Method and apparatus for interacting with a node in a storage area
Methods and apparatus for interacting with a tag in a radio target area. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and systems for monitoring temperature and other environmental conditions in a storage area and displaying environmental conditions as digital content in a user interactive interface based upon energy levels received from a radio target area and content from a sensor generating digital content.
1. A method for interacting with a wireless location node, the method comprising the steps of:
a) generating positional coordinates for a location of a node based upon wireless communication between the node and two or more wireless transceivers;
b) associating digital content stored with the positional coordinates of the node;
c) establishing a radio target area for an energy receiving sensor, said radio target area comprising an area in a field of view of a charged couple device comprising the location of the node;
d) receiving energy into the energy receiving sensor from the radio target area;
e) generating a digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiving sensor at an instance in time;
f) generating a user interactive interface comprising a digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiving sensor at the instance in time and a dynamic portion representative of the location of the node;
g) receiving a user input into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface; and
h) based upon the user input received into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface, displaying the digital content associated with the positional coordinates of the node in the user interactive interface.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the user interactive interface is displayed on a smart device, and the method additionally comprises the steps of receiving into the smart device a digital quantification of a condition by an automated sensor within the radio target area at the instance in time, said digital quantification generated with a sensor; and displaying the digital quantification of the condition in the user interactive interface.
3. The method of claim 2 additionally comprising the steps of: receiving multiple disparate energy wavelengths into the energy receiving sensor at the instance in time, the disparate energy wavelengths received from different geospatial locations; and indicating the disparate energy wavelengths in the user interactive interface.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein the node comprises a transceiver capable of wireless communication between the node and at least one reference point transceiver using a Bluetooth modality; and the method additionally comprises the step of generating positional coordinates for the node based upon the wireless communication between the node and the at least one reference point transceiver.
5. The method of claim 4 additionally comprising the step of identifying a wireless communication area comprising the radio target area of the energy receiving sensor, the wireless communication area based upon a communication distance of a Bluetooth modality in an area encompassing the energy receiving sensor.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the positional coordinates comprise Cartesian Coordinates.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein the positional coordinates comprise at least one of: an angle of arrival and an angle of departure.
8. The method of claim 2 additionally comprising the steps of:
a) receiving into the smart device a digital quantification of a temperature within the radio target area at multiple disparate instances in time;
b) with a controller, monitoring the temperature within the radio target area for an increase or a decrease in thermal energy outside a predetermined temperature range; and
c) if a temperature within the radio target area is monitored outside the predetermined temperature range, with a controller initiate one or both of: an influx of air to a predetermined position in the radio target area or initiate an extraction of air from a predetermined position in the radio target area.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the influx of air to a predetermined position comprises air at a lower temperature than the predetermined temperature range.
10. The method of claim 2 wherein the radio target area comprises a cold storage.
11. The method of claim 2 wherein the radio target area comprises the position of the node, the position of the automated sensor and ambient electromagnetic energy to the energy receiving sensor.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the radio target area further comprises a frustum extending outward the energy receiving sensor.
13. The method of claim 12 additionally comprising the steps of changing a direction of the energy receiving sensor; and redefining the radio target area based upon the change in direction of the energy receiving sensor.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital content comprises a virtual tag associated with an area comprising the positional coordinates.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein the node comprises a transceiver capable of wireless communication and the method additionally comprises the steps of: transceiving a wireless communication between the node and multiple reference point transceivers; and generating positional coordinates for the node based upon the wireless communication between the node and the multiple reference transceivers.
16. The method of claim 15 additionally comprising the steps of: transceiving a wireless communication between the node and the multiple reference point transceivers using an Ultra Wideband modality; and generating the positional coordinates based upon the wireless communication between the node and the multiple reference point transceivers.
17. The method of claim 16 additionally comprising the step of identifying a wireless communication area comprising the radio target area of the energy receiving sensor, the wireless communication area based upon a communication distance of the Ultra Wideband modality in an area encompassing the energy receiving sensor.
18. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the step of quantifying an amount of infrared energy as a digital value using a microbolometer.
19. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the step of quantifying a thermal state via operation of an electronic temperature sensing device comprising at least one of: a thermocouple, a thermistor, and a resistance based sensor.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein the energy received into the energy receiving sensor comprises one or more of: an infrared wavelength; and a wavelength between 400 nanometers and 700 nanometers.