BR102018002876A2 - object locating platform - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an object locating platform composed of hardware and software for managing the locating of diverse objects in a scenario with various geo-referenced mobile sources generating multimedia data (text, video and photo). identify a searched object within a concentration of target object lists belonging to individuals and / or companies. The search and seizure in civil law, is a specific precautionary procedure, a police or judicial due diligence, with the aim of seeking and then arresting a person or recovering some valuable asset. The big problem lies in locating and identifying the targets of police or judicial execution, as well as connecting and managing the activities of everyone involved in search and seizure operations. Currently, there is no tool that solves this problem in an integrated manner and with embedded investigative intelligence, which is why this patent is requested. main aspects of this invention: (1) retrievable object list management (2) real-time geo-referenced multimedia data processing in the cloud, (3) geo-referenced cloud multimedia data history, (4) data management several mobile multimedia devices simultaneously, (5) integrated processing of object lists with geo-referenced multimedia data using computer vision techniques - analytical video - for the electronic identification of objects. The present invention is applied in activities of locating and retrieving valuables of any kind. In the credit and collection sector, it applies to operations of search and judicial seizure of objects. examples: motor vehicles defaulting on fiduciary financing, missing vehicles, stolen vehicles, stolen cargo, etc.

Description

[01] This invention patent refers to a processing platform composed of software and hardware for managing the location and retrieval of objects involved in a search and judicial seizure scenario. Information about the location and data for the automatic remote identification of objects are received by the platform from various mobile geo-referenced sources that generate multimedia data (text, video and photo) candidates to contain the objects.

[02] The present invention is applied in activities of locating and recovering assets of any kind. In the Credit and Collection sector, it is applied in search and judicial seizure of objects. Example: Motor vehicles on defaulted fiduciary financing contracts, missing vehicles, stolen vehicles.

[03] The invention connects all participants in the Credit and Collection ecosystem (Banks, Insurance Companies, Rental Companies, Locating Agents, Bailiffs and Auction Companies), providing technology capable of: (1) Obtaining an image and description of the object; (2) Record the object's geographic coordinates; (3) Process the information to recognize the object; (4) Compare with the list of wanted objects; (5) Inform the Field Agents; (6) Link object to positioning hardware; (7) Monitor the object's displacement; (8) Manage the seizure of the object; (9) Manage the transfer of ownership of the object;

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

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2/8 [04] Companies that own mobile objects, such as banks, insurance companies and car rental companies individually manage their lists of assets to be recovered. Judicial reorganization processes are managed with low automation and often are completely manual.

[05] Recovering companies work manually in the operation of locating objects with few technological tools that assist them in their tasks. Locating agents work manually, with few intelligence and management resources to assist them.

[06] As a result of this current scenario, the success of the judicial reorganization is very low: between 12% to 15% (Source: “Estimates of the banks to the Finance in November 2014”) and, in this way, it generates great losses to the owners. One of the reasons for this deficiency is the lack of appropriate devices and systems to carry out identification and delivery in real time on the location of objects. Current work tools do not have this capability. On the other hand, mobile asset management platforms are not prepared to receive and process field information in an automated way.

[07] In order to provide a complete solution for the judicial recovery of movable assets, the present invention patent was developed, with resources to receive in real time multimedia data containing objects subject to judicial recovery, to process them with techniques of analytical video in order to identify the existence of objects in the multimedia data, catalog them and record them for real time access and historical consultations.

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3/8 [08] This platform has the capacity to receive several lists of objects, concentrating in a single location a large database of objects to be located.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [09] The referred platform consists of a set of software and hardware modules that integrate computational intelligence algorithms in the processing of multimedia data. Data processing, cataloging and storage is performed “in the cloud”, that is, in an infrastructure on the Internet data network. The entire administration and operation system of the platform occurs through public access, via the internet. Likewise, the processed and stored data are accessed by client users through public digital means, via the Internet.

