KR20070073168A - Apparatus and method for preventing personal effects loss - Google Patents

Abstract

A device and a method for preventing loss of personal belongings are provided to alarm the loss of the personal belongings with high reliability while reducing expense burden by attaching an RFID tag to the personal belongings, and reading RFID tag information with an reader installed to an entry and exit gate. An entry reader(110) receives the RFID tag information from a user entering a place at an entry gate of the place. An exit reader(120) recognizes the RFID tag information from the user going out from the place at an exit gate of the place. A personal effect information management database(130) stores the RFID tag information received through the entry gate. A database manager(140) stores the RFID tag information read from the entry reader to a personal belongings information management database. A comparator(150) checks whether the same information as the RFID tag information received from the exit reader is stored in the personal belongings information management database. An alarm generator(160) outputs an alarm based on a processing result of the comparator.

Description

Loss of belongings and method thereof {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING PERSONAL EFFECTS LOSS}

1 is a view showing an application example of the belongings loss prevention device according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a schematic block diagram of a device for preventing the loss of belongings according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3A and 3B illustrate an example of a belongings information management database structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for preventing the loss of belongings according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preventing the loss of belongings, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for preventing the loss of belongings using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and an RFID reader.

Recently, the number and types of electronic devices possessed by individuals are increasing. In particular, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs, hereinafter referred to as PDAs), MP3 players, digital cameras, and other expensive digital devices owned by individuals are becoming more diverse and diverse. . Therefore, the problem of loss and theft of such expensive personal belongings is becoming serious.

In particular, it is often the case that an individual does not immediately find the lost or stolen belongings because he or she does not know immediately after they are lost or stolen. For example, if you visited a place and left your belongings after work, it is often difficult to find the whereabouts of your belongings when you realize this later and visit the place again. Also, in crowded and crowded places such as restaurants, individuals can't even notice the loss of belongings.

As a typical representative technique proposed as a method for preventing the loss of personal belongings, there is a method using wireless short-range communication. The method is particularly proposed as a method for preventing the loss of a mobile phone. The method includes a user carrying a separate anti-lost device capable of wirelessly communicating with an anti-lost object (eg, a mobile phone) and performing a wireless connection between the anti-lost device and the anti-lost object (eg, a mobile phone). If the strength decreases, the distance is determined to be warned by the user.

This conventional method determines whether lost or stolen based on the distance between the anti-lost object (eg, a mobile phone, etc.) and the anti-lost device. As a result, false warnings are often output. For example, the actual distance between the loss prevention object and the loss prevention device is not far, but a false alarm is likely to occur due to problems such as radio interference. In other words, there is a high probability of generating a false loss prevention warning in the related art.

In addition, the loss prevention device should be connected to the wireless communication with the personal belongings (for example, mobile phone, etc.) that is the loss prevention target. Therefore, all personal belongings to be protected against loss must be equipped with wireless communication devices. That is, in the related art, all the belongings that are subject to loss prevention must be provided with the wireless communication device to prevent the loss and theft of the belongings.

For this reason, in the case of devices that do not require a wireless communication function (for example, a digital camera, an MP3 player, etc.), additional wireless communication devices have to be attached to apply a loss prevention function.

On the other hand, it is impossible to equip such a communication device with a product such as a wallet, clothing, shoes, etc., which is not an electronic device as described above. Therefore, it is not possible to apply a loss prevention function to products such as wallets, clothes, and shoes that are not the electronic device. Therefore, the products have the disadvantage that it is impossible to prepare for loss and theft.

The present invention to solve the above problems is to provide an apparatus and method for preventing the loss of belongings to increase the reliability of the anti-lost warning.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for preventing the loss of belongings to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of the anti-lost warning.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a loss prevention device and method for carrying out the loss prevention function for the belongings (eg, shoes, clothing, wallet, etc.) other than the electronic device.

Device for preventing the loss of belongings provided by the present invention in order to achieve the above object is mounted on the entrance gate of a specific place entrance reader for recognizing the wireless identification tag information from the user entering the specific place; An exit reader mounted on an exit gate of the specific location and recognizing wireless identification tag information from a user leaving the specific location; A belongings information management database for storing wireless identification tag information input through the entrance reader; A database manager for storing wireless identification tag information recognized by the entrance reader in the belongings information management database; A comparison unit for confirming whether wireless identification tag information identical to the exit wireless identification tag information is stored in the belonging information management database when exit wireless identification tag information is input through the exit reader; And an alarm generating unit outputting an alarm based on a result of the processing of the comparing unit.

