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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:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Televic Healthcare NV, Izegem, BE;
Inventors:
Pieter Crombez, Torhout, BE;
John Gesquiere, Poperinge, BE;
Assignee:
Televic Healthcare NV, Izegem, BE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/74 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01V 15/00 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01V 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); G01S 5/0294 (2013.01); G01S 13/74 (2013.01); G01V 15/00 (2013.01); G07C 9/00111 (2013.01); G01V 3/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention pertains to a method for detecting a tag () in an area monitored by one or more beacons (), the tag () comprising a magnetic induction module () and a transmitter (), the method comprising the following steps at said tag: receiving, by means of said magnetic induction module, a first beacon message as variations in a magnetic field, said first beacon message comprising beacon information; extracting said beacon information from said first beacon message; and conditionally on said beacon information, transmitting a localisation message by means of said transmitter ().