[010] The scenario of the present invention includes technological innovation solutions for some actors who are (a) Owners who are Banks, insurance companies, car rental companies (b) Recoverers who are asset recovery companies, (c) Agents who are the locators of the objects, (d) bailiffs who are the executors of the search and seizure warrants, and (e) auctioneers who are the companies responsible for selling the recovered asset. The main objective is to promote tools for these actors to achieve the objective of locating and recovering an object in a judicial search and seizure process.

[011] For financial administrative reasons, the Owners wish to recover their assets (the objects). For this, after the judicial procedures, these Owners generate lists of their objects to be located and forward them to the Recovering companies. In possession of judicial search and seizure warrants for each object,

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4/8 the Recoverers share the search data with field agents hired for this purpose. The field agents work as searchers and have the main function of locating the objects and notifying the Recovering companies, which, in turn, connect with the Bailiffs to supply them with information about the searched target, as well as to support them. in judicial executions.

[012] The object location platform provides tools and technologies to address all aspects of the judicial recovery scenario. Owners have the possibility to register all objects in a centralized location, with complete management of the actions and search results. Recovering companies have a complete tool for managing their customer and supplier, having full control over the evolution of searches.

[013] Field agents use mobile devices with specific applications for the acquisition of multimedia data (video and photos) with information on objects that the agents want to investigate. The data are forwarded through a wireless network (GPRS / 3G / 4G cell phone or wi-fi) always with the location and time reference. For the purpose of persistence (backup), data is temporarily stored locally. However, they are always forwarded in real time to the Processing Platform. In this way, all the actors involved have quick responses and are able to manage the information of the judicial recovery processes.

[014] The main differentials of the OBJECT LOCATION PLATFORM are: (1) Management of the list of objects to be retrieved (2) Processing of geo-referenced multimedia data in Real Time in the cloud, (3) Historical data

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5/8 multimedia georeferenced in the cloud, (4) Management of several mobile multimedia devices simultaneously and (5) Integrated processing of object lists with georeferenced multimedia data using computer vision techniques - analytical video - for the electronic identification of objects. The platform also provides complete control of access and system usage logs, data shielding (intrusions, crackers) and data storage redundancy techniques.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES [015] Figure 1 represents a diagram of the platform, containing the elements connected to the cloud, the mobile devices of the field agents and the lists of objects of the Owners.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [016] The object location platform, object of the present invention, is used to increase the levels of success of judicial recovery actions, being constituted by a central database, equipped with automated elements for general control of the system , which provides the invention with characteristics of a safe result, varying its commands as needed.

[017] Therefore, with reference to this figure 1, it can be observed that the object location platform is composed of software and hardware for the complete management of data of objects to be located considering a scenario with several geo-mobile sources referenced generators of multimedia data (text, video and photo). The solution proposed on this platform considers a scenario with several mobile geo-referenced sources that generate multimedia data (text, video and photo) candidates to identify an object to be located

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6/8 and the concentration of lists of objects from different sources of bodies that wish to carry out judicial recovery of objects.

[018] The solution proposed on this platform is controlled by a server (2) available and accessible via the Internet (3). The multimedia data of possible objects (9) generated by various mobile devices (6) held by the Agents are forwarded through the Internet network (3), processed and controlled by the platform management system installed on the server (2), cataloged on the basis of specific data (5) and recorded on specialized storage devices (1).

[019] The various sources that own the objects (7), forward their lists of objects (8) to be retrieved to the server (2) that receives the lists and catalogs them in a specific database (5) and recorded in specialized devices storage (1). The server (2) has the ability to process and guarantee the images, inferring certainty indices about the presence and identification of objects (9) contained in the lists (8).

[020] After processing, registration and storage, multimedia data and processing information can be accessed by interested parties (customers) through specific applications (4) made available at points of access to the Internet network (3) and these can be fixed or furniture.

[021] The entire solution works on a 24x7 basis (24 hours, 7 days a week) so that the multimedia data of possible objects (9) can be forwarded by mobile devices (6) at any time and automated processing occurs normally . When the platform control software system residing on the server (2) identifies an index of certainty of the identification of a

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7/8 object (9) of any list of objects (8) higher than the parameterized level, this system generates several types of alerts (text messages, phone call, audible alarm, visual alarm, physical action) as configured by the interested parties (customers ).

