US 12,270,922 B2
Tool tracking device with multiple and application settable beacon transmission rates
Anthony Davis, Brookfield, WI (US); Erik W. Jefferson, Milwaukee, WI (US); David R. Perreault, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); Mark A. Gellings, Slinger, WI (US); and Christopher J. Burkhardt, Brookfield, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/416,401.
Application 18/416,401 is a continuation of application No. 17/051,502, granted, now 11,879,987, previously published as PCT/US2020/046105, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/886,124, filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151801 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 5/0027 (2013.01) [G01S 2205/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tracking system comprising:
a locator beacon including:
a first wireless transmitter; and
one or more first electronic processors, the one or more first electronic processors configured to:
transmit repeatedly, via the first wireless transmitter, a first beacon signal through a first number of transmission repetitions spaced at a first repeat interval, wherein the first beacon signal includes a first beacon identification,
transmit repeatedly, via the first wireless transmitter, a first advertising signal through a second number of transmission repetitions at a second repeat interval, wherein the first advertising signal includes an identifier that provides identification of the locator beacon,
transmit repeatedly, via the first wireless transmitter, a second beacon signal through a third number of transmission repetitions spaced at a third repeat interval, wherein the third repeat interval is different than the first repeat interval, wherein the second beacon signal includes a second beacon identification different than the first beacon identification, and wherein at least one of the first number of transmission repetitions occurs between at least two of the third number of transmission repetitions, and
transmit repeatedly, via the first wireless transmitter, a second advertising signal through a fourth number of transmission repetitions at a fourth repeat interval, wherein the second advertising signal includes the identifier that provides identification of the locator beacon; and
a wireless device including:
a second wireless transmitter, and
one or more second electronic processors, the one or more second electronic processors configured to:
activate, in response to the first beacon signal being received by the wireless device, a location logging application including a location application function,
log a location of the locator beacon by the location application function in response to the first advertising signal being received by the wireless device,
activate, in response to the second beacon signal being received by the wireless device, the location logging application including the location application function, and
log the location of the locator beacon by the location application function in response to the second advertising signal being received by the wireless device.