Disclosed herein are tracking and analysis devices, systems, and methods for optimizing workflow operations using the tracking and analysis devices and a plurality of movable and fixed tracking beacons. The movable tracking beacons may be configured for secure attachment to, or incorporation within, mobile workflow assets, while the fixed tracking beacons may be placed around the workflow environment in a grid-pattern. The tracking and analysis devices, as well as the movable and fixed tracking beacons, may each comprise any combination of a: battery, a low frequency Bluetooth module, an accelerometer, a Wi-Fi module, a USB hub, and/or an RFID reader/scanner. The tracking and analysis device may track and identify a workflow asset's location within a workflow environment within a range of about 2-3 feet by receiving and comparing relative signal strength of low frequency Bluetooth signals received from the movable tracking beacons and/or the plurality of fixed tracking beacons.

A caregiver location system includes a computer configured to track a location of a caregiver in a healthcare facility. A caregiver identification (ID) tag is worn by a caregiver and has a tag transceiver configured to communicate with a plurality of transceivers. The plurality of transceivers and the computer cooperate to form a locating system that is operable to determine a location of the caregiver ID tag. The computer collects data over time related to a caregiver location within the healthcare facility and determines a problem area within the healthcare facility where a determined caregiver location is inaccurate.

A system for detecting placement or misplacement of an object includes a wireless tag; a first electronic device (FED) associated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the FED, transmit the position and status to an external electronic device or network (EED) in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are within a predetermined range, and transmit the position and status to the EED in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are outside of the predetermined range; and a second electronic device (SED) that is unassociated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the SED, determine an identifier for the tag using the signals, and transmit the position of the SED and the identifier to the EED.

The present invention and method relates to a wireless low power flexible and removably attachable tag, a attaching device, and a wireless locating tracking initiator assembly, system and device which can be used to locate objects.

A Smart Campus Security Shield System comprising a Smart Student ID Card, wherein the card comprises a set of sensors inside the Smart Student ID Card. The set of sensors send a crime alert through a wireless network to a cloud server. The cloud server memory comprises a student crime alert model which describes the crime alert severity, student ID number, name, location, date, time, and a set of details of the student, so that the student risk control model can generate a plurality of corrective actions and preventive actions for each individual student. The crime alerts personalized and adaptive machine learning method presents a set of customized corrective actions and preventive actions to a student, based on at least one student attribute data. A set of student safety performance statistics is used to generate an optimal safety management strategy for the school security staff to reduce school crime.

A tamper proof mobile tracking system that has a base unit that comprises of a base band transceiver, a GPS chip, a power supply, and a microprocessor that has an RFID interrogator. A locking unit, the locking unit comprises of a locking pin that powers an active RFID tag within the locking unit and that operatively connects to the base unit. A band, the band comprises of a active RFID tag and an embedded antenna that powers the active RFID tag when the base unit, the locking unit and the band are all operatively connected. And, a central unit that communicates with the base unit that tracks and detect faults associated with the base unit, the locking unit and the band when they are all operatively connected. The system is used by governmental entities to monitoring for the tampering of devices that are used by the system.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media for adaptive configuration of multistatic harmonic tag backscatter. A network device transmits, to an illuminator for a passive tag, a request for transmitting an activation signal to a passive tag at a primary frequency and a first transmission power. The network device receives, from the illuminator, information about a harmonic frequency of a harmonic of the activation signal back-scattered from the passive tag, a received level of the harmonic and a distance between the illuminator and the passive tag. The network device selects at least one reader for the passive tag. The network device configures the illuminator to transmit the activation signal to the passive tag at the primary frequency. The network device configures the at least one reader to receive the harmonic of the activation signal at the harmonic frequency.

According to one exemplary embodiment a system, method and apparatus for an indicator driven by a RFID tag for localization purposes may be disclosed. An RFID tag may be disposed on an item. The RFID tag may have an indicator element. A RFID reader may be in communication with the RFID tag such that the indicator element can be activated in order to localize the item.

A caregiver location system includes a computer configured to track a location of a caregiver in a healthcare facility. A caregiver identification (ID) tag is worn by a caregiver and has a tag transceiver configured to communicate with a plurality of transceivers. The plurality of transceivers and the computer cooperate to form a locating system that is operable to determine a location of the caregiver ID tag. The computer collects data over time related to a caregiver location within the healthcare facility and determines a problem area within the healthcare facility where a determined caregiver location is inaccurate.

A system and method for location tracking using Bluetooth Low Energy tracking devices or tags having a button, a light, a sound generating buzzer, and a user replaceable battery are disclosed. The system may include one or more Bluetooth receiving units, which may be user mobile devices, programmed to receive a signal from one of the tracking devices and send the location of the tracking device to the system. The advertising interval or transmission frequency of the tracking devices may be raised or lowered to either increase the location precision or extend the battery life of the tracking devices. In one embodiment, tracking devices may be attached to automobile keys and the automobile's vehicle identification number may be associated with the corresponding tracking device, to allow an automobile dealership to manage the location of a large quantity of keys.