At this time, it is preferable that each of the inlet and outlet readers operates automatically by sensing a person's approach, or is started by an operation of a switch mounted on the scaffold portion.

In addition, it is preferable that each of the inlet and outlet readers includes an antenna installed vertically in the inlet and outlet gates.

In addition, the belongings information management database preferably stores only the radio recognition tag recognized by the entrance reader.

In addition, the belongings information management database preferably stores the wireless identification tag recognized by the entrance reader and the item name corresponding to the wireless identification tag.

In addition, the comparison unit determines that lost or stolen belongings are generated when the belonging information management database does not have the same wireless identification tag information as that of the exit side wireless identification tag information, and controls an alarm output. If there is the same wireless identification tag information as the identification tag information, it is preferable to delete the same wireless identification tag as the exit wireless identification tag information.

Meanwhile, in order to achieve the above object, a method for preventing loss of belongings provided by the present invention includes: storing radio recognition tag information when radio recognition tag information is transmitted from an entrance reader; Retrieving pre-stored entrance RFID tag information using the exit RFID tag information when the RFID tag information is transmitted from an exit reader; Outputting an alarm by determining that lost or stolen belongings have occurred if the search result does not have the same value as the exit side RFID tag information in the previously stored entrance RFID tag information; And deleting the same entry-side RFID tag as the exit-side RFID tag information when the search result pre-stored entry-side RFID tag information has the same value as the exit-side RFID tag information.

As described above, the present invention provides a personal device using an RFID reader when RFID is attached to all personal belongings such as clothes, wallets, shoes, etc. that are not electronic devices as well as electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for creating a personal belongings list by recognizing each RFID tag mounted on belongings at once and checking whether belongings are lost or stolen based on the belongings list. For example, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining whether personal belongings are lost by comparing a personal belongings list created at the time of entry with a personal belongings list at the time of entry.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. At this time, it should be noted that the same elements in the accompanying drawings are represented by the same reference numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a view showing an application example of the belongings loss prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 110 denotes an RFID card reader included in an entrance gate, and reference numeral 10 denotes an RFID tag attached to personal belongings. Referring to FIG. 1, when a user carrying RFID tags attached belongings (eg, shoes, tops, bags and specific documents, etc.) passes through the gate, the RFID reader 110 mounted at the entrance side gate is provided. ) Simultaneously recognizes all belongings possessed by the user and RFID tags attached to the clothing worn by the user. In addition, the RFID reader 110 is to detect the approach of the person to operate automatically or to mount the switch on the footrest of the doorway it is preferable to operate the reader when the person stepped on.

On the other hand, the gate including the RFID reader 110 is preferably installed in the doorway of the place to prevent the loss and theft of personal belongings, it is preferable to configure the area that can pass by each person entering and leaving the place. In addition, the antenna of the RFID reader that can read the RFID tag is preferably installed long in the vertical shape inside the gate. In this case, the person passing through the gate is included in an area capable of receiving radio waves emitted by the RFID reader.

At this time, if the gate is the introductory gate, the belongings loss prevention device of the present invention generates a list of belongings using the recognized RFID tag. On the other hand, if the gate is the gate on the gate side, the belongings loss prevention device of the present invention generates the list of the recognized RFID tag and compares the RFID tag list with the inventory list generated at the gate on the entry side to determine whether to generate a warning / alarm do.

2 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for preventing the loss of belongings according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the apparatus 100 for preventing the loss of belongings according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an entrance reader 110, an exit reader 120, a belongings information management DB 130, and a DB manager 140. The unit 150 and the alarm generator 160 is included.

The entrance reader 110 recognizes RFID tag information from a user entering the specific place as a reader mounted at the entrance gate of the specific place. The recognition result is transmitted to the DB manager 140.

The DB manager 140 then stores the RFID tag information in the belongings information management DB 130.

At this time, the belongings information management database 130 stores the RFID information input through the entrance reader 110 under the control of the DB manager 140. An example of a database structure for the belongings information management DB 130 is illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B. Therefore, the belongings information management DB 130 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

Meanwhile, the exit reader 120 recognizes RFID tag information from a user who exits the specific place as a reader mounted at the exit gate of the specific place. The recognition result is transmitted to the comparator 150.

