A system and method for the monitoring of grouped objects
CA 2595953 C · Owner: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. · Inventors: Gehrmann, Volker; Pflaum, Alexander; Hupp, Juergen
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The present invention concerns a system and also a method for the monitoring of grouped objects, in particular of goods in logistical systems, with at least one gateway (3) and a plurality of radio nodes (8) attachable to the objects (1), which in each case have at least one computing unit (9), a short-range communications unit (10) and an energy supply unit (13). At least one of the radio nodes (8) or the gateway (3) has a localisation unit (12). Optionally at least one of the radio nodes (8) also has a long-range communications unit (11).The computing unit (9) contains at least one control program for the processing of predetermined tasks in radio nodes (8) which is designed , …
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- Filed January 25, 2006 and granted May 6, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 25, 2026.
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