Patent ID: 8565913
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B66F,G01S,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for tracking the location and rotational orientation of one or more assets, comprising an integrated system that identifies an asset, determines a time the asset is acquired by a conveying vehicle, determines the position and rotational orientation of the conveying vehicle, determines the position, elevation and rotational orientation of the asset at the moment it is acquired, determines a time the asset is deposited by the conveying vehicle, determines the position and rotational orientation of the conveying vehicle at the time the asset is deposited, and determines the position, elevation and rotational orientation of the asset at the time the asset is deposited, each position, elevation and rotational orientation being relative to a reference plane, the integrated system comprising: a) a fixed-base subsystem comprising: b) one or more mobile subsystems, each mounted onboard a conveying vehicle, each comprising: