DE10052434A1 - System for locating objects or persons has central unit with information about current location of objects or persons, mobile units that provide location information on request - Google Patents

System for locating objects or persons has central unit with information about current location of objects or persons, mobile units that provide location information on request

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DE10052434A1
DE10052434A1 DE2000152434 DE10052434A DE10052434A1 DE 10052434 A1 DE10052434 A1 DE 10052434A1 DE 2000152434 DE2000152434 DE 2000152434 DE 10052434 A DE10052434 A DE 10052434A DE 10052434 A1 DE10052434 A1 DE 10052434A1
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    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
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Abstract

The system has a central unit in which information about the current location of objects or persons is stored and mobile units provided for customers and that provide information on request by customers about the location of defined objects or persons, whereby information is transmitted between the mobile and central units. A system can consist of mobile units only.

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Aus Kostengründen wird immer mehr Personal in Kaufhäusern, Baumärkten, Verwaltungen, Krankenhäusern, usw. eingespart. Dies geht aber zu Lasten der Kundenzufriedenheit, da ortsunkundige Personen die Waren, bzw. Personen nicht auf Anhieb finden, und oftmals kein Personal in der Nähe ist, von dem die Informationen zu erhalten sind.For reasons of cost, more and more staff are in department stores, hardware stores, administrations, hospitals, etc. saved. However, this is at the expense of customer satisfaction, since people who are not familiar with the location of the goods or People cannot be found straight away, and often there is no staff nearby from whom the information can be found are preserved.

Ausgehend von diesem Stand liegt der Erfindung daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Anlage zu schaffen, mit der Informationen über den Ort von Waren oder Personal jederzeit abrufbar sind und somit die Kundenzufriedenheit gesteigert wird.Based on this state, the invention is therefore based on the object of creating a system with which Information about the location of goods or personnel can be called up at any time and thus customer satisfaction is increased.

Gelöst wird diese Aufgabe durch eine elektronische Anlage, wobei die Anlage vorzugsweise aus transportablen Einheiten und einer zentralen Einheit besteht. Die Anlage kann aber auch nur aus transportablen Einheiten bestehen. Die transportablen Einheiten werden den Kunden für die Dauer des Aufenthaltes zur Verfügung gestellt. Die Informationen können dabei über elektromagnetische Wellen, z. B. Funkwellen, von der Zentraleinheit an die transportablen Einheiten bei Bedarf übertragen werden. Weiterhin könne die Informationen aber auch in den transportablen Einheiten gespeichert sein. Die Zentraleinheit dient dann dazu um Änderungen einzugeben und zu speichern, wobei die Änderungen in bestimmten Abständen über Schnittstellen, z. B. Kabel an die transportablen Einheiten übertragen werden. Die Informationen werden dem Kunden per Display oder per Sprache übermittelt, wobei die Information aus der Ortsangabe oder der Ortsangabe und eine Wegbeschreibung besteht. Besteht die Information aus einer Ortsangabe und einer Wegbeschreibung, so kann die Wegbeschreibung dadurch bestimmt werden, indem mittels Sensoren der Ort der transportablen Einheit bestimmt wird, und mit dem Zielort eine Berechnung des Weges erfolgt. Der Weg kann dabei in bestimmten Zeitabständen, je nach aktuellen Ort der mobilen Einheit, neu berechnet, und die Information an den Kunden weitergegeben werden.This task is solved by an electronic system, the system preferably consisting of portable Units and a central unit. The system can also only consist of transportable units consist. The transportable units will be available to customers for the duration of their stay posed. The information can be about electromagnetic waves, for. B. radio waves from Central unit can be transferred to the portable units if necessary. Furthermore, the Information can also be stored in the transportable units. The central unit then serves this purpose Enter and save changes, the changes at certain intervals via interfaces, z. B. cables can be transferred to the portable units. The information is sent to the customer by Display or transmitted by voice, the information from the location or the location and a Directions exist. If the information consists of a location and directions, it can the route description can be determined by using sensors to locate the transportable unit is determined, and the route is calculated with the destination. The path can be certain Time intervals, depending on the current location of the mobile unit, recalculated, and the information to the customer be passed on.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel wird im folgenden näher erläutert.An exemplary embodiment is explained in more detail below.

