EP2264673A2 - Elektronische Ausrüstung zur Identifikation, Steuerung und Sicherung von Gruppen aus Individuen in Bewegung - Google Patents

Elektronische Ausrüstung zur Identifikation, Steuerung und Sicherung von Gruppen aus Individuen in Bewegung Download PDF

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EP2264673A2
EP2264673A2 EP10382092A EP10382092A EP2264673A2 EP 2264673 A2 EP2264673 A2 EP 2264673A2 EP 10382092 A EP10382092 A EP 10382092A EP 10382092 A EP10382092 A EP 10382092A EP 2264673 A2 EP2264673 A2 EP 2264673A2
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bracelets
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José Francisco Hernández Cuartero
José Manuel Blasco Buch
Eduardo Montón Sánchez
María Teresa Meneu Barreira
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    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G07C9/28—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

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  • the invention as set forth in the statement of the present specification, relates to an electronic equipment for the identification, control and safety of groups of individuals in mobility, imparting to the function it is intended to, remarkable advantages and innovative characteristics, compared with other systems currently known in the market for the same purpose.
  • the object of the invention focuses on a equipment with electronic devices which, being applicable for groups of children, old people, disabled people, tourists, etc., in excursions, guided tours, spare time trips, camps, or other activities requiring the group's mobility, and being basically formed by a mobile device controlled by the person responsible of the group and a plurality of devices with RFID label (which stands for Radio Frequency Identification ), preferably consisting of a number of bracelets, worn by each one o the group's individuals, is aimed to constitute a system for the identification, control and safety of said group of individuals in said circumstances of mobility in a continual and autonomous way, allowing the person responsible of said group to keep in every moment under control to each and every one of the group's members, both in a overall way and individually, allowing the person, furthermore, among other advantages, to have access to further information about different aspects of each one of said individuals.
  • RFID label which stands for Radio Frequency Identification
  • the application field of the present invention is framed within the technical field of radio frequency identification technologies, applied to the safety of groups of people in mobility. These technologies are usually known as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).
  • RFID which stands for Radio Frequency Identification
  • RFID tags are remote data storage and recovery system which uses devices called labels, transponders or RFID tags.
  • the main purpose of the RFID technology is transmitting the identity of an object (similar to a unique serial number) through radio frequency waves.
  • the RFID technologies are grouped within the so called Auto ID (Automatic Identification).
  • a RFID label is a little device, similar to a sticker, which can be adhered or incorporated to a product, animal or person. They contain antennas in order to allow them to receive and answer to radio frequency demands from a RFID transmitter-receiver, frequently called RFID readers.
  • the passive labels have no need of inner electrical supply, whilst the active ones do have this need, using usually a battery to this end.
  • One of the advantages of using radio frequency is that a direct view between transmitter and receiver is not required.
  • the invention proposes an electronic equipment for the identification, control and safety of groups of individuals in mobility which constitutes a tool for tracking down, identification and safety of a group of individuals in mobility in a continuous and autonomous way, allowing to a person have in every moment under control each and everyone of the group's persons.
  • the equipment is intended to being applied in caring of groups (children, old people, disabled people ...) in excursions, guided tours, group trips, camps, spare time places, etc., preventing the risk of some of the group's components getting lost, besides of having a database of interest for each person.
  • the equipment comprises, basically, a mobile device, consisting of a PDA or of a UMPC, which the person responsible of the group works with and which is provided with a SD type memory card, and a plurality of devices with transceptor or RFID label, preferably consisting of bracelets, worn by each one of the group's individuals, being contemplates a PC in which a computing application is incorporated and a repository in order to allow the management of the individuals, of the groups, and the assignment of bracelets, as well as the possibility of managing information from different group responsibles, access permissions to the information, etc.
  • the mobile device is able to synchronize the information managed in the PC for its subsequent use.
  • a monitor or responsible of the group posses a mobile device (PDA or UMPC) whilst the children, each one, wear a bracelet.
  • the bracelet emits periodically an identification signal received by the mobile device if they are within a range of about 20 meters.
  • a PC application is provided, allowing the management of the individuals, of the groups, and the assignment of bracelets, as well as the possibility of managing information by the monitors, permissions for accessing to the information, etc.
  • the mobile device is able to synchronize the information managed in the PC for its subsequent use described in the above points.
