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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Nigel Peter Hanson, Christchurch, NZ;
Inventor:
Nigel Peter Hanson, Christchurch, NZ;
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G06K 17/00 (2013.01); G06K 2017/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, device and methods are provided for tracking objects, such as shipping containers and other movable items. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an object based on detection of an object identification tag and detecting a marker during transport of the object, wherein detection of the marker includes determining location data of the marker. The method may further include storing position data for the object based on the location data of the marker, and outputting the position data for the object.