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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2008
Applicants:

Henrik Holm, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Steve D. Huseth, Plymouth, MN (US);

Andrew G. Berezowski, Wallingford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Henrik Holm, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Steve D. Huseth, Plymouth, MN (US);

Andrew G. Berezowski, Wallingford, CT (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system includes an asset tag associated with an asset, the asset tag having a motion sensor to detect a movement of the asset. The system also includes a plurality of readers, each reader receiving one or more signals from the asset tag and measuring a distance between the asset tag and the reader based on the signals. The system further includes a controller receiving a measured distance from each of the plurality of readers and determining a location of the asset based on the measured distances.


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