Zebra Technologies Corporation

Zih Corporation

Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.

James J O'Hagan

Michael Andrew Wohl

Rodrigo Gregorio Alonso

Jill Stelfox

Anthony R Brown

Cynthia Traeger

David S Wisherd

John K Hughes

Clive Paul Hohberger

Daniel F Donato

Gene A Hofer

Dean Lodwig

Paul Weslake

Edward Anthony Richley

Belinda Turner

Aitan Ameti

Wolfgang M Strobel

Alexander Mueggenborg

David Austerlade

Mohannad Abdo

Karl Torchalski

Michael K Fein

John Olson

Robert A Grom

Eric W Liberato

Bob Kuehne

Robert Kuehne

John Huffman

Stuart Peter Hubbard

Tom D Bianculli

Rodrigo Alonso

Disclosed is a thermal transfer ribbon for use with a media processing device. The thermal transfer ribbon includes a carrier layer and a transfer layer operatively coupled to the carrier layer. The transfer layer includes an environmental indicator material encapsulated in a plurality of microcapsules. The plurality of microcapsules prevent the environmental indicator material from producing an observable effect in response to exposure to a predetermined environmental condition. The environmental indicator material is released from the plurality of microcapsules in response to the plurality of microcapsules being ruptured. After the environmental indicator material is released and exposed to the predetermined environmental condition, the environmental indicator material produces the observable effect. The observable effect results from a change in the environmental indicator material from an original state to a second state in response to the predetermined environmental condition.

Ribbon for use in producing printer activatable indicators

A method includes: transmitting, by a first radio frequency transceiver of a first device, a first signal; receiving, by the first radio frequency transceiver of the first device, a second signal in response to the first signal; determining a time value associated with the receiving of the second signal; determining that at least one of the time value or a distance value determined using the time value is less than or equal to a first threshold value, wherein the first threshold value is associated with the first device; and triggering a first output by a user interface component of the first device based on at least one of the time value or the distance value being less than or equal to the first threshold value.

Radio frequency proximity detection devices

A method, apparatus, and computer program product for collecting and displaying sporting event data based on real time data for proximity and movement of objects are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a plurality of multidimensional player location data per unit time comprising participant locations at calculated times; generating synchronized participant coordinate data by synchronizing the plurality of multidimensional player location per unit time based on timestamps associated with tag location data; and outputting the synchronized participant coordinate data for visualization rendering.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for collecting and displaying sporting event data based on real time data for proximity and movement of objects

A method for tracking a target within a field of view, includes: receiving, from an input device, a target identifier uniquely identifying the target; receiving, from an infrared camera, a sequence of images resulting from infrared radiation received from the target and comprising a first region of radiation received from the target at a first intensity and an adjacent region of radiation received from the field of view at a second intensity; detecting, in a reference image from the sequence, a mask defined by a border between the first region and the adjacent region; storing an association between the target identifier and the mask; detecting the mask in a further image from the sequence; and annotating the further image with the target identifier according to the stored association.

Dynamic image annotation using infrared-identifiable wearable articles

A method of object identification includes: capturing an image of an object having a material presenting surface artifacts; detecting a boundary within the captured image; selecting a portion of the image depicting the surface material within the boundary; based on the selected portion of the image, determining attributes of the surface artifacts; generating, based on the determined attributes of the surface artifacts, a physical identifier corresponding to the object; and storing the generated physical identifier.

Object identification using surface optical artifacts

Systems and methods for detecting an event within a monitored area are provided. A transmitter emits an RF interrogation signal into the monitored area. An RF target positioned within the monitored area reflects the interrogation signal as a target signal when the interrogation signal impinges on the RF target. The RF target has a switch actuatable by a user between a switch-state in which the RF target operates in a first reflective state, and a switch-state in which the RF target operates in a second reflective state. A receiver receives the target signal from the RF target. Based on the target signal received by the receiver, a processor can detect an indication of the reflective state in which the RF target is operating. The processor triggers an action in response to the indication of the reflective state in which the RF target is operating.

