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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2017
Symbol Technologies, Llc, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Jimmy Chabra, Massapequa, NY (US);
Rehan K. Jaffri, New York, NY (US);
Charles G. Lauria, Miller Place, NY (US);
Thomas E. Wulff, Brookhaven, NY (US);
Sean Connolly, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Russell Calvarese, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, LLC, Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for locating a moving target in a venue and for capturing a sequenced timeline of target directed images is described. Target sensing stations having a wide-angle video camera, such as a 180° video camera, are positioned within the venue. Each sensing station includes a sensing unit, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) transceiver unit, that determines a location and/or direction of travel of the target. The sensing station correlates the RFID transceiver information with the wide-angle video camera to specifically filter and process a video stream from the camera, producing target directed image snapshots from the stream that are assembled at a centralized controller into the sequenced timeline images that may be used in monitoring target movement and to establish location chain for prevention of unauthorized movement.