FR2684782A1 - METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ROUND OF A SURVEILLANCE AGENT. - Google Patents

Abstract

Adhesive labels (2) bearing identification bar codes (3) are placed at all exits (4) of the premises (5) to be visited. The surveillance agent successively scans, using a time stamp barcode reader (6), one of these bar codes (3) and the relevant barcode (s) (9) corresponding to a list (8) conditions (open, closed, break-in) likely to be observed in relation to exit 4 or room 5. At the end of the round, this information is transferred to a computer (11) which makes it possible to establish tour reports (13). This process allows easy and secure control of the execution of the rounds and reliable transmission of information.

Description

Method for exploiting the patrols of a surveillance agent The invention

  concerns the control and operation of patrols carried out by surveillance officers during working hours

  closure of industrial, commercial and other premises.

  A classic method of verifying that a surveillance officer has carried out all the prescribed rounds by passing through all the points to be visited consists in asking him to record the hour and the minute of each of his passages on a sheet or on a register kept at each point The agent can easily bypass this measure by registering in one

times several hours of passage.

  A safer way is to use devices called data carriers which are mechanically fixed at each visit point and which record the date and time of each visit using a patrol controller which is fitted with the surveillance officer. . This control mode requires the installation of a data carrier at each visit point. It therefore does not lend itself to frequent changes in the distribution of visit points.

  which may result, for example, from changes in use

tion of premises.

  In addition, apart from serious events and situations such as fires, floods, break-ins, suspicious presence, surveillance officers are able to observe during their rounds various conditions relating to the premises visited

  which may be of interest to the owner or user

  of these premises, such as door or window open or closed, light on or off, machine or appliance on or off. Supervisors have no simple and reliable means of recording and making such findings

get to know those interested.

  The object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to provide a simple, inexpensive and safe method for controlling the execution of rounds, further enabling optimum use of these rounds to collect and transmit information. These results are obtained, according to the invention, thanks to a process in which there is at each of the points to be visited during the rounds a support provided with a bar code containing information allowing the identification of this point, the surveillance officer, during each pass, scans said bar code by means of a portable time stamp bar code reader capable of recording the information contained in the bar code associated with the date and time of the reading , and, after each round or series of rounds, the information recorded by the reader is transferred to

means of exploitation.

  Advantageous optional features of the invention are set out below:

  Said supports are adhesive labels.

  The surveillance agent is provided with a list of different conditions that may be found in relation to a visit point and each associated with a bar code describing this condition, and in that the surveillance agent scans by means of the reader, directly after the barcode affixed at a place of visit, the barcode (s) relating to

  conditions that actually arise during his visit.

  Media with bar codes is assigned to each

  from a room to be visited, and said list includes the conditions

  following options: "closed exit" ,, "open exit" and "effrac-

tion ".

The reader is of the pen type.

  Transfer of information from the reader to the means of

  This is done by means of a drain well.

  The operating resources are suitable for establishing round reports containing the identification of the points visited and for each of them the date and time of each visit by the surveillance officer and, where appropriate, the mention of the conditions observed. in this regard, each report may concern all the points visited during a series of rounds or

a subset of these.

  The operating means include a printer specific to

print round reports.

  The operating resources are suitable for keeping in memory the information collected to allow subsequent checks.

  The operating means include a computer.

  Other characteristics and advantages of the invention appear

  will review the detailed description below, and

  attached drawing, in which the single figure is a functional diagram-

  nel illustrating a process according to the invention.

  In this figure, the reference 1 designates a barcode printer, for example of the Dura Type 240 type marketed by KROY FRANCE (93 VILLEPINTE), and the reference 2 an adhesive label.

  carrying a barcode 3 printed by means of the printer 1.

