Information technology asset location using visual detectors

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8913850
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13751451

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Mechanisms are provided for determining the physical location of a physical asset in a physical area. A plurality of physical assets are controlled to cause each physical asset to output a visual output pattern on visual output elements of the physical asset. An image of a target physical asset is captured that has the current state of the visual output elements. An identification of the target physical asset is determined based on the current state of the visual output elements. A physical location of the target physical asset is determined based on a physical location of the image capture device when the image was captured. Location data identifying the determined physical location of the target physical asset is stored in an asset database in association with configuration information for the physical asset.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Calio, Robert J Red Hook, US 5 41
Connell,, II Jonathan H Cortlandt-Manor, US 82 658
Frissora, Michael J Wappingers Falls, US 4 19
Isci, Canturk West New York, US 48 1046
Kephart, Jeffrey O Cortlandt-Manor, US 54 2622
Lenchner, Jonathan North Salem, US 184 1991
McIntosh, Suzanne K Hawthorne, US 16 227
Mohomed, Iqbal I Stamford, US 10 276
Nelson, John C Newtown, US 64 1924
Thoensen, James W Danbury, US 2 14

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