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Patent US10401471
Issued 2019-09-03
Object Tracking Method And System
A system for tracking at least one object configured to be transported by at least one vehicle may include at least one computer system. The at least one computer system may be configured to determine at least one location of the at least one vehicle and determine at least one location of the at least one object. The at least one computer system may be further configured to determine at least one location of at least one geofence adjacent the at least one vehicle based on the at least one location of the at least one vehicle. Also, the at least one computer system may be configured to determine whether the at least one object is located within the at least one geofence to determine whether a load of the at least one vehicle includes the at least one object.
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- 1. A system for tracking objects, comprising:
a computer system configured to:
receive data from a reader via a communication network, the data including information from a device associated with an object;
determine a location of the object based on the data received from the reader;
determine a location of an object transport vehicle based on data received from a device associated with the object transport vehicle;
generate a geofence surrounding the determined location of the object transport vehicle, a size of the geofence being based on a loading area of the object transport vehicle; and
determine whether the object is within the geofence based on the determined location of the object and at least one parameter of the geofence to determine whether the object has been loaded on the object transport vehicle.
- 19. A method for tracking an object configured to be transported by an object transport vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, using a computer system, data from a reader via a communication network, the data including information obtained from a device associated with the object; determining, using the computer system, a location of the object based on the data received from the reader; determining a location of the object transport vehicle based on data received from a device associated with the object transport vehicle; generating a geofence surrounding the determined location of the object transport vehicle, a size of the geofence being based on a loading area of the object transport vehicle; and determining whether the object is within the geofence based on the determined location of the object and at least one parameter of the geofence to determine whether the object has been loaded on the object transport vehicle.
- 20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for tracking objects, the method comprising:
receiving, using a computer system, data from a reader via a communication network, the data including information obtained from a device associated with the object; determining, using the computer system, a location of the object based on the data received from the reader; determining a location of an object transport vehicle based on data received from a device associated with the object transport vehicle; generating a geofence surrounding the determined location of the object transport vehicle, a size of the geofence being based on a loading area of the object transport vehicle; and determining whether the object is within the geofence based on the determined location of the object and at least one parameter of the geofence to determine whether the object has been loaded on the object transport vehicle.
