US 6,788,199 · Granted 2004-09-07
Article locator system
A system and method for locating objects such as people, pets, and personal articles is described. A transceiver is attached to the person, animal, or item to be tracked and a handheld locator device is employed to transmit a locator signal containing an address code to the transceiver. Upon receipt of a signal, the transceiver compares the address code contained in the locator signal with an address code stored in the transceiver. If the two codes are same, the transceiver sends a return signal back to the locator device. The locator device uses this return signal to determine the distance and/or direction of the transceiver from the user's location. The system allows a user to select from a multiple number of items to locate and allows multiple users to search for different articles within the same general area without interference.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 6,788,199
- Filing date
- 2002-03-12
- Grant date
- 2004-09-07
- Assignee
- Eureka Technology Partners, Llc
- Inventor(s)
- CRABTREE TIMOTHY L., RASSOOL REZA P., WELLS MICHAEL F., DELMAIN GREGORY J., WHITE PETER, MCARTHUR PAUL
- CPC class
- G08B21/0211
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