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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2008
Applicants:

Jim Riley, Rochester, NY (US);

Steve Markham, Rochester, NY (US);

Michael Marriam, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jim Riley, Rochester, NY (US);

Steve Markham, Rochester, NY (US);

Michael Marriam, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01); G01S 11/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/1427 (2013.01); G01S 5/14 (2013.01); G01S 11/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/023 (2013.01); G08B 21/0236 (2013.01); G08B 21/0247 (2013.01); G08B 21/0261 (2013.01); G01S 5/0231 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for tracking the object includes providing a motion detector on a first radio frequency device and detecting the motion of the first radio frequency device, transmitting radio frequency location signals from the first radio frequency device to a second radio frequency device with time intervals between the transmissions, decreasing the time intervals between the transmissions from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device in response to the detection of motion by the motion detector, and periodically determining a separation distance between the first radio frequency device and the second radio frequency device based on the radio frequency location signals transmitted from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device.


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