Belt Clip Tracking Chip Independent Power Mesh Network

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Solution Overview

Problem

Portable radios are difficult to track when they are turned off or the battery dies, as existing tracking methods require the radio to be powered on.

Innovation Solution

A belt clip assembly with a tracking chip and battery that remains powered, allowing the radio to be tracked through a network even when the radio battery is dead or the radio is turned off, using a mesh network that does not rely on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth beacons, or GPS, but can include these technologies in alternative embodiments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the radio battery is used to power the tracking chip, then the tracking system can be integrated into the radio, but the tracking chip cannot operate when the radio is turned off or the battery dies

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetracking availabilityVSAvoidpower dependency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The tracking system is segmented into a separate belt clip assembly independent from the radio unit. The belt clip contains its own battery and tracking chip, physically separated from the radio's power system. This allows the tracking function to operate independently of the radio's power state, resolving the contradiction between integrated power supply and continuous tracking availability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A separate battery in the belt clip acts as an intermediary power source for the tracking chip. Instead of directly using the radio battery, the tracking system uses this intermediate power source that remains active even when the radio is off or its battery dies, enabling continuous tracking operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If a separate tracking device is used, then the radio can be tracked when powered off, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetracking availabilityVSAvoidsystem structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The tracking chip, battery, and belt clip are merged into a single integrated assembly. Rather than using a separate tracking device attached to the radio, all tracking components are combined within the belt clip structure itself, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining independent tracking capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The belt clip serves multiple functions: it attaches the radio to the user's belt and simultaneously houses the tracking chip and battery. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for a dedicated separate tracking device, reducing device complexity while ensuring continuous tracking availability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240235598A1Belt clip assembly and system for tracking of portable radios

Publication Date: 2024.07.11 BEARCOM GROUP INC

AI summary

A radio tracking system that includes a first portable radio with a first belt clip and a second portable radio with a second belt clip. The first belt clip includes a first tracking chip and a first tracking battery associated therewith. The second belt clip includes a second tracking chip and a second tracking battery associated therewith. The first and second radios are trackable within a first network and the first and second tracking chips are trackable within a second network. The first network is different than the second network.