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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Boris Leonid Sheikman, Minden, NV (US);
Raymond Verle Jensen, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/22 (2006.01); H04Q 1/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); B60R 22/48 (2006.01); G08B 5/38 (2006.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); B60R 22/48 (2013.01); G01S 5/00 (2013.01); G01S 5/0054 (2013.01); G01S 5/0226 (2013.01); G01S 5/12 (2013.01); G08B 5/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/006 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for determining the location of wireless sensors are disclosed. The system may generally include a plurality of wireless sensor nodes communicatively coupled to a plurality of sensing devices. Additionally, the system may include a paging device configured to wirelessly transmit a page command to at least one of the wireless sensor nodes. Further, the paging device may receive a position indicator as a text string indicating a location of at least one of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes.