EP1240634B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum überwachen von personen, tiere oder objekten - Google Patents

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EP1240634B1
EP1240634B1 EP00988955A EP00988955A EP1240634B1 EP 1240634 B1 EP1240634 B1 EP 1240634B1 EP 00988955 A EP00988955 A EP 00988955A EP 00988955 A EP00988955 A EP 00988955A EP 1240634 B1 EP1240634 B1 EP 1240634B1
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for the hourly control of the movement or position of people, animals or objects.
  • an apparatus for the identification of objects comprising a terminal comprising a plurality of data modules, a switching device for initiating the one of the data modules for extracting identification data of an object and a module for transmitting said identification data remotely.
  • US Pat. No. 5,630,209 describes an emergency call system involving a wireless communication network for transmitting an emergency call and a request for assistance to a monitoring center.
  • the transmitted message is composed from information stored in a smart card and read by reading means.
  • PCT application WO 99/45761 relates to a method for collecting information relating to slaughter animals. This method involves a transponder carried by each animal and a device for reading this transponder which ensures a wireless transmission of data contained in the transponder. destination of a control center. The transponder is read only and provides a unique identification code.
  • Such a device comprises an identification badge reader and a clock device, each employee being provided with an identification badge which is read by the device at the entrance and exit of the workplace to calculate and memorize the time the employee is in the workplace. It turns out that this solution is not appropriate for employees who regularly change workplaces, as it implies that all workplaces in question are equipped with time-control devices compatible with each other or that the employee is provided with as many badges as there are types of time control devices. In addition, the work time information stored by the different time control devices must be transmitted to a management center in the same format, which is not the case if the control devices are not compatible.
  • Another solution is to provide the badge with storage means, so that all schedule information is transmitted by the schedule control devices and stored by the badge. This solution still implies that all time control devices are compatible with each other.
  • a portable terminal comprising an identification badge reader, each person receiving such assistance being provided with a badge of approval. identification.
  • the assistant must read with her terminal the identification badge of the person visited, so as to allow the terminal to memorize the corresponding hours and identification information of the person visited.
  • the assistant also has a remote transmission device comprising a modem for reading the schedule information stored by the terminal and transmit this information by telephone to a management center.
  • the invention makes it possible to signal to a control center an event linked to an identification code. It can be achieved simply by connecting a mobile phone, for example of the GSM type, to a transponder chip reader which has a low cost and small dimensions compatible with that of a mobile phone, this connection being made using the connector provided. on mobile phones to connect a computer or peripheral devices such as a hands-free kit.
  • the chip reader can be activated by means of a command button provided on the housing of the reader, which triggers the reading of a chip and the transmission of information read to the mobile phone. The reception of information from the reader by the mobile phone triggers the sending of the information read to a recipient whose phone number has been previously entered.
  • the chip reader can be triggered by means of a key or via command selection menus, provided in the mobile phone, which involves a modification of the control program of it. It is also possible to integrate the chip reader in the housing of the mobile phone.
  • the transmission of the information read into the chip is carried out in the form of a so-called short message in mobile telephony, which makes it possible to make the cost of telecommunications in the operation of the mobile phone negligible. device according to the invention.
  • control center receiving the message returns an acknowledgment message
  • transmitting mobile telephone warns the user that the acknowledgment message has been received.
  • control center In an application such as the control of working hours, the control center also calculates the time that has elapsed between the receipt of two signaling messages issued by the same caller and containing the same identification code.
  • the invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
  • this device comprises a transponder chip with read and write access, storing identification information, and a mobile telephone connected to a transponder chip read / write device, designed to read the information of the reader.
  • identification stored by the chip means for triggering reading by the reading device of the information stored by a chip, and the radiotelephone transmission of a message containing the information read to a control center, and means for memorizing in the transponder chip information received from the control center by the mobile phone, this information including timestamp data stored in a database (2) of the control center (1).
  • the transponder chip is of the non-contact type, that is to say that it is powered by induction by the reading device and communicates with it by this means.
