Patent ID: 9111189
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B29C,B29L,G06K,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tracking device comprising: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving one or more location and tracking signals, the one or more location and tracking signals carrying information regarding location of the tracking device; a printed circuit board substrate comprising wireless location and tracking circuitry to assist in monitoring location coordinates of an object or individual attached thereto; a first patch antenna mounted on a first surface of the tracking device; a second patch antenna disposed substantially parallel to the first patch antenna and mounted on a second surface of the tracking device, the second surface opposed to the first surface of the tracking device, wherein the first surface is in a different plane than the second surface; wherein the first patch antenna and the second patch antenna are configured to periodically communicate signals to the wireless location and tracking circuitry processor to determine if the first patch antenna or the second patch antenna provides optimal antenna performance when the transceiver is placed in a low-power mode or when the tracking device has an at least partially obstructed communication path; and wherein the signals configured to determine optimal antenna performance are processed by the tracking device using a sampling interval that is substantially less than a duration of one or more communicated location and tracking signals.