FLEETWOOD GROUP, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130154581 | AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM WITH BATTERYLESS RESPONSE UNITS - A wireless response system and method of receiving user input selections at a base station includes distributing a plurality of response units to users. The response units wirelessly communicate with the base station in order to retrieve user responses received by the response units. Each of the response units has a user input device that is configured to receiving user input selections, a controller that is responsive to the user input device to process user inputs and to communicate responses wirelessly to the base station and a power supply having a super capacitor. The super capacitor is charged with a wireless-charging circuit and current is supplied from the super capacitor to the controller. Current supplied to the controller is controlled. | 06-20-2013 |
20120025980 | REAL-TIME METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND VALIDATING LOCATION OF A RELOCATED MOBILE OBJECT OR PERSON IN A TRACKING ENVIRONMENT - A real-time method and system of determining and validating location of a relocated mobile object or person in a tracking environment in which a plurality of sensors are located are provided. The method includes providing a tracking tag having storage and wearable by the person or attachable to the object. The method further includes storing a set of data related to a prior location of a relocated tag in the tracking environment in the storage. The method still further includes modulating a first carrier signal with a first packet including a first set of data to obtain a modulated first signal. The method further includes transmitting from the tag to a sensor nearest the relocated tag the first signal. The first signal contains the first packet and has a first precision and a first range within the environment. The method still further includes receiving a modulated second signal at the tag from at least one of the sensors including the nearest sensor. The second signal contains a second packet including a second set of data and has a second precision and a second range within the environment. The method further includes demodulating the second signal to obtain the second packet. The method still further includes repeating the steps of modulating, transmitting, receiving and demodulating if the second set of data is different from the stored set of data to obtain a plurality of second packets. The method further includes determining and validating current location of the relocated tag within the environment based on the plurality of second packets. | 02-02-2012 |
20120025973 | REAL-TIME METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A MOBILE OBJECT OR PERSON IN A TRACKING ENVIRONMENT - A real-time method and system for locating a mobile object or person in a tracking environment in which a plurality of sensors are located are provided. The method includes providing a tracking tag wearable by the person or attachable to the object. The method further includes modulating a first carrier signal with a first packet including a first set of data to obtain a modulated first signal. The method still further includes transmitting from the tag to a sensor nearest the tag the first signal, the first signal containing the first packet and having a first precision and a first range within the environment. The method further includes repeating the steps of modulating and transmitting until a modulated second signal is received at the tag from the nearest sensor within a time period after the step of transmitting. The second signal contains a second packet including a second set of data and has a second precision and a second range within the environment. The method still further includes receiving the second signal at the tag within the time period. The method further includes demodulating the second signal to obtain the second packet. The method still further includes determining location of the tag within the environment based on the second packet of the received demodulated second signal. | 02-02-2012 |
20100105331 | AUDIO INTERRUPT SYSTEM - An audio interrupt system includes multiple audio players—such as a computer, compact disc player, cassette player, stereo, cell-phone, or MP3 player—that generate electrical audio signals and transmit the electrical audio signals to an associated transducer—such as a headphone or a speaker—that converts the electrical audio signals into aural signals that may be heard by a listener. Multiple audio controllers are provided that alter the transmission of the electrical audio signals from at least one of the audio players to the audio player's associate transducer. A hub transmits a control signal to the audio controllers that causes the audio controllers to alter the transmission of the electrical audio signals from the audio players to the associated transducer. The alteration may involve terminating the electrical audio signals or reducing an amplitude of them. | 04-29-2010 |
20100087139 | AUDIENCE RESPONSE DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - An audience response unit may be coupled to a host electronic device, such as a computer, whereby the audience response unit enables information, such as user selections, to be entered via the host electronic device and transmitted by the audience response unit to a base station. The audience response unit can thereby utilize the user-input features and/or the display features of the host electronic device, which may provide greater flexibility of data entry, as well as ease of inputting the information. The use of a host electronic device may also allow reduced sizes and more simplified constructions of the audience response unit to be achieved. The response unit may be incorporated into a Universal Serial Bus (USB) dongle, or other device. The unit effectively turns the host electronic device into a virtual keyboard/audience participation device. Multiple of such units may be incorporated into a system. | 04-08-2010 |
20100061282 | AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH FREQUENCY AGILE TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL - A frequency agile wireless response system and method of retrieving user response data from a plurality of users includes providing a base unit and a plurality of handheld response units, each communicating with the base unit over a wireless communication link using a frequency agile communication protocol. Base signals are sent with the base unit to the response units over the wireless communication link. Response signals are sent from the response units to the base unit over the wireless communication link. The base signals include a master transmission and at least occasionally include an extension transmission. The master transmission includes information establishing a time mark for the response units. The master transmission also includes information enabling the response units to receive any extension transmission associated with that base signal. | 03-11-2010 |
20090040183 | RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH DYNAMIC PERSONALITY ASSIGNMENT - A response system and method of receiving remotely entered user input selections at a central location includes providing at least one base unit and a plurality of response units. A user input selection is received with each of the response units. The user input selection is communicated to the at least one base unit utilizing wireless communication. Personality data is received at each of the response units. The at least one base unit communicates with each of the response units according to the personality data of the particular one of the response units to receive a user input selection. The personality data is received by an individual one of the response units communicating with the at least one base unit at close proximity to provide personality data to that response unit. | 02-12-2009 |
20080316953 | AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE BASE UNIT CAPABILITY - A wireless response system and method of retrieving user selections includes providing a plurality of response units and a plurality of base units. Each of the response units has a wireless response transceiver and an input device. The input device is adapted to receiving a user input selection. The wireless response transceiver is adapted to transmitting a response transmission in response to receipt of a base transmission. Each of the base units has a wireless base transceiver. The base transceiver is adapted to transmitting base transmissions and receiving response transmissions from the response units. Each of the base units and each of the response units are assigned a communication identification. A response unit is adapted to exchanging wireless transmissions with a base unit having a common communication identification with that response unit. Each of said base units is also assigned a base address. The base transmissions include the base address of the base unit transmitting that base transmission. The response transmission includes the base address of the base transmission to which that response transmission is responding. Each of the base units processes response transmissions having a base address in common with the base address of that base unit and does not process response transmissions not having a base address in common with the base address of that base unit. | 12-25-2008 |