  Label 2, which has the shape of a rectangle of about one centimeter-

  tre of width and a few centimeters in length, is stuck on or near a window 4 which constitutes one of the exits of a room 5 such as an office belonging to a factory or to an industrial zone A surveillance agent which, during its rounds, must pass in front of window 4, is provided with a code reader

  with time stamp bars 6 and a plate 7 on which is ins-

  write a list 8 containing conditions likely to apply

  quer in window 4, for example "open", "closed", "broken tile", "break-in", etc., as well as conditions that may apply to room 5, for example "light on", "light

  extinct ", and if necessary other conditions which cannot be

  plicate that at other visit points Next to each condi-

  tion of the list 8 is placed a corresponding bar code 9,

  which may also have been printed using printer 1.

  The bar code reader 6 is in the form of a pen, for example of the DATAWAND IIB or III type, marketed by NETCODE (LYON) The bar code 3 contains information making it possible to identify the room 5 and the window 4, for example : name of the company to which the premises belong, building number, office number, name and function of the occupant, position of the window if the office has more than one The surveillance officer passes tip 6 a of the pen

  6 on barcode 3, thereby recording this related information

  automatically scanned at the date, at the hour and at the minute of the reading It then scans the one or those of the bar codes 9 which correspond to a condition noted in relation to the window

4 or room 5.

  If room 5 has several windows and / or doors leading to the outside, the same operations are repeated for each of these exits, with which respective labels similar to label 2 are associated. The same sequence is repeated for all rooms with outdoor exits If the round provides for entry into premises, labels provided with

  bars can be arranged inside of them to allow

  be the recording of the agent's passage and of findings

  relating to elements not visible from the outside, such as

  on or off, operation of a device or not.

  At the end of the round or of a series of rounds, the information recorded in the reader 6 is transferred to a computer there by means of an emptying well 10, for example of the DATAWELL type marketed by NETCODE The employer of the surveillance officer,

  which may be a security company, or the operating company

  both the factory or the shopping center monitored, can, from this information, establish monitoring reports concerning

  all or part of the points visited and intended for customers of the

  company, management and / or interested departments of the company

  t, depending on the case These reports indicate the date and time of each visit to each visit point, and the observations made These reports can be daily or have any desired periodicity They are printed on paper 13

  by means of a printer 12 controlled by the computer 11.

  A barcode label can be added easily-

  quickly, practically free of charge and without labor

  for any new waypoint, whether final or temporary

  rary Replacing a damaged label is just as easy.

Claims (8)

Claims   1 Method for exploiting the patrols of a surveillance agent, characterized in that one has at each of the points (4) to be visited during these patrols a support (2) provided with a bar code (3) containing information allowing the identification of this point, that the surveillance agent, during each pass, scans said bar code by means of a portable time barcode reader (6), suitable for recording the information contained   in the barcode associated with the date and time of reading   re, and that after each round or a series of rounds, the information recorded by the reader is transferred to means operating (11).   2 Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the-   said supports are adhesive labels.   3 Method according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized   in that the supervisor is provided with a list (8) of diff-   different conditions likely to be found in relation to   a visit point and each associated with a bar code (9) describing   Before this condition, and in that the surveillance agent scans by means of the reader, directly after the bar code (3) affixed at an inspection point, the bar code or codes (9) relating to   conditions that actually arise during his visit.   4 Method according to claim 3, characterized in that supports provided with bar codes are assigned to each exit (4) of a room (5) to be visited, and in that said list includes the   following conditions: "closed exit", "open exit" and "effrac- tion ".   Method according to one of the preceding claims, character-   laughed in that the reader is of the pen type.   6 Method according to one of the preceding claims, character-   laughed at that the transfer of information from the reader to the means   operating is carried out by means of a drain well (10).   7 Method according to one of the preceding claims, character-   laughed at in that the operating means (11) are suitable for   blir tour reports containing the identification of the points visited and for each of them the date and time of each visit by the surveillance officer and, where appropriate, the mention of the conditions observed in relation to it, each report may concern all the points visited during a series of rounds or a subset of these.   8 Method according to claim 7, characterized in that the operating means comprise a printer (12) suitable for print round reports.   9 Method according to one of the preceding claims, character-   laughed at in that the means of exploitation are suitable for keeping   in memory the information collected to allow checks the later ones.   Method according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in   what the operating means include a computer (11).