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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Edward A. Richley, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Belinda Turner, Germantown, MD (US);
Aitan Ameti, Rockville, MD (US);
Jill Stelfox, San Jose, CA (US);
James J. O'Hagan, McHenry, IL (US);
Alexander Mueggenborg, Arlington, VA (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
An example disclosed method includes generating, by a microcontroller of a controller, a data packet; and causing the transmission of the data packet on blink data pulses from two or more individual transmit modules, wherein each individual transmit module is in comprises an antenna and a pulse generator configured to transmit the data packet and is in data communications with the controller, wherein the controller causes substantially simultaneous transmission of the blink data pulses from the respective transmit modules to encourage reliable receipt of the blink data pulses at one or more of a plurality of receivers.