Then, the comparator 150 determines whether the same RFID tag information as the exit RFID tag information transmitted from the exit reader 120 exists in the belonging information management DB 130. To this end, the comparator 150 transmits the exit RFID tag information to the DB manager 140, and the DB manager 140 searches for the belongings information management DB 130 based on the exit RFID tag information. The search result is transmitted to the comparator 150.

At this time, the comparator 150 detects the RFID tag number information from the exit RFID tag information and transmits the RFID tag number information to the DB manager 140, and the DB manager 140 stores the belonging information management DB 130. It is preferable to detect the same information as the number of RFID tags among the RFID tags and then transfer the information to the comparator 150.

The comparator 150 determines whether the user's belongings are lost based on the search result. That is, when the search result belonging information management DB 130 has the same information as the exit RFID tag information, the comparator 150 transmits a deletion command of the corresponding RFID tag information to the DB manager 140. The DB manager 140 then deletes the RFID tag information from the belongings information management DB 130.

On the other hand, if the search result in the belongings information management DB 130 does not have the same information as the exit RFID tag information, the comparator 150 determines that one or more of the belongings possessed when the user enters and is lost or stolen The alarm generation signal for notifying transmits to the alarm generation unit 160.

The alarm generator 160 outputs an alarm based on the alarm generation signal transmitted from the comparator 150. At this time, the type of alarm can be voice, message, beep, etc.

3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating an example of a belongings information management DB structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A illustrates an example in which only RFID tag code information is stored in order to protect personal privacy, and FIG. 3B illustrates an example in which RFID tag code information and an item name corresponding thereto are stored together.

Referring first to FIG. 3A, the belongings information management DB 130a includes an identification information field 131a, an RFID tag number field 132a, and n number of RFID code fields 133a to 135a.

The identification information field 131a is generated for each person who has passed through the entrance reader to store belongings of the person who has passed through the reader. In this case, the information stored in the identification information field 131a is preferably information for identifying belongings that have simultaneously passed through the entrance reader, not information for identifying a person. That is, it is preferable that the information is for identifying a group of belongings that simultaneously passed through the entrance reader. Therefore, it is preferable not to store information (eg, social security number, etc.) that may cause a problem of privacy infringement in the identification information field 131a.

In addition, the RFID code fields 133a to 135a corresponding to the RFID tag number field 132a are stored below the identification information field 131a. At this time, the number of RFID tags simultaneously read by the entrance reader is stored in the RFID tag number field 132a, and each RFID tag code simultaneously read by the entrance reader is stored in the RFID code fields 133a to 135a.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3B, the belonging information management DB 130b includes an identification information field 131b, an RFID tag number field 132b, n number of RFID code fields, and item name fields 133b 138b corresponding to the code. do. That is, the example of FIG. 3B further includes the item name for each RFID code as compared with the belongings information management DB 130a shown in the example of FIG. 3A.

Therefore, detailed description of other fields except the item name field for each RFID code will be omitted.

The item name fields 134b, 136b, and 138b store an item name corresponding to each of the RFIDs simultaneously read by the entrance reader. To this end, the apparatus of the present invention preferably reads the item name corresponding to each code from the RFID tag or checks the item name corresponding to the RFID code through an external server.

Therefore, in the case of applying FIG. 3A, the device of the present invention can protect the privacy of the user by counting only the number regardless of the type of the item possessed by the user, and FIG. 3B shows the item name field as well as the RFID code. Or lost or stolen items can be pinpointed.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for preventing the loss of belongings according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figures 2 and 4 a lost belongings method according to an embodiment of the present invention are as follows.

First, when the RFID tag information is transmitted from the entrance reader 110 (S110), the DB manager 140 stores the RFID tag information in the belongings information management DB 130 (S120). At this time, the form of data stored in the belongings information management DB has been described in detail in the description with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

For example, if a user who carries five items such as a mobile phone, an MP3 player, a wallet, shoes, and a coat equipped with an RFID tag passes through the entrance reader 110, the entrance reader 110 is attached to each of the belongings. Detects the RFID value at a time and stores it in the belongings information management DB (130). At this time, it is not necessary to have specific information of the user, and it is preferable to generate a category under an arbitrary name and store the five RFID information as respective items under the generated category. Also, if the information transmitted from the RFID tag is analyzed, it may be known what the belongings are, but in order to protect privacy, the belongings information management DB 130 may store only the RFID tag information without the items of the belongings.

