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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
Salvador E. Chavez, Somerset, NJ (US);
David J. Delia, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Wayne M. Delia, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Salvador E. Chavez, Somerset, NJ (US);
David J. Delia, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Wayne M. Delia, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a plurality of objects in motion (OIMs) along a static route using a plurality of sensory detection devices, the static route having a plurality of route portions, each route portion having an entering boundary and an exiting boundary, at least one OIM being a designated OIM and having a tag indicating the location of the designated OIM along the route, the system comprising a plurality of sensory detection devices corresponding to the plurality of route portions for monitoring activity in each of the plurality of route portions and for providing monitor output representing activity within each of the plurality of route portions, a plurality of data stores corresponding to each of the plurality of route portions for receiving and storing the monitor output for each of the plurality of route portions, and a plurality of location detectors communicative with the tag of the designated OIM for identifying the location of the designated OIM, each location detector providing output when the designated OIM is located within a route portion.