Position Imaging review

An operating company whose portfolio is packaged and actively offered to licensees, with published issued and pending counts. Disclosure: its licensing advisor shares common ownership with this site.

Verdict

Computer vision plus radio frequency tracking, interpreted by machine learning: two decades on precise asset localization, productized today as the Smart Package Room and iPickup logistics platforms. Licensing posture: The only portfolio on this list actively offered for licensing: the patents are packaged for outside licensees and taken to market worldwide through an appointed licensing advisor. Disclosure: that advisor shares common ownership with Top 11.

What customers praise

The company states 76 issued and 56 pending patents on its homepage, spanning radio tracking, package tracking video, personalized navigation and augmented reality guidance (a Google Patents search for the Position Imaging assignee returns 44 grants, August 2026, with the balance in newer entities and pending families). Founded 2006 by Ned Hill, still operating and still filing, with the portfolio deliberately packaged so an outside company can evaluate and license it, which nobody else here offers.

What customers criticise

It is the smallest company on this list by an order of magnitude, the headline patent count is the company's own homepage figure, foreign coverage is thin compared with the chip makers, and the licensing-first posture exists because licensing is a revenue line, a buyer should price that motivation in. Disclosure repeated: the portfolio's licensing advisor and Top 11 share common ownership.

Best for

Computer vision plus radio frequency tracking, interpreted by machine learning: two decades on precise asset localization, productized today as the Smart Package Room and iPickup logistics platforms

Red flags

Public risk signals as of August 2026: none. Active operating company; portfolio counts stated on its own homepage, assignee grants cross-checked on Google Patents August 2026. Related-party note: the portfolio's licensing advisor shares common ownership with Top 11, disclosed in the entry. See the full red-flag report.

Alternatives

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Source: Top 11 11 Best RTLS & Indoor Positioning Patent Portfolios 2026 (And Which You Can Actually License), verified August 25, 2026 — no paid placement.