US 12,450,454 B2
Systems and methods for monitoring loading of cargo onto a transport vehicle
Hendrik J Volkerink, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Ajay Khoche, West San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Trackonomy Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,751.
Application 17/944,972 is a division of application No. 17/069,651, filed on Oct. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,487,958, issued on Nov. 1, 2022.
Application 18/144,751 is a continuation of application No. 17/944,972, filed on Sep. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,687,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,537, filed on Oct. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020495 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)
CPC G06K 7/10445 (2013.01) [G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless tracking tag, comprising:
a battery;
an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) out receiver implementing a first wireless communication protocol;
a processor; and
memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
control the ADS-B out receiver to (a) receive a first ADS-B out signal transmitted by a first transport vehicle, (b) receive a second ADS-B out signal transmitted by a second transport vehicle, different from the first transport vehicle, and (c) receive a third ADS-B out signal transmitted by a third transport vehicle, different from both the first transport vehicle and the second transport; and
associate, with the wireless tracking tag, a location included in a selected ADS-B out signal of the first ADS-B out signal, the second ADS-B out signal, and the third ADS-B out signal, the selected ADS-B out having a greatest signal strength out of the first ADS-B out signal, the second ADS-B out signal, and the third ADS-B out signal.