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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Mobile Aspects, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Muhammad R. Rahim, Monroeville, PA (US);
Khang Nguyen Le, Murrieta, CA (US);
Timur P. Sriharto, Monroeville, PA (US);
Pribadi Kardono, Monroeville, PA (US);
Suneil Mandava, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mobile Aspects, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An item storage and tracking unit for holding a plurality of discrete items may include a housing including a plurality of receptacles positioned therein and defining a plurality of associated inner areas. A signal emitting device is associated with at least one item and configured to emit a signal. At least one movement sensor and/or at least one weight sensor may be associated with each receptacle of the plurality of receptacles. At least one signal receiving arrangement is associated with each receptacle and configured to scan at least a portion of the inner area of the associated receptacle for the signal emitted from the signal emitting device associated with the at least one item. The scan is initiated at least partly in response to a determination by the at least one movement sensor, the at least one weight sensor, and/or an antenna associated with the associated receptacle.