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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Boston, MA (US);
Hendrik F. Hamann, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Levente Klein, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Theodore G. van Kessel, Millbrook, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking objects in a two-dimensional space includes first tracking devices that are activated to read tagged objects within the reading ranges of the first tracking devices. Second tracking devices are activated to read tagged objects within the reading ranges of the second tracking devices. The tagged objects read by each first tracking device are compared to the tagged objects read by each second tracking device, and based on the locations of the tagged objects read by the first and second tracking devices, the locations of the tagged objects are determined.