Motorola Corporation

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Symbol Technologies, LLC

Timothy J Collins

Patrick Lee Rakers

Richard Stanley Rachwalski

David P Gurney

Stephen Leigh Kuffner

Trent J Miller

Tyrone D Bekiares

Deborah Monks

Lawrence Edwin Connell

Michael Lee Bushman

Robert Perri

Bruce C Eastmond

Julius S Gyorfi

Swee Mean Mok

Tom Mathew

Donald B Lemersal, Jr

Deborah J Monks

Daniel Roman Gamota

Thomas S Messerges

Graham Marshall

Victor Allen Vega

Benjamin J Bekritsky

Pawitter Jit Mangat

Douglas A Kuhlman

Richard Mark Clayton

Krishna D Jonnalagadda

Krishna Kalyanasundaram

Joseph F Wodka

James Gerard Quaderer

Eric Rolse Buhrke

Andrew Merritt Khan

Noel S Massey

Young S Lee

Theodore Hockey

Dennis F Marvin

Benjamin Bekritsky

Anthony F Keller

Carl E Wojewoda

Mark Paul Lill

Michael Joseph Crowley

Katherine M Devanie

Michael K Bullock

Esha Bhargava

Andreas Schaller

Miles Randall Jackson

Sam Joseph DiRaimondo

Thomas S Babin

Daniel J Russell

Chuntao Zhang

Gregory Pucci

Dwight D Griffin

Heidi A Hattendorf

Benjamin J Benkritsky

Giuseppe Mario Diprizio

Graham G Marshall

Swee M Mok

Richard S Rachwalski

A communication system for workforce management is formed of a system controller managing a plurality of badges associated with workplace devices and employees within the workplace. The controller receives event indicators from the badges. These event indicators are analyzed by the controller to determine whether a task should be created and performed by at least one of the workplace devices and/or at least one of the employees. Task lists and device assignments are dynamically updated in response to current workplace conditions.

Method and apparatus for workforce management

A method, apparatus, and system for performing facial recognition utilizing large databases is provided herein. During operation a large database is quickly narrowed by determining an automobile attribute (e.g., a license plate number) and determining a registered owner and possibly an address based on the automobile attribute. The image database is narrowed based on the registered owner of the vehicle, and possibly the address of the registered owner.

Method, apparatus and system for performing facial recognition

Analytic and tracking systems and methods are described that use over-the-air identifiers (OTAIs) of mobile devices for tracking, dispatch, identification, etc. In particular, the analytic and tracking systems and methods can include various OTAI sensors that are communicatively coupled to a server and with one another. The OTAI sensors are configured to identify proximate mobile devices concurrent with at least one additional piece of information. The analytic and tracking systems and methods can process identified mobile devices and the additional pieces of information for a plurality of applications.

Analytic and tracking systems and methods using over-the-air identifiers of mobile devices

A route correlation method, an identification method, and a route correlation system determine an implicit relationship between two entities, i.e. two users with mobile devices, following dynamic, but similar paths or routes, but which otherwise lack an explicit relationship. Through this implicit relationship, the identity of one entity can be known to another. The route correlation method includes determining a route for a first mobile device, determining a route for each of a plurality of mobile devices, correlating the route for each of the plurality of mobile devices with the route for the first mobile device, identifying each of the plurality of mobile devices with their associated routes matching the route of the first mobile device, and associating each mobile device with an entity.

Systems and methods for correlating routes of mobile devices

A method and apparatus for identifying a suspect through location and time events is provided herein. During operation a central server continuously receives updates from multiple networks regarding device identifiers and associated access points. When an event (e.g., a crime) occurs at a certain location, an access point(s) near the event are identified and devices associated with the access point(s) at the time of the event are determined. The identified devices are then utilized to determine potential suspects.

Method and apparatus for identifying a suspect through multiple correlated device identities

Incoming audio from mobile devices can be centrally processed, where a server can filter background noise in real time, such as by using an XOR function. Instead of discarding the filtered noise, however, it can be processed in parallel to dynamically construct an acoustic map of the environment. The acoustic map can be generated from an aggregation of sound data from multiple devices positioned in a geographic environment. The acoustic map can be linked to a configurable set of rules, conditions, and events, which can cause dynamic adjustments to be made to a workforce task management system. For example, employee availability can be assessed using the acoustic map and workforce tasks can be assigned based in part upon this availability.

