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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
David Terrance Becker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bruce L. Macdonald, Portage, MI (US);
Joseph E. Mroz, Hastings, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Christopher John Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard C. Mayoras, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Vivek Shankar, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jean-paul Dionne, Lévis, CA;
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Portage, MI (US);
David Terrance Becker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bruce L. MacDonald, Portage, MI (US);
Joseph E. Mroz, Hastings, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Christopher John Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard C. Mayoras, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Vivek Shankar, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jean-Paul Dionne, Lévis, CA;
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A location detection system includes a device that is mobile for positioning at a location and has a unique device ID. The device also has circuitry for controlling one or more functions of the device and includes a network interface. A location transmitting device is provided that is spaced from the device for communicating a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of the device to the device. The circuitry is operable to send device data, the unique device ID, and the unique location identifier from the device by way of the network interface.