Electronic Device Tracking with Tag Relationship Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tracking systems for electronic devices have limited functionality, making it cumbersome for users to track multiple items individually.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with wireless communications circuitry that receives location information from tags attached to items, allowing the device to determine the location of each tag and analyze historical tracking data to identify patterns and relationships between tags.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional tracking systems are used, then users can track items, but the functionality is limited and it is cumbersome to track multiple items individually
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device performs multiple tracking functions through a single integrated system. The control circuitry can track multiple tags simultaneously, analyze historical data from all tags, identify relationships between tags, and provide unified notifications - eliminating the need for separate tracking operations for each item.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple tracking operations into a single integrated process. The control circuitry consolidates location data from multiple tags, merges historical tracking information, and generates unified notifications that encompass all tracked items, thereby simplifying the user interaction.
2Loss of information
If multiple tags are tracked individually, then complete tracking information is obtained, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control circuitry merges location information from multiple tags into a unified tracking representation. Instead of managing separate tracking streams for each tag, the system consolidates all tag data, analyzes relationships between tags, and presents integrated tracking results, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The control circuitry serves multiple functions simultaneously - it tracks locations of all tags, analyzes historical data patterns, identifies relationships between tags, and generates comprehensive notifications. This multi-functional approach reduces the need for separate processing operations and simplifies the overall system architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to efficiently track multiple items, automatically alerting them when an item is missing from its designated bag and providing real-time location information based on historical data and established rules.
Implementation Method 1
Each tag may include a radio-frequency transmitter such as an ultra-wideband radio frequency transmitter that transmits signals to the electronic device
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device may include wireless communications circuitry that receives location information from tags that are coupled to different items. The electronic device may keep track of the different items using the tags. The electronic device may include control circuitry that analyzes historical tracking data from the tags to identify patterns and relationships between the tags. Based on the historical tracking data, the control circuitry may classify some tagged items as bags for other tagged items and may automatically alert the user when a tagged item is missing from its bag. The control circuitry may generate rules based on the historical tracking data, such as rules regarding acceptable ranges between tagged items and acceptable ranges between tagged items and the electronic device. The control circuitry may determine when to provide real-time location information and other notifications for a tagged item based on the historical tracking data.