Inventory tracking and management
A method of tracking is described. The method may include receiving, from a location device, a location request for an object and identifying a signal from a transponder associated with the object, wherein the transponder comprises at least one or more types of locating technology or sensing technology. The method may also include determining, by a processing device, at least one of the location of the object or information associated with the object based on the identified signal.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a mapping request for a volume of space;
transmitting the mapping request to a drone to cause the drone to map the volume of space;
receiving measurement data, transmitted from one or more base stations, associated with the volume of space from the drone;
generating, by a processing device, a multi-dimensional map of the volume of space based on the received measurement data transmitted from the one or more base stations;
triangulating an item inside a smart container based on signals received from the one or more base stations;
determining a location of the item based on the triangulating of the item and the multi-dimensional map;
causing one or more LED lights to flash in a sequential order to indicate to a user a particular order in which to sort the item relative to other items, wherein the LED lights are part of the smart container; and
relaying, by the smart container, the location of the item back to the one or more base stations.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drone comprises an aerial drone or a ground-moving drone.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drone comprises at least one of an acoustic mapping system or an optical mapping system to generate the measurement data.