ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,692, issued on June 16, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Connected system for tracking of tagged objects" was invented by Turgay Isik Aslandere (Aachen, Germany), Marcel Grein (Geilenkirchen, Germany) and Detlef Kuck (Inden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking system for tracking of objects to be transported by at least one transport vehicle is provided. The tracking system includes object sets comprising an object and at least one tagging device with unique identification signal to be permanently sent out and received by a short-range wireless communication unit arrangeable in the transp...