Meanwhile, when the RFID tag information is transmitted from the exit reader 120 (S130), the DB manager 140 searches for the pre-stored entry RFID tag information based on the RFID tag information (S140). In addition, it is determined whether the same entry-side RFID tag information as the RFID tag information transmitted from the exit side reader 120 exists (S150), and the same entry-side RFID tag information as the RFID tag information transferred from the exit side reader 120 is obtained. If present, the corresponding entry-side RFID tag information is deleted (S160). On the other hand, if there is no entry RFID tag information identical to the RFID tag information transmitted from the exit side reader 120 as a result (S150), it is determined that at least one of the belongings is lost or stolen and generates a warning (S170).

That is, the RFID tag information transmitted from the exit reader 120 and the RFID tag information previously stored in the belongings information management DB 130 are compared, and as a result of the comparison, five items are stored in the category and information for distinguishing each item. If is equal to the information read from the exit reader 120, it is determined that there is no abnormality. If one item information is insufficient, the user of the belongings is determined not to have the belongings corresponding to the lack of item information and warns.

In the above, specific preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention attached to the claims. .

For example, in the above example, the case where the inlet reader and the outlet reader are separately installed has been described as an example. However, it is possible to configure the inlet reader and the outlet reader as one device. In addition, in the above example, the case in which the reader has a long antenna shape has been described as an example. However, the reader of the present invention may be in any form capable of simultaneously detecting all RFID tag information of a person's body in consideration of the antenna's directivity.

On the other hand, it is also possible to configure the loss prevention device in conjunction with the home network system in the home. In this case, it is possible to obtain an additional effect of providing an alarm for belongings lost after going out.

As described above, the apparatus for preventing the loss of belongings of the present invention and the method thereof do not use a wireless communication network, so there is no cost for the wireless communication device. In addition, it is possible to reduce the error that the misidentification of belongings lost due to the interference of the radio communication network. Therefore, the present invention has the effect of increasing the reliability of the anti-lost warning. In addition, the present invention has the effect of performing a loss prevention function for belongings (eg, shoes, clothing, wallet, etc.) that are not electronic devices.

Claims (10)

In the belonging loss prevention device, An entrance reader mounted on an entrance gate of a specific place to recognize wireless identification tag information from a user entering the specific place; An exit reader mounted on an exit gate of the specific location and recognizing wireless identification tag information from a user leaving the specific location; A belongings information management database for storing wireless identification tag information input through the entrance reader; A database manager for storing wireless identification tag information recognized by the entrance reader in the belongings information management database; A comparison unit for confirming whether wireless identification tag information identical to the exit wireless identification tag information is stored in the belonging information management database when exit wireless identification tag information is input through the exit reader; And And an alarm generating unit for outputting an alarm based on a processing result of the comparing unit. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the inlet and outlet readers Loss of belongings prevention device characterized in that it automatically operates by detecting the approach of people. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the inlet and outlet readers Loss of belongings, characterized in that the operation is started by the operation of the switch mounted on the footrest portion. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the inlet and outlet readers Device for preventing the loss of belongings, characterized in that it comprises an antenna installed in a longitudinal shape inside the entrance and exit gates. According to claim 1, wherein the belongings information management database Device for preventing the loss of belongings, characterized in that for storing only the wireless identification tag recognized by the entrance reader. According to claim 1, wherein the belongings information management database Loss of belongings, characterized in that for storing the wireless identification tag recognized by the entrance reader and the item name corresponding to the wireless identification tag. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison unit If the belonging information management database does not have the same wireless identification tag information as the exit-side wireless identification tag information, belonging loss prevention device characterized in that the belongings lost or stolen occurred to control the alarm output. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison unit Loss of belongings belonging to the personal belongings information management database, if there is the same wireless identification tag information as the exit wireless identification tag information, the wireless identification tag identical to the exit wireless identification tag information is deleted. In the prevention of loss of belongings, Storing the RFID tag information when the RFID tag information is transmitted from an entrance reader; Retrieving pre-stored entrance RFID tag information using the exit RFID tag information when the RFID tag information is transmitted from an exit reader; And And determining that lost or stolen belongings have occurred if the stored entry-side RFID tag information does not have the same value as that of the exit-side RFID tag information, and outputting an alarm. The method of claim 9, And if the entry-side wireless identification tag information stored in the search result has the same value as the exit-side wireless identification tag information, the entry-side wireless identification tag identical to the exit-side wireless identification tag information is deleted.

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