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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
May. 09, 2022
Isolynx, Llc, Haverhill, MA (US);
Douglas J. DeAngelis, Ipswich, MA (US);
Edward G. Evansen, West Newbury, MA (US);
Gerard M. Reilly, Newton, MA (US);
Brian D. Rhodes, Andover, MA (US);
Joseph M. Gaudreau, Lowell, MA (US);
Kirk M. Sigel, Ithaca, NY (US);
Alexander T. Farkas, Chatham, MA (US);
Isolynx, LLC, Haverhill, MA (US);
Abstract
A method optimizes an object tracking system that uses receivers to receive beacon signals, or pings, from tracking tags that are attached to objects. An optimizer receives locations of the tracking tags and groups identifiers of the tracking tags into two or more sets. The first set identifies tracking tags that are attached to objects involved in a situation of interest. The optimizer determines a first receiver group based on the locations of tracking tags in the first set and the locations of the receivers. The optimizer determines a center of a smallest three-dimensional polygon bounding the locations of tracking tags in the first set. An antenna of each receiver in the first receiver group is then steered to point towards the center of the polygon while a number of receiver events per second generated by the receiver for tracking tags in the first set increases.