US 11,748,705 B2
Automotive asset location management systems and methods
William Wappler, Green, OH (US); David Hampton, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Robert Fink, Hudson, OH (US); and Michael Curran, Canton, OH (US)
Assigned to Surgere, LLC, Uniontown, OH (US)
Filed by Surgere, LLC, Uniontown, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,269.
Application 17/966,269 is a continuation of application No. 16/130,241, filed on Sep. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,507,918.
Application 16/130,241 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/950,454, filed on Apr. 11, 2018, granted, now 11,138,553, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/685,484, filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/672,661, filed on May 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/559,016, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/485,236, filed on Apr. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051636 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.