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Granted Patent B2
US 12,745,213 · App. 18/537,883 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Communication device having cross-platform communication function, communication system having the same and communication method thereof

Inventors: Yu-Chang Chen (New Taipei City, TW); Yen-Nien Lu (Tainan City, TW); Shu-Yu Lin (Taoyuan City, TW); Chun-Hsien Tien (Nantou County, TW)
Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H04W64/006H04W76/50H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,745,213
App. No.
18/537,883
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device having cross-platform communication function includes a signal transmitting module, a positioning module and a processing module. The positioning module receives the coordinate of the current location thereof. The processing module is corresponding to a mobile device, and connected to the signal transmitting module and the positioning module. The processing module receives the coordinate to generate the location information of the communication device, and transmits the location information to the mobile device and a nearby mobile device close to the mobile device via the signal transmitting module, such that the location information is transmitted to a cloud processing system via the mobile device and/or the nearby mobile device.

Claims (29)

1 . A communication system having cross-platform communication function, comprising:

a plurality of communication devices;

a plurality of mobile devices corresponding to the communication devices respectively; and

a cloud processing system configured to communicate with the mobile devices;

wherein any one of the communication devices is configured to obtain a coordinate of a current location thereof to generate a location information of the communication device, and transmit the location information to the mobile device corresponding thereto and a nearby mobile device close to the mobile device, whereby the location information is transmitted to the cloud processing system via the mobile device and/or the nearby mobile device, wherein when any one of the communication devices loses contact, the cloud processing system is configured to calculate a location of the communication device losing contact according to a moving trajectory, a moving speed, hardware errors and last several pieces of the location information of the communication device losing contact, and a corresponding location information of the communication device adjacent to the communication device losing contact.

2 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is configured to periodically transmit the location information thereof to the mobile device corresponding thereto or the nearby mobile device.

3 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is configured to receive a location information of another communication device corresponding to another mobile device close to the mobile device, and transmit the location information of another communication device to the cloud processing system.

4 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 1 , further comprising an emergency coordinator electronic device, wherein the cloud processing system is configured to transmit the location information of the communication device to the emergency coordinator electronic device.

5 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 4 , wherein the positioning module is a global positioning system module.

6 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 4 , wherein the communication device further comprises a manual signal transmitting module configured to be manually operated to transmit the location information of the communication device to the mobile device and the nearby mobile device.

7 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 4 , wherein the communication device further comprises an acceleration sensing module configured to measure an acceleration.

8 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 7 , wherein the acceleration sensing module is an accelerometer.

9 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 1 , wherein the cloud processing system is configured to calculate an estimated location of the communication device according to a location information transmitted by the nearby mobile device.

10 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 1 , wherein any one of the communication devices comprises a signal transmitting module, a positioning module and a processing module, wherein the positioning module is configured to obtain the coordinate, and the processing module is connected to the signal transmitting module and the positioning module, and configured to receive the coordinate in order to generate the location information of the communication device.

11 . The communication system having cross-platform communication function of claim 1 , wherein the location information of the communication device comprises one or more of longitude coordinate, latitude coordinate, altitude coordinate, moving speed, moving trajectory and moving distance.

12 . A cross-platform communication method, comprising:

obtaining a coordinate of a current location of a communication device;

generating a location information of the communication device according to the coordinate;

transmitting the location information of the communication device to a mobile device corresponding to the communication device;

transmitting the location information of the communication to a nearby mobile device close to the mobile device so as to transmit the location information of the communication device to a cloud processing system via the mobile device and/or the nearby mobile device; and

when any one of the communication devices loses contact, calculating a location of the communication device losing contact according to a moving trajectory, a moving speed, hardware errors and last several pieces of the location information of the communication device losing contact, and a corresponding location information of the communication device adjacent to the communication device losing contact.

13 . The cross-platform communication method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving a location information of another communication device corresponding to another mobile device close to the mobile device, and transmit the location information of another communication device to the cloud processing system.

14 . The cross-platform communication method of claim 12 , wherein the location information of the communication device comprises one or more of longitude coordinate, latitude coordinate, altitude coordinate, moving speed, moving trajectory and moving distance.

15 . The cross-platform communication method of claim 12 , further comprising:

transmitting the location information of the communication device to an emergency coordinator electronic device.

16 . The cross-platform communication method of claim 12 , further comprising:

calculating an estimated location of the communication device according to a location information transmitted by the nearby mobile device.

17 . The cross-platform communication method of claim 12 , wherein the coordinate is a global positioning system coordinate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2023
From: CHEN, YU-CHANG; LU, YEN-NIEN; LIN, SHU-YU; TIEN, CHUN-HSIEN
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 065852/0703 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 111148245 · Dec 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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