[022] Part of the present invention patent, each of the mobile devices (6) generating multimedia data consists of (a) a data communication system that is the module responsible for transmitting the multimedia data (video and photo) and by transmitting data regarding the location of the mobile device; by (b) a local storage system that is the module responsible for the persistence of location and multimedia data used [023] when the data communication system (a) is out of operation due to failure or lack of signal from the cellular network; by (c) a geo-referencing system responsible for managing the location of the mobile device, and (d) video cameras with ambient image capture responsible for the acquisition of multimedia data.

[024] Also part of the present invention patent, the platform control software system resident on the server (2) contemplates the tracking of the object (9) in real time when it receives the specific tracking device (10), which it is specialized hardware that connects to the software platform residing on the server (2).

[025] The platform described in the present invention patent has its main field of action in the judicial recovery of objects during the execution of search warrants and seizures of

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8/8 objects in general, such as vehicles, personal effects, cargo and movable objects.

[026] Therefore, taking into account the cohesive unity that involves such an invention, it can be concluded that the rationality applied to this invention provides multiple advantages ranging from the complete management of the object lists of several Proprietary companies, the efficiency in the reach of users with great ease of access, the superiority of control and provision of accurate and clear information, real-time access and historical data on the location process, the ease of getting quick answers about a possible location and positive identification of an object, up to the ability to dynamically insert the object's satellite tracking.

[027] Therefore, as described, the object location platform is liable to be characterized as a privilege of invention because it presents a system with innovative and original features including integrations hitherto nonexistent and, moreover, perfectly consistent with the needs of recovering existing objects.

Claims (5)

1. OBJECT LOCATION PLATFORM characterized by being controlled by a management system on the server (2) available and accessible through the Internet (3), where the databases with the information of the objects to be recovered (8) coming from different owners of the objects (7) are sent to the server (2) that receives the lists and catalogs them in a specific database (5) and recorded in specialized storage devices (1), the multimedia data generated by several mobile devices (6 ) are forwarded by the Agents through the Internet network (6), processed and controlled by the platform management system installed on the server (2), cataloged in a specific database (5) and recorded in specialized storage devices (1); the software residing on the server (2) has the ability to process and guarantee the images, inferring certainty indices about the presence and identification of objects (9) contained in the lists (8); after processing, registration and storage, the data of each action can be accessed by interested parties (customers) through specific applications (4) available at points of access to the Internet network (3) and these can be fixed or mobile; the data received and processed by the software system of the platform residing on the server (2) can generate alarms and warnings for users according to the software parameterization. 2. OBJECT LOCATION PLATFORM, according to claim 1, featuring for each of the mobile devices (6) multimedia data generators works Petition 870180129329, of 9/12/2018, p. 12/17 2/3 on a 24x7 basis (24 hours, seven days a week) and consists of (a) a data communication system that is the module responsible for the transmission of multimedia data (text, video and photo) and the transmission of data regarding the location of the mobile device; by (b) a local storage system that is the module responsible for the persistence of location and multimedia data used when the data communication system (a) is out of operation due to failure or lack of signal from the cellular network; by (c) a georeferencing system responsible for managing the location of the mobile device, and (d) video cameras with ambient image capture responsible for the acquisition of multimedia data (video and photos). 3. PLATFORM OF OBJECT LOCATION, according to the previous claims, characterized by the obtaining of multimedia data (text, video and photos) in real time and of several generators by several mobile devices (6) operating simultaneously simultaneously. 4. OBJECT LOCATION PLATFORM, in accordance with the previous claims, characterized by the ability to manage the list (8) of objects with judicial recovery process of several bases of Owners (7), providing a single base, with a standard of registration and management system in order to optimize search and seizure actions. 5. OBJECT LOCATION PLATFORM, according to the previous claims, characterized by the ability to dynamically track objects, Petition 870180129329, of 9/12/2018, p. 13/17 3/3 through the association, in real time, of the object identified with the locator device (10), giving an exact location of the object without the presence of the Field Agent, guaranteeing the search process and the physical safety of the people involved.