Patent ID: 11914033
Assignee: SONITOR TECHNOLOGIES AS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A transmitting device associated with a real-time locating system, the transmitting device comprising:
a first transducer configured to transmit acoustic signals having a first frequency, the acoustic signals including an identifying code of the transmitting device, wherein the identifying code represents a location of the transmitting device; and
a beacon device configured to transmit beacon data via a short-range wireless communication technique, wherein the beacon data includes a time offset value and information that may be used by a receiving device in decoding the transmitted acoustic signals, the information describing a subset of identifying codes in use in a vicinity of the beacon device, wherein the identifying code is a member of the subset of identifying codes, and wherein the time offset value may be used by the receiving device to adjust its timing of receipt of either RF or acoustic receptions.