US 12,450,547 B2
Printable tracking device
Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tampere (FI); and Peter Kueth, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/119,851.
Claims priority of application No. 19216045 (EP), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0182782 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0707 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06K 19/07758 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one antenna;
a positioning system;
a Radio Frequency (RF) filter;
a carrier; and
a printed memory;
wherein the carrier comprises the at least one antenna configured to observe signals that are then filtered by the RF filter, wherein the RF filter is formed by printing the RF filter on or to the apparatus, and wherein the at least one antenna is formed by printing the at least one antenna on or to the carrier;
wherein the carrier is attachable to an asset to be tracked and at least partially comprises paper or cardboard,
wherein the positioning system is configured to enable determining of at least one position estimate indicative of a current position of the apparatus,
wherein the at least one position estimate is determined, at least in part, based on one or more signals observable by the at least one antenna,
wherein the positioning system is configured to enable a first mode, comprising a terminal-assisted mode, and a second mode, comprising a terminal-based mode, for determining the at least one position estimate, and
wherein in the second mode the apparatus is configured to receive one or more pieces of radio map data, from a remote server, corresponding to an area of interest around the current position of the apparatus and store the one or more pieces of radio map data in the printed memory.