  • the transponder chip comprises storage means accessible both for reading and writing, so as to be able to store information, in particular the information received by the mobile telephone and transmitted by the reading device, such as an identification code.
  • the method according to the invention may comprise load loading steps allowing, for example, the user to access protected premises, to use devices under certain conditions, to perform paid activities, to have a credit to use paid services (telephone) ...
  • the management of this credit can be provided by an account management organization located at distance, such as for example a bank.
  • the method will have to implement security procedures with encryption of the information transmitted to the chip in order to load them into the memory, and the decryption of this information during reading by the reader.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a mobile phone 20, for example of GSM type, designed to perform telephone communications with other mobile phones or with telephones connected to a public switched telephone network.
  • a mobile phone 20 for example of GSM type, designed to perform telephone communications with other mobile phones or with telephones connected to a public switched telephone network.
  • such a telephone comprises a display screen 24, for example of liquid crystal type, a control keyboard 23, a transmitter / receiver device 22 connected to an antenna 26, for establishing a radiotelephone communication with a base station of a cellular radiotelephone network, a microphone 30 and a loudspeaker 29, all of these elements being controlled by a microprocessor-type processor 21 and supplied with electrical energy by a supply circuit 25 connected to a battery.
  • the processor 21 is controlled by a program stored in a read-only memory 28, and uses a random access memory 27 to store, in particular, operating parameters of the telephone.
  • connection means 33 provided on the mobile telephone are used to connect a computer or a hands-free kit for connecting to the processor 21 a transponder chip reading device 31 designed for this purpose.
  • This reading device makes it possible to read the information recorded in a transponder chip 10, for example of the non-contact type, comprising storage means 14 in which information of identification of the chip is stored in a tamper-proof manner, and transmission means 12 connected by connection terminals 15 to an antenna 13. These transmission means are designed to read the information stored in the storage means 14 and transmit them on the antenna 13.
  • the antenna 13 is constituted by a set of turns allowing the chip to communicate by induction with a reading device which also ensures its power supply.
  • the whole of the chip 10 and the antenna 13 may be integrated in a support 11, such as an identification badge.
  • This set can be associated with a person, an animal, an object or a place.
  • the reading device 31 is powered by the processor 21 following a user action on a button 32 provided on the housing of the reading device 31.
  • This action triggers the induction emission of the electrical energy necessary for the operation of a transponder chip 10.
  • the transmission means 12 read the information contained in the memory means 14 and transmit this information to the reading device 31 in modulated form.
  • the reading device receives this information and demodulates it, before transmitting it to the processor 21.
  • the processor 21 then puts this information in the form of a digital signaling message and transmits the message to a correspondent identified by a telephone number, by means of the transceiver 22.
  • the telephone number of the correspondent can be memorized as a parameter in the memory 27 or requested to the user via the screen 24.
  • the reading device 31 is turned on by means of a key of the keyboard 23 provided for this purpose or by means of a selection menu displayed on the screen 24.
  • the reading device 31 can also be integrated into the casing of the mobile telephone 20.
  • the correspondent of the signaling messages is a control center directly connected to the radiotelephone network by means of an antenna 5, or via the public switched telephone network.
  • the control center comprises a computer 1 designed to directly receive the digital signaling messages, and store them in a database 2.
  • This computer can also be connected to a control member 3, such as a keyboard, and to a viewing screen 4.
  • the computer 1 retrieves the information contained in the received message, as well as the identification information of the sender of the message, and stores this information in association with the current date and time, in the database 2.
  • the database may be organized on the basis of a set of information by user identification code having a mobile phone according to the invention, all the signaling messages issued by the user being thus listed. and dated in this set.
  • the identification information of the sender of the message may be constituted by the telephone number of the calling telephone which is retrieved by the computer 1 at the time of the telephone transmission of the signaling message. Alternatively, these identification information may be requested from the user or read from the memory 27 and inserted into the signaling message by the processor 21.
  • the device which has just been described is intended to be used to transmit a first signaling message at the arrival of the user at a given location, and a second signaling message from the user of this place. Therefore, the computer 1 expects to receive two successive signaling messages containing the same chip identification information, and from the same transmitter.
