Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to object tracking. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a device and a method for object tracking.

BACKGROUND
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed disclosure, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] The number of capital equipment is increasing annually in the manufacturing plant. Tracking capital equipment becomes difficult and time consuming with their increasing number. Efficiently tracking capital equipment for their housekeeping is essential.
[0004] Existing solutions for tracking capital equipment involve equipment being tagged with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags so that the equipment can be easily identified. But RFID tags work only with close proximity of RFID Reader or Interrogator. In case the capital equipment has been misplaced within the manufacturing plant, tracking (locating) the capital equipment is difficult.
[0005] Therefore, there is a need for a solution to track objects to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks.

OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0006] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfies are as listed below.
[0007] The principal object of the present disclosure is to provide a solution for object tracking.
[0008] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a solution for object tracking which is compact, with low power factor, and works in GPS (Global Positioning System) denied environments.

SUMMARY
[0009] The present disclosure relates to object tracking. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a device and a method for object tracking.
[0010] In an aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device for object tracking. The device includes at least one radio frequency (RF) communication module configured with the device for transmitting and receiving one or more RF signals for alerting about an object associated with the device. The device includes a crystal configured with the device for establishing timing control with functioning of the device. The device includes a speaker segment configured with the device for alerting about the object. The device includes one or more LED (Light Emitting Diode) segments configured with the device for alerting about the object. The device includes at least one processor configured with the device and a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, where said memory stores executable instructions. When the executable instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor performs the following steps. The at least one processor activates the device to a functioning mode. The at least one processor sends an alert about the object via one or more alert signals. The at least one processor deactivates the device to a non-functioning mode for a pre-determined period.
[0011] In an embodiment, the one or more alert signals may include at least one of one or more wireless signals, one or more audio signals, and one or more light signals.
[0012] In an embodiment, the one or more wireless signals and one or more audio signals may encode an object information which may including at least one of a unique sequence number, a Purchase Order (PO) number, a requisitioner, a year of purchase, and a depreciation.
[0013] In an embodiment, the one or more wireless signals and the one or more audio signals may encode a device information comprising a health status of the device.
[0014] In an embodiment, the audio signals may be transmitted till the device receives an acknowledgement to the alert from a user via the RF communication module.
[0015] In an embodiment, the device may be permanently configured with the object.
[0016] In an embodiment, the one or more light signals may include one or more colored light signals indicating the acknowledgment to the alert from a user.
[0017] In an aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for object tracking. The method includes the following steps. At least one processor associated with a device activating the device to a functioning mode. The at least one processor alerting about an object associated with the device via one or more alert signals from at least one RF communication module, a speaker segment, and one or more LED segments, where the at least one RF communication module, the speaker segment, and the one or more LED segments are configured with the device. The at least one processor de-activating the device to a non-functioning mode for a pre-determined period.
[0018] In an embodiment the one or more alert signals may include at least one of one or more wireless signals, one or more audio signals, and one or more light signals.
[0019] In an embodiment, the one or more wireless signals and one or more audio signals may encode an object information including at least one of a unique sequence number, a PO number, a requisitioner, a year of purchase, and a depreciation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0020] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in, and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
[0021] In the figures, similar components, and/or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label with a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If only the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label.
[0022] FIG. 1 illustrates an example device (100) for object tracking, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0023] FIG. 2 illustrates an example device (200) for object tracking with structural and functional components, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0024] FIG. 3 illustrates an example method (300) for object tracking, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0026] The ensuing description provides exemplary embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the disclosure. Rather, the ensuing description of the exemplary embodiments will provide those skilled in the art with an enabling description for implementing an exemplary embodiment. It should be understood that various changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth.
[0027] Specific details are given in the following description to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments. However, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. For example, circuits, systems, networks, processes, and other components may be shown as components in block diagram form in order not to obscure the embodiments in unnecessary detail. In other instances, well-known circuits, processes, algorithms, structures, and techniques may be shown without unnecessary detail in order to avoid obscuring the embodiments.
[0028] Also, it is noted that individual embodiments may be described as a process which is depicted as a flowchart, a flow diagram, a data flow diagram, a structure diagram, or a block diagram. Although a flowchart may describe the operations as a sequential process, many of the operations can be performed in parallel or concurrently. In addition, the order of the operations may be re-arranged. A process is terminated when its operations are completed but could have additional steps not included in a figure. A process may correspond to method, a function, a procedure, a subroutine, a subprogram, etc. When a process corresponds to a function, its termination can correspond to a return of the function to the calling function or the main function.
[0029] The word “exemplary” and/or “demonstrative” is used herein to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. For the avoidance of doubt, the subject matter disclosed herein is not limited by such examples. In addition, any aspect or design described herein as “exemplary” and/or “demonstrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs, nor is it meant to preclude equivalent exemplary structures and techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Furthermore, to the extent that the terms “includes,” “has,” “contains,” and other similar words are used in either the detailed description or the claims, such terms are intended to be inclusive—in a manner similar to the term “comprising” as an open transition word—without precluding any additional or other elements.
[0030] Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” or “an instance” or “one instance” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment” or “in an embodiment” in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
[0031] Various aspects of the present disclosure are described with respect to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3.
[0032] The present disclosure relates to object tracking. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a device and a method for object tracking.
