US 12,011,073 B2
Article-identification-and-location device systems and methods of using same
Edward L. Hill, Conway, NH (US); YiFeng Xiong, Madbury, NH (US); Narasimhachary Nallana Chakravarty, Rollinsford, NH (US); Brian Martel, Farmington, NH (US); Marc Bujold, Stratham, NH (US); and Brett Bilbrey, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Position Imaging, Inc., Portsmouth, NH (US)
Filed by Position Imaging, Inc., Portsmouth, NH (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/588,993.
Application 17/588,993 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/398,038, filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Application 17/398,038 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/891,729, filed on Jun. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,107,337, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,059, filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151361 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 13/14 (2006.01); A45C 13/42 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 13/42 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0705 (2013.01); G06K 19/0708 (2013.01); G06K 19/0717 (2013.01); G06K 19/07707 (2013.01); G06K 19/07758 (2013.01); G06K 19/07786 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luggage tag comprising:
an electronic ink display screen;
memory storing an identifier;
an antenna adapted to receive an electromagnetic signal;
circuitry in communication with the electronic ink display and with the antenna, the circuitry being adapted to capture energy and acquire data from the electromagnetic signal received by the antenna, the circuitry powering the electronic ink display screen using the captured energy; and
a processor in communication with the circuitry and memory, the processor being configured to receive the data acquired by the circuitry from the electromagnetic signal, to process the data to switch to a mode from a plurality of different modes that the luggage tag operates in, to perform an action commensurate with the mode from a plurality of preset actions in response to processing the data, and to produce an image on the electronic ink display screen using the acquired data if the acquired data includes information that matches the identifier stored in the memory.