	US 12,260,285 B2
	Underground, sub-surface and surface monitoring technology and asynchronous distributed system
John C. Bonardelli, Montreal (CA); and Marc-André Larin, Montreal (CA)
Appl. No. 18/280,726
Filed by NESTING SAFE INC., Montreal (CA)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CA2022/050350 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/187960, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,192, filed on Mar. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0303448 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)

CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A data collecting system comprising:

at least one tag device comprising a battery, a memory, a transceiver, a controller, and at least one sensor, the tag device being adapted for:

generating and transmitting a beacon signal;

storing the data in memory when no reception signal is received within a first time lapse; and

entering an idle mode for a second time lapse during which the at least one tag device is unable to detect signals;

and

a bridge device comprising a controller and a transceiver, the bridge device being adapted for:

receiving, tether-free from the at least one tag device, the beacon signal; and

transmitting the reception signal in response to the beacon signal.