Iveda upgrades tracking system with 10cm Bluetooth sensors

Iveda has upgraded its IvedaRTLS real-time location system with Bluetooth Angle of Arrival sensors that deliver tracking accuracy of up to 10 centimetres. The update is aimed at hospitals, manufacturers and logistics operators.

The revised system combines anchors, tags, management software, dashboards, alarms and API integrations to track both people and assets.

It adds Bluetooth Angle of Arrival, or AoA, a method for determining the direction of a Bluetooth signal to improve location precision. The system can locate items and personnel to within 10 centimetres, a level of accuracy intended to address operational problems caused by misplaced equipment and limited asset visibility.

Each anchor covers more than 25 metres and can be deployed in indoor, outdoor and industrial settings, including wet or exposed environments. The hardware supports ceiling or wall mounting, Ethernet connectivity and power over Ethernet.

The platform is also designed to resist interference and maintain stable trajectory tracking. It is compatible with Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 and later devices, as well as iOS, Android and HarmonyOS.

Hospital use

Iveda pointed to a deployment at Changhua Christian Hospital in Taiwan as an example of how the system is used in practice. The hospital, which has more than 4,000 beds across multiple facilities, had faced difficulties tracking equipment, including wheelchairs, IV pumps and heart defibrillators.

David Ly, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Iveda, outlined the problem the upgrade is meant to address.

"The gap between knowing roughly where something is and knowing exactly where it is-that gap is where hospitals lose equipment, manufacturers lose time, and organizations lose money. This upgrade closes the gap, giving organizations visibility precise enough to make appropriate decisions immediately," Ly said.

The hospital deployment included geo-fencing alerts to flag when equipment moved beyond a defined area. The approach helped reduce losses and improve access to essential devices.

"At Changhua Christian Hospital, one of the biggest resource drains was missing wheelchairs. With IvedaRTLS, they discovered that patients were unintentionally taking hospital-owned wheelchairs home. By implementing IvedaRTLS's Geo-Fencing feature, they now receive instant alerts whenever a wheelchair moves beyond the designated area. As a result, the hospital has significantly reduced equipment loss, saving both time and money," Spencer Shih said.

Broader market

The update reflects continuing demand in healthcare, manufacturing and logistics for closer oversight of mobile equipment and staff movements. In hospitals, operators use location systems to track items frequently moved between wards and departments. In factories and warehouses, similar tools monitor materials, vehicles and workers across large or complex sites.

Accuracy has been a central issue in this market because conventional Bluetooth- or Wi-Fi-based tracking often identifies a general area rather than a precise position. By narrowing the location range to centimetres rather than metres, AoA-based systems can support tasks that require immediate equipment retrieval or tighter movement control.

The latest version is intended for highly regulated sectors where location records and response times carry operational and compliance implications. Its support for API integrations also suggests it is designed to feed location data into broader operational software used by hospitals, manufacturers and logistics groups.

Iveda is listed on Nasdaq and focuses on surveillance, video search and connected sensor technology, with operations in Arizona and Taiwan.