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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Zih Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Matthew James Cannell, Glen Allen, VA (US);
David Nguyen, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Edward Geiger, San Martin, CA (US);
Mahender Vangati, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Woodburn, Cupertino, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
ZIH Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
Beacon devices and associated components, methods, etc., are disclosed. An example beacon device includes a memory, a communication interface, and a processor to execute instructions with respect to configuration information to control the communication interface and operation of the processor based on a mode in which the beacon device is set to operate, the processor to dynamically transition among a plurality of modes based on an operating condition of the beacon device and a communication received from at least one of the receiver or the controller. In certain examples, the plurality of modes includes a configuration mode and a broadcast mode. When in the configuration mode, the operation of the processor is to process the communication received from the controller to adjust the configuration information. When in the broadcast mode, the operation of the processor is to generate a beacon signal to transmit to at least one of the receiver or the controller via the communication interface.