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Zebra Technologies — Technical Presentation (2023)
37 slides from Zebra Technologies's technical presentation, 2023
Slide 1: Locate What Matters
Locate What Matters Carl Mower Sr. Director, Engineering Advanced Locating Technologies 1
Slide 2: Agenda
Locate What Matters Agenda • Base principles • Examples: – NFL NextGen Stats – Equipment tracking – Boeing worker safety – Crowd-sourced locate – Locating tractor-trailers – Using a drone to “read” warehouse inventory ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 2
Slide 3: Base Principles
Base Principles ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Slide 4: Base Principles: Taxonomy of Locate Solutions
Locate What Matters Base Principles: Taxonomy of Locate Solutions Range – Global vs 1km vs 200m vs 10m vs 4m Accuracy – subject to reflection/interference, time/angle/signal, and size of common error Precision – 7m vs 2.5m vs 1m vs 25cm Determinacy – know every second, every 5 minutes, every time so
Slide 5: Base Principles: Accuracy vs Update Rates
Locate What Matters Base Principles: Accuracy vs Update Rates Ultra-Wide Band Sub-meter Zebra’s Dart Passive RFID ISO 24730-2 Location Accuracy Long Range Zebra’s WhereNet & RTLS Ultrasonic Infrared Meter Legend GPS Red: Wi-Fi RTLS BLE Technologies Zebra designs & builds Yellow: Technologies Zebra Z
Slide 6: Base Principles: Methods of Locating & Unavoidable Truths
Locate What Matters Base Principles: Methods of Locating & Unavoidable Truths Different ways to locate… All solutions have these pieces… Calculation Somebody “chirping” (often the target, but not always) • Includes trilateration based on time-difference of arrival • GPS: satellites (TDOA), angle of
Slide 7: NFL NextGen Stats
NFL NextGen Stats ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Slide 8: NFL NextGen Stats: Tracking every player, every venue
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: Tracking every player, every venue • Every player • Every venue • Every week for 8+ years • Every football • Every referee ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 8
Slide 9: NFL NextGen Stats: How viewers experience the data
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: How viewers experience the data ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 9
Slide 10: NFL NextGen Stats: Venue infrastructure
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: Venue infrastructure ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 10
Slide 11: NFL NextGen Stats: Player & Ball tags
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: Player & Ball tags ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 11
Slide 12: NFL NextGen Stats: Installing tags under pads
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: Installing tags under pads ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 12
Slide 13: NFL NextGen Stats: Activating footballs & equipment
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: Activating footballs & equipment ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 13
Slide 14: NFL NextGen Stats: Infrastructure (receivers)
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: Infrastructure (receivers) ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 14
Slide 15: NFL NextGen Stats: Where operators sit
Locate What Matters NFL NextGen Stats: Where operators sit ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 15
Slide 16: Kalman Filtered Output (30sec)
Kalman Filtered Output (30sec)
Slide 17: Raw Hub Output (30sec)
Xt. ZEBRA Raw Hub Output (30sec)
Slide 18: Play Logger (19sec)
Play Logger (19sec)
Slide 19: Play Editor (9sec)
Xt. ZEBRA Play Editor (9sec)
Slide 20: The End-to-End (16sec)
Nh. ZEBRA = The End-to-End (16sec)
Slide 21: Equipment Tracking
Equipment Tracking ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Slide 22: Equipment Tracking: Using RFID Reads at a Point-in-Time
Locate What Matters Equipment Tracking: Using RFID Reads at a Point-in-Time • Even a short-range RFID read is a “locate” • The target was at that reader at that time ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 22
Slide 23: Equipment Tracking: Using ATR to literally tri-angulate
Locate What Matters Equipment Tracking: Using ATR to literally tri-angulate • Phased-array can create narrow virtual read beams • A checker-board of ATRs can tri-angulate to less than a meter • All with inexpensive passive RFID tags ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 23
Slide 24: Boeing: Worker Safety
Boeing: Worker Safety ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Slide 25: Boeing Supplier of the Year (safety)
Boeing Supplier of the Year (safety) Boeing Fall Protection Solution BENEFITS TO CUSTOMERS § Non-Invasive solution to challenging safety/protection environments. § Improved protection versus human safety spotters. § Cost savings versus human safety spotters. § Reduction of on-site system maintenance
Slide 26: Boeing: Platforms hanging from ceiling
Boeing: Platforms hanging from ceiling
Slide 27: Boeing Overview – platforms (24 sec)
Boeing Overview – platforms (24 sec)
Slide 28: Boeing: Ensuring workers “clip in”
Boeing: Ensuring workers “clip in”
Slide 29: Boeing Overview – painting (13 sec)
Boeing Overview – painting (13 sec)
Slide 30: Crowd-sourced locate
Crowd-sourced locate ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Slide 31: Crowd-Sourced Locate: Using the many to find the target
Locate What Matters Crowd-Sourced Locate: Using the many to find the target Staff moving around the hospital, “bump into” the IV pumps trying to locate Use cases: • Where are my IV pumps (assets)? Solution components: • Assets wear beacons • Rooms have location beacons • Staff wears mobile receiver
Slide 32: Locating tractor-trailers
Locating tractor-trailers ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Slide 33: Locating Tractor Trailers: 1m accuracy over 1km territory
Locate What Matters Locating Tractor Trailers: 1m accuracy over 1km territory T&L: Yard Management Managing trailer traffic from gate to yard to door and back out again. Use cases: • Where is trailer #123 ? A “gate” with WhereNet readers A typical “yard” with WhereNet reader ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 33
Slide 34: Drone “reading” warehouse
Drone “reading” warehouse ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Slide 35: Drone “reading” Warehouse: Moving the reader
Locate What Matters Drone “reading” Warehouse: Moving the reader Locate the reader GPS does not work indoors Use UWB to precisely locate/fly the drone Drone has a barcode reader “System of record .vs. System of reality” ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 35
Slide 36: Questions
Questions ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 36
Slide 37: Thank You
Thank You ZEBRA and the stylized Zebra head are trademarks of Zebra Technologies Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©2023 Zebra Technologies Corp. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES