IP Library Granted Patent US 12,490,341
Granted Patent B2
US 12,490,341 · App. 17/449,876 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

System and method of generating environmental profiles for determining logistics of assets

Inventors: Hendrik J. Volkerink (Palo Alto, CA); Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, CA)
H04W84/18H04W4/80H04W72/20H04W76/20
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Patent No.
US 12,490,341
App. No.
17/449,876
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless sensing system, comprising at least one tape node, each tape node adhered to a respective asset, comprising at least one sensor, the at least one tape node having a first processor, a first memory communicatively coupled with the first processor, the first memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to: capture, by the at least one sensor of the at least one tape node, environmental data; generate, based on the captured environmental data, at least one environmental profile; determine, based on comparing the environmental profile to an accepted environmental profile, that a difference between the environmental profile and an accepted environmental profile satisfies a predetermined threshold; and responsive to the difference satisfying the threshold, generate a notification that includes instructions to perform an action.

Claims (46)

1 . A wireless sensing system comprising at least one tape node, each tape node adhered to a respective asset, comprising at least one sensor, the at least one tape node having a first processor, a first memory communicatively coupled with the first processor, the first memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:

capture, by the at least one sensor of the at least one tape node, environmental data;

generate, based on the captured environmental data, at least one environmental profile;

determine, based on comparing the environmental profile to an accepted environmental profile, that a difference between the environmental profile and an accepted environmental profile satisfies a predetermined threshold;

determine, based on the difference satisfying the threshold, that the respective asset is at risk

generate a notification that includes instructions to perform an action,

wirelessly transmit the notification to another node of the wireless sensing system, and prioritize transmitting the notification over conserving a battery life of the at least one tape node.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to perform an action include instructions to perform one of: prioritizing loading of the respective asset, prioritizing unloading of the respective asset, and prioritizing transport of the respective asset to a location other than a current location of the asset.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining the difference satisfies the predetermined threshold is based on one or more machine learning algorithms trained on data sets of historic environmental profiles.

4 . The system of claim 1 , the first memory storing further machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, further causes the first processor to transmit the notification to a gateway device of the wireless sensing system.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the notification is an urgent alert to take urgent action, the first memory storing further machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, further causes the first processor to:

transmit the notification to a smart device of the wireless sensing system to generate an urgent alarm in a form of an audio or visual alert.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the first memory storing further machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, further causes the first processor to transmit the notification to a client device of the wireless sensing system for display within a graphical user interface of the client device.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the notification to perform the action includes a schedule for delivering the respective asset.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the action includes marking the asset as undeliverable.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the action includes unloading the asset from a delivery vehicle.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the generated notification is transmitted directly to a user client device via wireless communication.

11 . The wireless sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed by the first processor, further cause the processor to: increase a rate of wireless transmission, in response to determining that the respective asset is at risk.

12 . The wireless sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed by the first processor, further cause the processor to: switch to a second wireless communication protocol from a first wireless communication protocol, in response to determining that the respective asset is at risk.

13 . A wireless sensing system comprising at least one tape node, each tape node adhered to a respective asset, comprising: at least one sensor, a first processor, and a first memory communicatively coupled with the first processor, the first memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:

capture, by the at least one sensor of the at least one tape node, environmental data;

generate, based on the captured environmental data, at least one environmental profile;

determine, based on comparing the environmental profile to an accepted environmental profile, that a difference between the environmental profile and an accepted environmental profile satisfies a predetermined threshold;

determine, based on the difference satisfying the predetermined threshold, that the respective asset should be prioritized for loading or unloading,

generate a notification for a user of the wireless sensing system that includes instructions to perform an action corresponding to the prioritized loading or unloading, and

transmit the generated notification to another node of the wireless sensing system;

wherein a delivery order for a group of assets is reordered, in response to the other node receiving the notification, the group of assets including the respective asset.

14 . The wireless sensing system of claim 13 , wherein each tape node further comprises at least a first type of wireless communication interface.

15 . The wireless sensing system of claim 14 , wherein the generated notification is transmitted directly to a user client device using the first type of wireless communication interface.

16 . The wireless sensing system of claim 15 , wherein the first type of wireless communication interface is a Bluetooth-based communication interface.

17 . A wireless sensing system comprising:

a plurality of tape nodes, each tape node adhered to a respective asset and comprising:

at least one sensor,

a first processor, and

a first memory communicatively coupled with the first processor, the first memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:

capture, by the at least one sensor of the at least one tape node, environmental data;

generate, based on the captured environmental data, at least one environmental profile;

determine, based on comparing the environmental profile to an accepted environmental profile, that a difference between the environmental profile and an accepted environmental profile satisfies a predetermined threshold;

determine, based on the difference satisfying the predetermined threshold, that the respective asset should be prioritized for loading or unloading,

and generate a notification for a user of the wireless sensing system that includes instructions to perform an action corresponding to the prioritized loading or unloading, and

wirelessly transmit the generated notification directly to a user client device; and

the user client device configured to:

wirelessly communicate with the plurality of tape nodes, receive the generated notifications from each of the plurality of tape nodes, and display, on a display of the user client device, information on each of the tape nodes, the information comprising data in the received notifications, and

reorder a delivery order for a group of assets, in response to receiving the generated notifications from each of the plurality of tape nodes.

18 . The wireless sensing system of claim 17 , wherein the user client device displays a priority for each of the plurality of tape nodes relative to the other tape nodes of the plurality of tape nodes, based on data in the received notifications.

19 . The wireless sensing system of claim 17 , wherein the user client device is operable to display a map of an area with an indicator of a location within the area for at least one of the plurality of tape nodes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2021
From: KHOCHE, AJAY
To: TRACKONOMY SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057840/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2021
From: VOLKERINK, HENDRIK J
To: TRACKONOMY SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058014/0642 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63087303 · Oct 5, 2020
Provisional Application 63087205 · Oct 3, 2020
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