Passive call button and systems and methods associated therewith

An example method includes receiving an application device identifier from an application device associated with a location tag; receiving blink data from the location tag; calculating, using a processor, location data based on the blink data; in response to an event occurrence indication, generating, using the processor, a camera data request based on the location data and the event occurrence indication; transmitting the camera data request; and receiving camera data from the application device in response to the camera data request.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for enhancement of fan experience based on location data

An example method for providing enhanced event visualizations based on location data includes receiving, by a visualization processor, location data and sensor data for a plurality of participants; determining an impact indication for two or more participants of the plurality of participants based at least in part on the location data and sensor data; determining, by the visualization processor, a location of impact based on the impact indication and the location data and sensor data for the two or more participants; and generating an impact visualization interface configured to visually indicate impact data associated with the impact indication proximate the impact location.

Method, apparatus, and computer program for enhancement of event visualizations based on location data

An example method includes sensing, by a sensor of a mesh node, first sensor data; receiving, at the mesh node, second sensor data from an origin node, wherein the mesh node and the origin mode are different nodes; and in response to receiving an indication that the origin node is obstructed, transmitting, by the mesh node, the second sensor data.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product improving real time location systems with multiple location technologies

Provided are architectures, systems, methods, and computer program products for real-time object locating and position determination using frequency channel diversity for transmitting and receiving position determination signals including bursts of location signals. Channelized frequency diversity of a short burst of small location signals that 'hop' across multiple frequency channels is used to collectively produce a quasi-wideband position determination signal. Object tags operating with frequency channel diversity for transmitting location signals of position determination signals require low power consumption, but can still efficiently provide adequate position determination signals for reliable position determination.

Frequency channel diversity for real-time locating systems, methods, and computer program products

An example method includes determining that first locations of a first location tag and second locations of a second location tag indicate that the first location tag is moving at a different rate than the second location tag; and, in response to determining that the first and second locations indicate that the first location tag is moving at a different rate than the second location tag at a first time, determining a distance magnitude between the first location tag and the second location tag at the first time; comparing the distance magnitude to a reference distance; and determining, based on the comparing of the distance magnitude to the reference distance, whether the first and second locations indicate that a type of movement of an asset is rotational.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for employing a spatial association model in a real time location system

A method includes generating registration data, wherein the registration data comprises at least a tag-individual correlator and a status, receiving a status change indication, for at least one tag, wherein the at least one tag is identified by a tag unique identifier; correlating the tag unique identifier and the tag-individual correlator in the registration data; and updating the status in the registration data for the status change indication.

Methods and apparatus to correlate unique identifiers and tag-individual correlators based on status change indications

A method of generating dimensioning assist information for an item includes: obtaining data associated with a physical size of a graphical dimensioning aid associated with the item; generating dimensioning assist information by encoding the data into a machine-readable data object carried by the item. A method of dimensioning an item includes, at a dimensioning system: capturing an image of the item and the graphical dimensioning aid carried by the item; detecting an edge of the item within the captured image; determining a measurement of the edge; detecting the graphical dimensioning aid within the captured image; determining a measurement of the graphical dimensioning aid; decoding a physical size of the graphical dimensioning aid from a machine-readable data object carried by the item; and dimensioning the edge based on the measurement of the edge, the measurement of the graphical dimensioning aid, and the physical size.

Method, system and apparatus for dimensioning items

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for providing analytics using real time data on movement and proximity of tagged objects for determining play models and outputting events. In one embodiment, a method is provided for determining play data that at least includes correlating at least one tag to a participant; receiving blink data transmitted by the at least one tag; and determining tag location data based on the blink data. The method further includes receiving participant role data; comparing the tag location data to participant dynamics/kinetics models based at least in part on the participant role data; determining participant location data based on the comparing the tag location data to the participant dynamics/kinetics models.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for performance analytics determining play models and outputting events based on real-time data for proximity and movement of objects

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McHenry, IL, United States of America

James J O'Hagan