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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2016
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bernd Schoner, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ravikanth Pappu, Cambridge, MA (US);
John Biondo, Thornton, CO (US);
Peter Fredriksson, Sollentuna, SE;
Linda Chase, Littleton, CO (US);
Alan Sharp, Superior, CO (US);
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking an entity is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of messages conveying an identification of an entity are received using a wireless identification component. A geographic location of the wireless identification component is determined by a position determining component wherein the geographic location describes a respective geographic location of the wireless identification component when each of the plurality of messages is received. A geographic position of the entity is determined based upon a known spatial relationship between the position determining component and the wireless identification component.