  • the aforementioned mobile device can be a PDA or UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) or any portable device with a slot for SD card, being able to receive the identification signals from one or more identification bracelets, as well as to discriminate the potency of the received identification signals, being able to distinguish if it is in a distance of meters or centimetres by potency threshold of the received signals.
  • PDA Personal Digital Assistant
  • UMPC Ultra Mobile PC
  • any portable device with a slot for SD card
  • the mobile device can receive in a continuous manner the identification signals without needing of interaction by the responsible user, and synchronizes itself with the computer's information.
  • the mobile device through the SD card can distinguish specifically which received identification signals from the bracelets are within its coverage radius in order to known which bracelets (or individuals wearing them) in order to known if anyone is missing, being able to make group listings of the entry of individuals, specific, and of the exit.
  • the mobile device can warn if one or more bracelets have not been received in a determined time (safety radius).
  • the SD card Furthermore, thanks to the SD card and to the possibility of differentiation of the signals potency, it implements the search of one or more bracelets (or individuals wearing them).
  • the mobile device allows, by the possibility of distinguish whether the bracelet is in a centimetres range of said device, identifying a bracelet and showing the data (personal, medical, environmental, etc.) corresponding to the individual wearing it.
  • the PC (3) is a personal computer where the system's managing software is installed, for which it is provided with a application in which one shall be able to manage all the devices and users of the system, as well as the a data repository which shall include the data of the application.
  • the mobile device (2) can consist of a PDA or of a UMPC (UltraMobile PC with or without keyboard) and, through the SD type memory card, will allow the control of the bracelets (1) according to the configuration made in the application of the PC (3), so that it will allow the display of the data and the control of the bracelets (1) with the corresponding functionalities, while the data repository contains a replica of the PC's database (3).
  • UMPC UltraMobile PC with or without keyboard
  • the mobile device (2) PDA or UMPC synchronizes the data of the database managed in the PC (3), so that, from the identification signals transmitted by the bracelets (1) and the data of the data repository can offer the functionalities of lists control, individual control and identification, search and safety radius.
  • each one of them has a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) as a support for a transceptor or RFID label, i.e., of radio frequency based on the standard IEEE 802.15.4 (such as the CC2430 type from Texas Instruments) plus the additional components needed for its operation (2 crystals for the watches, decoupling capacitors, polarization resistors, adaptation for the RF port and antenna).
  • PCB printed Circuit Board
  • the antenna is, for example, an antenna in microstrip adapted by a commercial balun.
  • the whole device is fed through a battery holder for a watch battery.
  • Each bracelet (1) transmits an identification frame, containing the information on the MAC address of the transceptor chip of radio frequency or RFID label and the value of the battery, resting between frames in low consumption mode.
  • the SD type memory card the mobile device (2) is provided with is, for example, a ZigBee-SDIO card, and consist of a PCB as support, for example a CC2430 from Texas Instruments, plus the additional components needed for its operation (2 crystals for the watches, decoupling capacitors, polarization resistors, adaptation for the RF port and antenna).
  • the antenna is, for example, a microstrip antenna adapted by a commercial balun.
  • the device is fed through the SD interface being introduced in the Host's slot, i.e., of the mobile device (2).
  • the firmware of the mobile device (2) consists of two different blocks:
  • the radio frequency control block is in charge of the reception of ZigBee frames.
  • a frame is stored and in the control block of the SDIO interface an event is generated, so that this generates an interruption to the host.
  • the SDIO interface control block manages the communications through the SD interface generating the answers to the received commands.
  • the mobile device (2) is a PDA
  • this one whose only requirement will be that it has a operating system compatible with the application of the PC and it contains a slot for the SD memory card, thanks to the continuous reception of the identification from the bracelets (1), offers the following functionalities:
  • UMPC Commercially available can be used, which has a 7 inches screen, compatible operating system and SD slot.
  • the PC's application on its part, allows the management of the users wearing the bracelets and of the bracelets, by offering:
  • beacons fixed to the area to be monitorized, intended to get a higher coverage and be able to track down in certain defined areas where is each bracelet in each moment, being composed of a PCB as support (for example a CC2430 from Texas Instruments), plus the additional components needed for its operation: two crystals for the watches, decoupling capacitors, polarization resistors, adaptation for the RF port, alimentation and antenna.

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EP10382092A 2009-06-18 2010-04-22 Elektronische Ausrüstung zur Identifikation, Steuerung und Sicherung von Gruppen aus Individuen in Bewegung Ceased EP2264673A3 (de)

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