US 11,853,833 B2
Tracking and analysis devices and systems for tracking workflow assets
Mohammed Alobaidi, Kokomo, IN (US)
Assigned to Green Cubes Technology, LLC, Kokomo, IN (US)
Filed by Green Cubes Technology, LLC, Kokomo, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/892,618.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,258, filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0387680 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); G06Q 10/0633 (2023.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10099 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10475 (2013.01); G06K 19/07713 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0633 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for optimizing workflow operations by tracking a workflow asset, comprising:
at least two movable tracking beacons, each moveable tracking beacon attached to a separate mobile workflow asset, each moveable tracking beacon comprising:
a Bluetooth module configured to communicate with other Bluetooth devices within range;
an accelerometer for measuring movement and acceleration of the attached workflow asset; and
a battery for charging the Bluetooth module and the accelerometer; and
three or more fixed tracking beacons configured for placement around a workflow environment, each of the three or more fixed tracking beacons having at least a beacon battery and a beacon Bluetooth module therein, and configured to repeatedly send out Bluetooth signals;
wherein the three or more fixed tracking beacons are placed close enough together to ensure full Bluetooth signal coverage of the workflow environment and prevent any gaps that are not able to receive a signal such that a tracking and analysis device can receive a Bluetooth signal sent from any of the three or more fixed tracking beacons regardless of location within the workflow environment to determine the location of itself; and
the tracking and analysis device in Bluetooth communication with the at least two movable tracking beacons and configured to determine a location of the at least two movable tracking beacons and the attached mobile workflow assets present within the workflow environment by analyzing signal strength(s) of the Bluetooth signals received from the at least two moveable tracking beacons;
wherein the tracking and analysis device comprises a tracking beacon therein;
wherein the tracking and analysis device is configured to determine based on the Bluetooth signals received by the tracking and analysis device from the at least two moveable tracking beacons, that at least one asset should be deployed to another area; and
wherein the data from the tracking and analysis device is relayed back to a central control administrator or processor to redirect one of the mobile workflow assets to another area of the workflow environment in real time to optimize workflow operations.