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US 10,403,104 · App. 16/110,762 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

System and method for tracking of deployed units

Inventors: Vivek Kangralkar (Plano, TX); Vikram Patil (Bangalore, IN)
Assignees: Vivek Kangralkar; Vikram Patil
G08B13/14G08B21/182H04W4/029H04W4/38
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Patent No.
US 10,403,104
App. No.
16/110,762
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tracker apparatus, and method thereof for tracking deployable units are provided. The tracker apparatus includes a first sensor group having a first power consumption profile; a second sensor group having a second power consumption profile; a communication circuit having a first network interface for communicating with a control server; an energy storage; a processing circuitry; and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the tracker apparatus to: trigger the processing circuitry to awaken from a low power mode, in response to a first input from a first sensor of the first sensor group exceeding a first threshold; activate a second sensor of the second sensor group in response to the first input corresponding to an unauthorized movement; and activate a tracking mode of the tracker apparatus, in response to a second input from the second sensor corresponding to an unauthorized movement.

Claims (45)

1. A tracker apparatus for tracking deployable units, comprising: a first sensor group having a first power consumption profile;

a second sensor group having a second power consumption profile; a communication circuit having a first network interface for communicating with a control server;

an energy storage; a processing circuitry; and

a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the tracker apparatus to:

trigger the processing circuitry to awaken from a low power mode, in response to a first input from a first sensor of the first sensor group exceeding a first threshold;

activate a second sensor of the second sensor group in response to the first input corresponding to an unauthorized movement;

decrease a sample size from one or more sensor inputs, in response to an energy storage level below a second threshold; and

activate a tracking mode of the tracker apparatus, in response to a second input from the second sensor corresponding to an unauthorized movement.

2. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor group includes an accelerometer.

3. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second sensor group includes at least one of: a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver, a gyroscope, a compass, an accelerometer, thermal sensor, and a humidity sensor.

4. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first network interface is any one of: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Long Term Evolution (LTE).

5. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first power consumption profile is lower than the second power consumption profile.

6. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tracker apparatus is further configured to:

store the first input in the memory.

7. The tracker apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the tracker apparatus is further configured to:

store the second input in the memory.

8. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tracker apparatus is further configured to:

send an alert to the control server, in response to a detection of unauthorized movement.

9. The tracker apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the tracker apparatus is further configured to:

return to an idle state, in response to receiving from the server an instruction, from a user node, indicating that the unauthorized movement is authorized.

10. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tracker apparatus is further configured to:

deactivate the first sensor group, in response to activating the second sensor; and

deactivate the second sensor group, in response to activating another component of the tracker apparatus.

11. The tracker apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tracker apparatus is further configured to:

determine coordinates of an authorized user of the tracker apparatus;

send coordinates to the control server, wherein the tracker further comprises a global navigation satellite system (GNSS); and

send an alert to a device of the authorized user, in response to determining that a difference between the coordinates of the tracker apparatus and coordinates of the tracker apparatus exceed a first threshold.

12. A method for tracking deployable units using a tracker apparatus, comprising:

triggering the tracker apparatus to awaken from a low power mode, in response to a first input, from a first sensor, exceeding a first threshold;

activating a second sensor in response to the first input corresponding to an unauthorized movement;

decreasing a sample size from at least one of the first input and the second input, in response to an energy storage level below a second threshold; and

activating a tracking mode of the tracker apparatus, in response to a second input from the second sensor corresponding to an unauthorized movement.

13. The method of claim 12 , the first sensor having a first power consumption profile, the second sensor having a second power consumption profile, wherein the first power consumption profile is lower than the second power consumption profile.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

sending an alert to a control server, in response to a detection of unauthorized movement.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

returning to an idle state, in response to receiving, from the control server, an instruction indicating that the unauthorized movement is authorized.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

deactivating the first sensor, in response to activating the second sensor; and

deactivating the second sensor, in response to activating another component of the tracker apparatus.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining coordinates of an authorized user of the tracker apparatus;

receiving coordinates from the tracker apparatus, wherein the tracker apparatus further comprises a global navigation satellite system (GNSS); and

sending an alert to a device of the authorized user, in response to determining that a difference between the coordinates of the tracker apparatus and coordinates of the tracker apparatus exceed a first threshold.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processing units to execute the method according to claim 12 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2019
From: BEETLEQ INC.
To: KANGRALKAR, VIVEK; PATIL, VIKRAM
Reel/Frame 049173/0240 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: KANGRALKAR, VIVEK; PATIL, VIKRAM
To: BEETLEQ INC.
Reel/Frame 047521/0168 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62547096 · Aug 17, 2017
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