CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10128 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. An automotive asset management system comprising:
a database in which location information to a plurality of designated regions is assigned, the location information defining a perimeter around each of the plurality of designed regions;
wherein in the database, unique location information is assigned to a plurality of designated areas nested within at least one designated region of the plurality of designated regions, each of the plurality of designated areas sized to receive a singular automotive asset therein;
a scanner configured to scan a passive transmitter tag affixed to the automotive asset during arrangement of the automotive asset within one designated region of the plurality of designated regions, wherein the passive transmitter tag has unique identification information, and the scanner is configured to scan from a perspective of a fixed scan point associated with the one designated region, the fixed scan point being one of a plurality of fixed scan points, each of the plurality of fixed scan points being associated with one of the plurality of designated regions;
wherein in the database, the unique identification information obtained from the scanned passive transmitter tag is associated with the one designated region based on which of the plurality of fixed scan points is associated with the scan of the passive transmitter tag; and
a mobile scanner configured to subsequently automatically scan the passive transmitter tag affixed to the automotive asset once the automotive asset is within a scanning range of the mobile scanner to obtain location information of the mobile scanner at a time the passive transmitter is scanned;
wherein, in the database, the automotive asset is associated with the designated area by a cross reference of the location information of the mobile scanner with the unique location information of the plurality of designated areas; and the database is searchable using information regarding the automotive asset.
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