  • the processor 21 determines whether it is a first or second signaling message, by access to the database 2 to find if a first message is already stored in the database. If it is the second signaling message, the processor 21 calculates the time which has elapsed between the respective reception instants of the first and the second message, and stores this duration in the database 2.
  • the device that has just been described can also be used when one simply wants to timestamp the passage of a person or a vehicle in a specific place.
  • the transponder chip is attached to this place.
  • the computer 1 sends an acknowledgment message to each signaling message reception, the receipt of this acknowledgment message being indicated on the screen 24 by the processor 21.
  • the transmissions between the telephone 20 and the computer 1 are carried out in the form of digital data transmission messages, such as those provided for in the GSM standard.
  • digital data transmission messages such as those provided for in the GSM standard.
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • HCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data
  • GPRS General Packet Radio Services
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • the means 14 for storing the transponder chips 10 are accessible both for reading and writing, and the reading device 31 is also designed to transmit information to be written in the memory means 14. the chip being read.
  • the processor 21 can send the current date and time to the chip 10 during its reading, as well as the telephone number called to transmit the corresponding signaling message. In this way, another person carrying out checks can verify with a chip reading device that a first signaling message has been transmitted.
  • the assistants can first be used by people with multiple workplaces, such as home helpers who are employed by social security organizations, for the control of their working time.
  • the assistants have a mobile phone provided with a smart card reader, according to the invention, while the persons benefiting from such assistance have a badge incorporating a transponder chip in which is stored an identification code of the person, which code is known to the control center.
  • the transponder chip can also be installed in a fixed place in a place provided for this purpose in each workplace.
  • the assistant Upon arrival and departure from home, the assistant triggers the mobile phone reading of the person's transponder chip. In this way, the control center is notified in real time where the beneficiary is each assistant, and can determine the working time of each assistant. This provision also allows the control center to verify by calling a beneficiary by phone that an assistant is at home at this time.
  • the method and the device according to the invention can also be applied to monitoring the use of a fleet of vehicles by installing a transponder chip in each vehicle storing a vehicle identification code, each user having a telephone mobile according to the invention, to warn in real time a control center that he has borrowed or rendered a specific vehicle at a given date. It is also possible to associate a transponder chip to each parking location, this chip to be read by a user when he returns his vehicle, resulting in the issuance of a signaling message containing a code identification of place, so that the control center knows in real time the parking place of each vehicle in the fleet, and the date on which it was returned.
  • each vehicle or each user, or each parking place must be equipped with an identification transponder chip whose number is known to a management and billing center.
  • the user triggers the reading of the transponder chip by means of his mobile telephone, the information being transmitted by the mobile phone according to the invention to a management center whose number of phone was introduced by the user.
  • the management center uses the information transmitted, calculates the duration of the parking and the corresponding amount to be paid, and sends the billing of these amounts to the corresponding users.
  • control terminals for determining whether a parked vehicle (motor vehicle or pleasure boat) has been declared comprising transponder chip reading means, and possibly transmission means for transmission. interview the management center.
  • the chip is accessible in read and write, the chip can memorize the date on which the last reading was made and the called management center number.
  • the parking space is identified by a transponder chip
  • an identification code of his vehicle for example the registration number of this vehicle. latest.
  • the check can simply be done by querying the management center to inquire whether a parked vehicle has been previously registered.
  • the method and the device according to the invention can be applied to the management of a fleet of vehicles or moving objects, such as dumpsters, made available to subscribers by rental. .

