmitter, the badge being adapted to be coupled to an asset, and the badge being configured to transmit an identification signal identifying the badge, a first badge being associated with a first movable asset; a locating system configured to receive the identification signal from the first badge and to determine a location of the first movable asset in the healthcare facility based at least in part on the identification signal received from the first badge; and at least one portable device, the portable device including a controller, a display, a memory, an input device, and a transceiver, the portable device being configured to generate a request signal to be received by the locating system requesting the location of the first movable asset in the healthcare facility, to receive a location signal from the locating system indicating the location of the first movable asset and to provide appropriate directions to a first location in the healthcare facility based on the location of the first movable asset. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A system for tracking a plurality of movable assets in a healthcare facility, the system comprising:
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a plurality of badges, each badge of the plurality of badges including a transmitter, the badge being adapted to be coupled to an asset, and the badge being configured to transmit an identification signal identifying the badge, a first badge being associated with a first movable asset; a locating system configured to receive the identification signal from the first badge and to determine a location of the first movable asset in the healthcare facility based at least in part on the identification signal received from the first badge; and a virtual facility interface including a display and an input device, wherein the virtual facility interface presents a virtual facility including a map of the facility and representations of various assets each having a badge associated therewith, the representations being positioned within the virtual facility based on the location information determined by the locating system for each asset, at least the first asset including multiple representations including a first representation corresponding to a first status and a second representation corresponding to a second status. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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