[0033] In an aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device for object tracking. FIG. 1 illustrates an example device (100) for object tracking, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In an exemplary embodiment, the device (100) may be used to track capital machinery in a manufacturing plant. In an embodiment, the device (100) may be permanently configured with the object.
[0034] In an embodiment, referring to FIG. 1, the device (100) may include at least one radio frequency (RF) communication module (102) configured with the device (100) for transmitting and receiving one or more RF signals for alerting about an object associated with the device (100). The device (100) may include a crystal (104) configured with the device (100) for establishing timing control with functioning of the device (100). In an exemplary embodiment, the crystal (104) may be a quartz crystal. The device (100) may include a speaker segment (106) configured with the device (100) for alerting about the object. The device (100) may include one or more LED (Light Emitting Diode) segments (108) configured with the device (100) for alerting about the object. The device (100) may include at least one processor (110) configured with the device (100). In an exemplary embodiment, the device (100) may have a coin-cell (112) as a power source. In an exemplary embodiment, the device (100) may include a programmable Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) (114) to program the device (100) with software.
[0035] In an aspect, the device (100) may activate to a functioning mode. In an exemplary embodiment, the device (100) may wake from a sleep mode. The device (100) may send an alert about the object via one or more alert signals. In an embodiment, the one or more alert signals may include at least one of one or more wireless signals, one or more audio signals, and one or more light signals. In an embodiment, the one or more wireless signals and one or more audio signals may encode an object information which may including at least one of a unique sequence number, a Purchase Order (PO) number, a requisitioner, a year of purchase, and a depreciation. In an exemplary embodiment, the local navigation information may also be encoded in the object information. In an embodiment, the one or more wireless signals and the one or more audio signals may encode a device information comprising a health status of the device. In an exemplary embodiment, the health status of the device may include battery-life and on-board power dissipation. In an exemplary embodiment, the one or more light signals may include one or more colored light signals indicating the acknowledgment to the alert from a user. In an embodiment, the audio signals may be transmitted till the device (100) receives an acknowledgement to the alert from a user via the RF communication module (102).
[0036] In an aspect, the device (100) may deactivate to a non-functioning mode for a pre-determined period. In an exemplary embodiment, the device may go to a sleep mode to preserve battery power. In an exemplary embodiment, the time after which the device may activate may be set to a time when inventory check is performed for the objects. In an exemplary embodiment, the pre-determined time in the device (100) may be set via the RF communication module (102). In an exemplary embodiment, the pre-determined time may be quarterly.
[0037] FIG. 2 illustrates an example device (100) for object tracking with structural and functional components, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 2, the device (100) may include at least one processor (110) that may be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that process data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the processor(s) (110) may be configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (202) of the device (100). The memory (202) may be configured to store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which may be fetched and executed to create or share data packets over a network service. The memory (202) may comprise any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as random-access memory (RAM), or non-volatile memory such as erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), flash memory, and the like.
[0038] In an embodiment, the device (100) may include an interface(s) (204). The interface(s) (204) may include a variety of interfaces, for example, interfaces for data input and output devices, referred to as I/O devices, storage devices, and the like. The interface(s) (204) may facilitate communication to/from the device 100. The interface(s) (204) may also provide a communication pathway for one or more components of the device (100). Examples of such components include, but are not limited to, a processing unit/engine(s) (206) and a local database (216). In an embodiment, the local database (216) may be separate from the device (100).
[0039] In an embodiment, the processing engine(s) (206) may be implemented as a combination of hardware and programming (for example, programmable instructions) to implement one or more functionalities of the processing engine(s) (206). In examples described herein, such combinations of hardware and programming may be implemented in several different ways. For example, the programming for the processing engine(s) (206) may be processor-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the hardware for the processing engine(s) (206) may comprise a processing resource (for example, one or more processors), to execute such instructions. In the present examples, the machine-readable storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processing resource, implement the processing engine(s) (206). In such examples, the device (100) may include the machine-readable storage medium storing the instructions and the processing resource to execute the instructions, or the machine-readable storage medium may be separate but accessible to the device (100) and the processing resource. In other examples, the processing engine(s) (206) may be implemented by electronic circuitry.
[0040] In an embodiment, the processing engine (206) may include an RF communication module (208) (similar to RF communication module (102) shown in FIG. 1), light signal module (210), audio module (212), and other modules (214). In an exemplary embodiment, the processor(s) (110) may send object information and/ or device information via the RF communication module (208) (similar to RF communication module (104) shown in FIG. 1) as wireless signals. The processor(s) (110) may send the object information and/or device information via the audio module (212) (similar to speaker segment (106) in FIG. 1) as audio signals. In an embodiment, the processor(s) (110) via the light signal module (210) (similar to the LED segment (108) shown in FIG. 1) may send light signals regarding the presence of the object. In an exemplary embodiment, light signals may also include one or more colored light signals indicating acknowledgement of the transmitted signals from the device (100) by user(s). The other modules (214) may implement other functionalities of the device (100).
[0041] In an aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for object tracking. FIG. 3 illustrates an example method (300) for object tracking, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The device, the RF communication module, the speaker segment, and the LED segment are similar to the device (100), the RF communication module (102), the speaker segment (106), and the LED segments (108) shown in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 3, the method (300) includes the following steps. At step 302, a device (100) may activate to a functioning mode. At step 304, the device (100) may alert about an object associated with the device (100) via one or more alert signals from at least one RF communication module (102), a speaker segment (106), and one or more LED segments (108), where the at least one RF communication module (102), the speaker segment (106), and the one or more LED segments (108) are configured with the device (100). At step 306, the device (100) may de-activate to a non-functioning mode for a pre-determined period. In an embodiment the one or more alert signals may include at least one of one or more wireless signals, one or more audio signals, and one or more light signals. In an embodiment, the one or more wireless signals and one or more audio signals may encode an object information including at least one of a unique sequence number, a PO number, a requisitioner, a year of purchase, and a depreciation.

ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0042] The present disclosure provides a compact device and a method for object tracking with a low power factor and work in Global Positioning System (GPS) denied environments.

, Claims:1. A device (100) for object tracking, the device (100) comprising:
at least one radio frequency (RF) communication module (102) configured with the device (100) for transmitting and receiving one or more RF signals for alerting about an object associated with the device (100);
a crystal (104) configured with the device (100) for establishing timing control with functioning of the device (100);
a speaker segment (106) configured with the device (100) for alerting about the object;
one or more light emitting diode (LED) segments (108) configured with the device (100) for alerting about the object;
at least one processor (110) configured with the device (100); and
a memory (202) operatively coupled to the at least one processor (110), wherein said memory (202) stores executable instructions which when executed by the at least one processor (110), causes the at least one processor (110) to:
activate, the device (100) to a functioning mode;
send an alert, about the object, via one or more alert signals; and
deactivate, the device (100), to a non-functioning mode, for a pre-determined period.

2. The device (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more alert signals comprise at least one of: one or more wireless signals, one or more audio signals, and one or more light signals.

3. The device (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more wireless signals and one or more audio signals encode an object information comprising at least one of: a unique sequence number, a Purchase Order (PO) number, a requisitioner, a year of purchase, and a depreciation.
4. The device (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more wireless signals and the one or more audio signals encode a device information comprising a health status of the device (100).

5. The device (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the audio signals are transmitted till the device (100) receives an acknowledgement to the alert from a user via the RF communication module (102).

6. The device (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device (100) is permanently configured with the object.

7. The device (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more light signals comprises one or more colored light signals indicating the acknowledgment to the alert from a user.

8. A method (300) for object tracking, the method (300) comprising:
activating (302), by at least one processor (110) associated with a device (100), the device (110) to a functioning mode;
alerting (304), by the at least one processor (110), about an object associated with the device (100), via one or more alert signals, from at least one RF communication module (102), a speaker segment (106), and one or more LED segments (108), wherein the at least one RF communication module (102), the speaker segment (106), and the one or more LED segments (108) are configured with the device (100); and
de-activating (306), by the at least one or more processor (110), the device (100) to a non-functioning mode for a pre-determined period.

9. The method (300) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the one or more alert signals comprise at least one of: one or more wireless signals, one or more audio signals, and one or more light signals.
10. The method (300) as claimed in claim 9, wherein the one or more wireless signals and one or more audio signals encode an object information comprising at least one of: a unique sequence number, a PO number, a requisitioner, a year of purchase, and a depreciation.