Task management in a workforce environment using an acoustic map constructed from aggregated audio

The present disclosure provides electronic communication systems and methods for real-time location and information coordination between multiple people, such as, for example, in the context of medical emergencies. Specifically, the systems and methods may include a mobile device, a method of operating mobile devices, and a system including a plurality of mobile devices communicatively coupled therebetween for real-time location and information synchronization. In an exemplary embodiment, the systems and methods may be utilized in a medical emergency situation, i.e. for triage, enabling coordination of emergency personnel in an efficient manner. By way of the systems and methods described herein, a common reference point geographically defined, data is gathered with location referenced to the common reference point, and personnel may select patients based on the real-time gathered information.

Electronic communication systems and methods for real-time location and information coordination

A security tag contains two parts. The contact (or lack thereof) of the two parts defines the operational state of the security tag. In one state, the security tag responds when a central control station runs a wireless security scan. In the other state, the tag does not respond. Thus the wireless security scan reveals the tag's operational state. If, for example, one part of the tag is affixed to a window, and the other part affixed to a flame of the window, then the two parts can be arranged so that they are in contact when the window is closed but not in contact when the window is open. A wireless scan of the tag thus reveals whether or not the window is open. In one embodiment, one part of the security tag includes an RFID circuit, and the other part includes an antenna.

Two-part security tag

A method and apparatus for determining a range within a wireless communication system is provided herein. The range information can then be used to locate a node (e.g., an asset tag). During operation, the minimum transmission power of a source transceiver (e.g., an RFID reader) that enables a tag to be detected will be used to indicate distance. Changes in transmit power will be used to indicate relative changes in distance to a particular node. The reader will be configured to always operate at a transmission power that will result in a certain percentage (e.g., 50%) detection rate for a target transceiver (e.g., an RFID asset tag). As the reader moves closer to the tag, the minimum detection power will decrease; as it moves farther from the tag, the minimum detection power will increase. This information is displayed to give a general change in range information between the RFID reader and the asset tag (e.g., increasing range or decreasing range). An individual will be able to easily locate the asset tag by using the displayed information.

Method and apparatus for determining range information of a node in a wireless system

An apparatus system, and techniques for detecting temperature change are disclosed. The system includes a temperature sensitive antenna that can be included in an RFID tag device. The antenna is associated with a temperature sensitive material that, upon being exposed to a particular temperature level over a time interval, causes at least one of a change in the resonance frequency of the antenna and change in antenna signal strength (e.g., antenna gain). An RFID reader is also provided that sends commands to the tag device and determines the existence of a temperature change based on a comparison of signal strengths received on different frequencies from the antenna.

RFID tag device with temperature sensitive antenna

Disclosed is a method for a scanning device to tell its user how to best orient the scanning device to scan a target location. The user approaches the target location and initiates a scan. The results of the scan are analyzed and compared to information about the target location. Based on the analysis, the user is told how to re-orient the scanning device, if that is necessary to achieve an acceptable re-scan of the target location. In a preferred embodiment, a screen on the scanning device presents a two-dimensional map based on the scan results and on the known relative locations of the target location and of nearby non-target locations. Locations on the map are highlighted to tell the user the results of the scan and to direct him to re-orient the scanning device if necessary.

Orienting a scanning device with respect to a target location

A method and apparatus are described for facilitation of radio frequency (RF) communication between a radio frequency identification (RFID) device and RFID tags for a conveyer system. The RFID device is positioned in proximity of the conveyor system. At least one conductive surface is coupled to the RFID device. The conveyer system transports articles, at least one which has one or more associated RFID tags. The conveyer system is operated such that the articles are brought in contact with the at least one conductive surface. The RFID device, the at least one conductive surface and one or more of the associated RFID tags are capacitively coupled allowing RF signals to be communicated between RFID device and the one or more associated RFID tags. This enables data to be electronically read from the one or more associated RFID tags.

Method and apparatus for tracking items on a conveyer using capacitive RFID

A source device () receives a carrier signal and continuously monitors the carrier signal for a first predetermined condition and a second predetermined condition. The source device () transmits data if the first predetermined condition is satisfied. The source device () ceases transmission of data if the first predetermined condition subsequently is not satisfied or if a second predetermined condition is satisfied.

Method and device for enabling and disabling group transmissions

An identifier of choice is correlated () with a predetermined task that potentially comprises a plurality of discrete human-enabled events. At least some of these discrete human-enabled events are then associated () with a corresponding capacitively-coupled radio frequency identification tag and the identifier then used () to monitor effectuation of the predetermined task. By one approach this monitoring comprises, at least in part, monitoring human-based task effectuation events via the capacitively-coupled radio frequency identification tags.

Radio frequency identification tag-based task effectuation method and apparatus

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Homer Glen, IL, United States of America

Timothy J Collins