US 12,190,193 B2
Indoor tag location detection system
Rom Eizenberg, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Kontakt.io Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Kontakt.io Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,634.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,899, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196785 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [G01S 5/02526 (2020.05); G01S 5/02585 (2020.05); G01S 5/0284 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A location-determination system comprising:
an augmented localization device including:
a transmitter configured to transmit a RoomID identifying a room associated with the augmented localization device;
a thermal camera configured to determine a heat signature of the room;
a sensor array configured to determine characteristics of the room;
a controller configured to determine an occupancy of the room from the heat signature; and
a housing holding the transmitter, the thermal camera, the sensor array, and the controller; and
a server that:
receives a tracking packet that includes the RoomID and an identifier of a mobile device;
receives the occupancy of the room from the augmented localization device; and
determines a location of the mobile device using the identifier of the mobile device, the RoomID, and the occupancy of the room.