Systems and methods for location-aware imaging devices
First Claim
1. A method for tracking location of a plurality of imaging devices in a computing system environment, comprising:
- receiving, at a first imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices, at least one broadcast signal from at least one other imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices;
generating position data associated with the at least one other imaging device using the received at least one broadcast signal;
transmitting the position data from the first imaging device, to a server, wherein the server creates a multi-dimensional map of initial locations of each of the at least one other imaging device relative to the first imaging device based on the position data;
upon movement of the at least one other imaging device from the initial location to a second location, receiving at the first imaging device another broadcast signal from the at least one other imaging device at the second location;
generating second position data associated with the at least one other imaging device;
transmitting the second position data from the first imaging device to the server; and
redrawing the multi-dimensional map to show the new location of the at least one other imaging device at the second location.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for tracking locations of a plurality of devices includes initializing a server with a site floor plan, receiving ranging information transmitted by one or more devices of the plurality of devices at the server, creating a multi-dimensional map of locations of the plurality of devices based on ranging information using a location engine, and calibrating the multi-dimensional map of locations to the site floor plan calibrated with geospatial coordinates. Upon movement of a device from a first to a second location, ranging information changes between devices and maps, relative locations and absolute locations are updated.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for tracking location of a plurality of imaging devices in a computing system environment, comprising:
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receiving, at a first imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices, at least one broadcast signal from at least one other imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices; generating position data associated with the at least one other imaging device using the received at least one broadcast signal; transmitting the position data from the first imaging device, to a server, wherein the server creates a multi-dimensional map of initial locations of each of the at least one other imaging device relative to the first imaging device based on the position data; upon movement of the at least one other imaging device from the initial location to a second location, receiving at the first imaging device another broadcast signal from the at least one other imaging device at the second location; generating second position data associated with the at least one other imaging device; transmitting the second position data from the first imaging device to the server; and redrawing the multi-dimensional map to show the new location of the at least one other imaging device at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for tracking location of a plurality of imaging devices, comprising:
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initializing a server with a site floor plan; receiving, at the server, ranging information transmitted by one or more imaging devices of the plurality of imaging devices; creating a multi-dimensional map of initial locations of the plurality of imaging devices based on ranging information; calibrating the multi-dimensional map of initial locations to the site floor plan; upon movement of one of the imaging devices from an initial location to a second location, receiving second ranging information at the server from the one or more imaging devices; and updating the multi-dimensional map to show the second location of the one of the imaging devices. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for self-locating imaging devices in an imaging environment, comprising:
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a plurality of imaging devices equipped with radio transceivers to allow each of the plurality of imaging devices to communicate with each other via radio signals and calculate distance estimations relative to each other based on the radio signals exchanged with each other; and a server connected to the plurality of imaging devices, the server operative to receive the distance estimations from the plurality of imaging devices, and create a multi-dimensional map of locations of the plurality of imaging devices based on the calculated distance estimations, including being operative to receive second or more distance estimations from the plurality of imaging devices to update the multi-dimensional map to show movement of locations of at least one imaging device from an initial to a second location. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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