In einem Warenhaus ist ein zentraler Rechner installiert, in der Ort aller Waren gespeichert ist. Das Warenhaus ist dabei in Bereiche unterteilt, wobei die Bezeichnung der Bereiche für den Kunden leicht erkennbar und leicht nachvollziehbar ist (z. B. Bereiche A1 bis E10).A central computer is installed in a department store and stores the location of all goods. The store is divided into areas, with the designation of the areas easily recognizable and easy for the customer is understandable (e.g. areas A1 to E10).

Die transportablen Einheiten sind fest in Einkaufswagen integriert. Die transportablen Einheiten senden Funksignale, woraus, mittels Sensoren, der aktuelle Ort der transportablen Einheiten in kurzen Zeitabständen von der zentrale Einheit berechnet wird.The portable units are firmly integrated in shopping carts. Send the portable units Radio signals, from which, by means of sensors, the current location of the transportable units in short time intervals is calculated by the central unit.

Bei Betreten des Warenhauses kann ein Kunde einen Einkaufswagen leihen. Per Display kann der Kunde die Bezeichnung einer Ware in die mobile Einheit eingeben. Per Funkwellen wird der zentrale Einheit die Anfrage mitgeteilt. Diese ermittelt per Datenbank den Ort der Ware und berechnet mit dem Ort der transportablen Einheit einen Weg. Diese Informationen werden per Funkwellen an die transportable Einheit gesendet. Der Zielort wird dem Kunden mittels Display und Sprache mitgeteilt (z. B. A4). Weiterhin werden dem Kunden Anweisungen über den Weg übermittelt, die aktuell von der Zentraleinheit berechnet werden (z. B. nächster Gang links).When entering the department store, a customer can borrow a shopping cart. The customer can display the Enter the description of a product in the mobile unit. The central unit receives the request via radio waves communicated. This determines the location of the goods via a database and calculates the location of the transportable unit  a way. This information is sent to the portable unit via radio waves. The destination will be communicated to the customer using the display and language (e.g. A4). Instructions will also be given to the customer transmitted via the route that are currently calculated by the central unit (e.g. next gear on the left).

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1. Anlage zum Auffinden von Gegenständen oder Personen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anlage aus einer zentralen Einheit, in der Informationen über den aktuellen Ort von Gegenständen oder Personen gespeichert sind und transportablen Einheiten besteht, die Kunden zur Verfügung gestellt werden und dazu diene, auf Abfrage des Kunden, Informationen über den Ort von bestimmten Gegenständen oder Personen dem Kunden zur Verfügung zu stellen, wobei Informationen zwischen den transportablen Einheiten und der zentralen Einheit übermittelt werden.1. System for locating objects or people, characterized in that the system consists of a central unit in which information about the current location of objects or people is stored and transportable units that are made available to customers and are used for this purpose Querying the customer to provide the customer with information about the location of certain objects or people, information being transmitted between the transportable units and the central unit. 2. Anlage zum Auffinden von Gegenständen oder Personen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anlage nur aus transportablen Einheiten besteht, in denen Informationen über den aktuellen Ort von Gegenständen oder Personen gespeichert sind, die Kunden zur Verfügung gestellt werden und dazu dienen, auf Abfrage des Kunden, Informationen über den Ort von bestimmten Gegenständen oder Personen dem Kunden zur Verfügung zu stellen.2. System for finding objects or people, characterized in that the system only from transportable units, in which information about the current location of objects or Persons are saved, which are made available to customers and are used on request of the Customers, information about the location of certain objects or people to the customer To make available. 3. Anlage zum Auffinden von Gegenständen oder Personen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Informationen zwischen der zentralen Einheit und den transportablen Einheiten per elektromagnetischen Wellen übertragen werden.3. System for finding objects or people according to claim 1, characterized in that the information between the central unit and the transportable units by electromagnetic Waves are transmitted. 4. Anlage zum Auffinden von Gegenständen oder Personen nach Anspruch 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mittels Sensoren die aktuelle Position der transportablen Einheiten bestimmt wird, und daraus und dem Ort der gesuchten Gegenstände oder Personen ein günstiger Weg ermittelt wird.4. Installation for finding objects or people according to claim 1 to 3, characterized in that that the current position of the transportable units is determined by means of sensors, and from this and that A favorable route is determined for the location of the objects or persons sought.
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