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  1. Verfahren zur Zeitüberwachung der Ortsveränderung von Gegenständen oder Personen, das die folgenden aufeinanderfolgenden Schritte aufweist:
    - das Lesen von einen Identifikationscode enthaltenden Informationen durch eine Lese-/Schreibvorrichtung (31), die von einem Identifikationstransponderchip (10) gespeichert werden, der gelesen und beschrieben werden kann, und die Übertragung der gelesenen Informationen an ein Mobiltelefon (20), an das die Lesevorrichtung angeschlossen ist,
    - das Senden einer Signalnachricht, die den von der Lesevorrichtung gelesenen Identifikationscode enthält, durch das Mobiltelefon an ein einen Rechner (1) und eine Datenbank (2) enthaltendes Kontrollzentrum,
    - den Empfang der Signalnachricht durch das Kontrollzentrum und das Speichern der in der Nachricht enthaltenen Informationen, die in Verbindung mit den Identifikationsinformationen des Senders der Signalnachricht empfangen wurden, in der besagten Datenbank (2), sowie der Zeitmessdaten, wobei diese Datenbank anhand eines Blocks von Informationen gemäß Identifikationscode organisiert ist und alle Signalnachrichten in diesen Block eingeordnet und datiert werden,
    - die Rücksendung einer den Empfang bestätigenden Nachricht durch das Kontrollzentrum (1) an das Mobiltelefon (20),
    - die Eintragung von Informationen, welche die vom Mobiltelefon empfangenen Zeitgeberdaten enthalten, durch die Lese-/Schreibvorrichtung in den Transponderchip.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Senden der in den Chip eingelesenen Informationen in Form einer Kurznachricht erfolgt.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Identifikationsinformationen des Senders der Signalnachricht die Telefonnummer des Mobiltelefons (20) des Senders umfassen, die vom Kontrollzentrum (1) bei Empfang der Signalnachricht von demselben erfasst wird.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass bei Empfang einer von einem Mobiltelefon (20) ausgesendeten Signalnachricht das Kontrollzentrum (1) an das sendende Mobiltelefon eine den Empfang bestätigende Nachricht zurückschickt, und das sendende Mobiltelefon auf seinem Bildschirm anzeigt, dass eine den Empfang bestätigende Nachricht eingegangen ist.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Kontrollzentrum (1) die Zeit berechnet, die zwischen dem Empfang der beiden vom selben Mobiltelefon ausgesendeten Signalnachrichten, die denselben Identifikationscode beinhalten, vergangen ist.
  6. Vorrichtung zur Zeitüberwachung der Ortsveränderung von Gegenständen oder Personen, die einen Chip (10) in der Art eines Transponders umfasst, der gelesen und beschrieben werden kann, indem er Identifikationsinformationen speichert, und ein Mobiltelefon (20), das an eine Transponderchip-Lese-/Schreibvorrichtung (31) angeschlossen ist, die beschaffen ist, um die vom Chip gespeicherten Identifikationsinformationen zu lesen, Mittel (32), um das Lesen der von einem Chip gespeicherten Informationen durch die Lesevorrichtung auszulösen, und die drahtlose Sendung einer die gelesenen Informationen enthaltenden Nachricht an ein Kontrollzentrum (1), und Mittel zum Speichern der vom Kontrollzentrum über das Mobiltelefon erhaltenen Informationen in den Transponderchip, wobei diese Informationen Zeitmessdaten enthalten, die in einer Datenbank (2) des Kontrollzentrums (1) gespeichert sind.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Transponderchip (10) kontaktlos ist.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Transponderchip (10) Speichermittel (14) umfasst, die gleichzeitig gelesen und beschrieben werden können, so dass die vom Mobiltelefon (20) erhaltenen Informationen und die ihm von der Lesevorrichtung (31) übertragenen Informationen gespeichert werden können.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lesevorrichtung (31) des Chips so beschaffen ist, um an den Anschluss (33) angeschlossen werden zu können, der an Mobiltelefonen vorgesehen ist, um einen Rechner oder Peripheriegeräte anzuschließen, wobei die Chiplesevorrichtung (31) mit Hilfe eines Schaltknopfes (32) aktiviert wird, der sich am Gehäuse der Lesevorrichtung befindet, wodurch das Lesen eines Chips (10) und die Übertragung der gelesenen Informationen zum Mobiltelefon (20) ausgelöst wird.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Chiplesevorrichtung (31) in das Gehäuse des Mobiltelefons (20) integriert ist und mit Hilfe einer Taste (23) oder über sich im Mobiltelefon befindende Befehlsauswahlmenüs ausgelöst wird.
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