Systems and methods for location of objects
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1. A camera assembly unit comprisingan optical block;
- a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from an antenna an RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device; and
a differential antenna apparatus comprising said antenna, said differential antenna apparatus being configured to receive and provide said RF signal comprising said RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device to said RF receiver;
wherein said camera assembly unit is configured to use said optical block to scan a location of said RF signal transmitted by said RFID device while receiving said RF signal from said differential antenna apparatus based on said RF signal received by said differential antenna apparatus; and
wherein said camera assembly unit is further configured to provide a visual image signal corresponding to one or more null line of sight (LOS) positions of said optical block of said camera assembly.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that may be employed to visually locate and/or track objects equipped with active RFID tags. The disclosed systems and methods may employ an articulated camera/s, such as closed circuit television (“CCTV”) or other suitable type of articulated camera/s, that is equipped with an antenna array.
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1. A camera assembly unit comprising
an optical block; -
a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from an antenna an RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device; and a differential antenna apparatus comprising said antenna, said differential antenna apparatus being configured to receive and provide said RF signal comprising said RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device to said RF receiver; wherein said camera assembly unit is configured to use said optical block to scan a location of said RF signal transmitted by said RFID device while receiving said RF signal from said differential antenna apparatus based on said RF signal received by said differential antenna apparatus; and wherein said camera assembly unit is further configured to provide a visual image signal corresponding to one or more null line of sight (LOS) positions of said optical block of said camera assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A camera assembly comprising
an optical block; -
an embedded RF antenna; wherein said embedded RF antenna is configured to receive a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device; and an embedded RF receiver, wherein said embedded RF receiver is configured to receive from said embedded RF antenna a RF signal comprising said RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device; wherein said camera assembly unit is configured to use said optical block to scan a location of said RF signal transmitted by said RFID device while receiving said RF signal from said embedded RF antenna based on said RF signal received by said embedded RF antenna; and wherein said camera assembly unit is further configured to provide a visual image signal corresponding to one or more null line of sight (LOS) positions of said optical block of said camera assembly. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of aligning an optical block of a camera assembly with an RFID device, comprising:
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providing a camera assembly unit comprising an optical block and a RF receiver, said RF receiver being configured to receive from an antenna an RF signal comprising a RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device; receiving a RFID broadcast transmitted by a RFID device, said RFID broadcast being received by said RF receiver from said antenna; aligning said optical block of said camera assembly with said RFID device based on said RFID broadcast received by said RF receiver from said antenna;
wherein aligning said optical block comprises scanning a location of said RFID broadcast transmitted by said RFID device while receiving said RFID broadcast based on said RFID broadcast received by said RF receiver from said antenna; andproviding a visual image signal corresponding to one or more null line of sight (LOS) positions of said optical block of said camera assembly. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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