GB2380882A - Tagging system for sports fans - Google Patents

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GB2380882A
GB2380882A GB0207699A GB0207699A GB2380882A GB 2380882 A GB2380882 A GB 2380882A GB 0207699 A GB0207699 A GB 0207699A GB 0207699 A GB0207699 A GB 0207699A GB 2380882 A GB2380882 A GB 2380882A
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A tagging system (10) is provided for determining the location of a person such as a soccer supporter by another person such as a stadium official situated in another location such as a soccer stadium. The system (10) has a plurality of first and second types of tracking devices (11, 12), adapted to be carried by respective first and second persons (such as supporters of opposing sports teams) and to transmit respective first or second signals (16, 17). The signals (16, 17) are received by a receiver (19) in a control centre (18). The receiver (19) registers the location of each first and second tracking device (11, 12). The system (10) monitors and displays on a map (20) the segregation of the supporters of opposing teams in or in the vicinity of a sports ground. An alarm may be raised if a first type of tracking device is too close to a second type of tracking device.

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TAGGING SYSTEM This invention relates to tagging systems, and in particular to systems for determining the location of a person by another person situated in another location.
Tagging systems are known, for example for the authorities to determine the location of a person who, having committed some misdemeanour, is on parole as part of the sentence for having committed that misdemeanour. In such a case, the person concerned wears a tagging device that emits a signal to be received by a receiver at a police station or other control centre. This enables the police or other persons in authority to determine whether the person on parole is at a specified location, for example at home, at any time. Such a system is disclosed in US 5889474. In this case the system uses the cellular radio system control channels to transmit details of the parole person's identity and location to the control centre.
However, such a device must emit a signal that can be identified with that person, and therefore each device must be unique in its transmitting characteristics. In addition, the device must indicate to the control centre the location of the person wearing the tagging device wherever that person is and at all times. In US 5537102 there is disclosed a remote monitoring system that includes a signalling device worn by a person whether at or away from home. The system requires the person wearing the signalling device to telephone the control centre at certain times. However, such a system is not operable if a telephone is not available to the person wearing the signalling device at a particular location, or if the person is asleep or indisposed, at the relevant time. To make such a system operative when the person concerned is asleep, indisposed or remote from a telephone, US 6130620 proposes a system in which a miniature radio frequency (RF) transmitter is added to the device worn by the person and a home unit is connected to a telephone or to the internet. The RF transmission between the wearer of the device and their home unit is then relayed via the telephone or Internet to the control centre. Both of these systems are person specific.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a simplified system that indicates to a control centre the presence of a number of persons within a specified location, for example at a sporting venue.
The invention provides a tagging system comprising a plurality of first and second tracking devices, each adapted to be carried by a person and to transmit a respective first or second signal, a control centre receiving means adapted receive first signals from each first tracking device and second signals from each second tracking device and to register the location of each first and second tracking device.
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Each first and second tracking device may have a proximity alarm operable to indicate its proximity to, respectively, a second or first tracking device.
The control centre receiving means may be adapted to transmit control signals to the tracking devices. In this case the tracking devices may be adapted to receive a control signal from the control centre transmitting and receiving means and be operable to transmit a respective first or second signal on receipt of that control signal. Each first and second signal may include a personal identifier, and the personal identifier may correspond with a number.
Each tracking device may be adapted to be wom by a person. Each tracking device may be adapted to be worn around the wrist of a person, and may comprise a wrist strap. The tagging system may comprise a release device, and each wrist strap may have securing means openable only by means of the release device.
The control centre may be located in a sporting venue. A map of the sporting venue may be displayed on a visual display monitor. The transmission and receiving means may register the location of each first tracking device by a first colour on the map and the location of each second tracking device by a second colour on the map. The first and second colours may respectively represent the opponents in a sporting contest being held at the sporting venue.
Each tracking device may display the respective first or second colour and may display the name of the respective opponent. The sporting venue may be a soccer stadium and the sporting contest may be a game of soccer.
The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, the single figure of which illustrates a tagging system 10 in operation at a soccer stadium. The system 10 includes a large number of first and second tracking devices 11, 12, one of each being shown. In practice there will be one tracking device 11 or 12 for each spectator attending at the soccer stadium. Each tracking device 11,12 is in the form of a wrist watch having a wrist strap 13 which incorporates a closure device 14. Such a closure device may be opened only by a release device 15, the release device 15 shown being of the type conventionally used to remove security tags from goods in shops. Each tagging device 11,12 is adapted to be carried by a spectator and to transmit a respective first or second signal 16,17. Located at a suitable control centre 18 in the stadium is a control centre receiving means 19 adapted receive first signals 16 from each first tracking device 11 and second signals 17 from each second tracking device 12. The control centre receiving means 19 is operable to register the location of each first and second tracking device 11,12 on a map 20 of the stadium on a
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visual display monitor 21 in the control centre 18. To cause the tracking devices 11,12 to emit the first or second signal 16, 17, the control centre receiving means 19 emits a control signal 22. The range of the control signal 22 may be adjusted so that it triggers the operation of the tracking devices 11,12 only when those devices are inside the stadium, or within a predetermined radius of it. This ensures that a spectator cannot turn off the tracking device 11,12 when inside the stadium, but that the tracking devices 11, 12 are inoperative when the spectator has left the stadium or is a predetermined distance from it Each first tracking device 11 has a display or face 23 of a particular colour or colour combination representative of one of the teams playing in the soccer match, for example the home team. Similarly each second tracking device 12 has a display or face 24 of a different colour or colour combination representative of the opponents, i. e. the away team. In addition, each tracking device 11, 12 may have the name of the team concerned written on the face 23, 24. The first signals 16, when received by the control centre receiving means 19 and displayed on the map 20, show the location of the home team supporters to be at the righthand end of the stadium. The second signals 17, when received by the control centre receiving means 19 and displayed on the map 20, show location of the away team supporters to be at the left-hand end of the stadium. By this means it can be seen that the opposing teams'supporters are segregated to different areas of the stadium so that the risk of violence or other trouble is avoided or at least minimised. To illustrate this effect, in the drawing a small number of away supporters 25 are shown to be in the area in which there should be only home supporters. The stadium officials can therefore be alerted and can move the misplaced supporters 25 to an area for away supporters. in addition to this means of alerting the stadium officials to this potential problem, each tracking device 11,12 has a respective proximity alarm 26,27 incorporated therein. If a home spectator is too close to an away spectator, the proximity alarms 26,27 will detect the signals 17, 16 respectively, and warn the wearer of the tracking devices 11, 12 of the situation. The spectators can then move to an area where the alarms 26, 27 are not activated since each spectator is surrounded by supporters of the same team as himself or herself.
In operation of the tracking system 10. a tracking device 11, 12 may be the property of each spectator or they may be handed to the spectators as they enter the stadium and returned on leaving. In either case, entry to the stadium may be refused if the spectator is not wearing an appropriate tracking device 11, 12. The tracking device 11, 12 may be removed by the release device 15 as they leave the stadium. If the tracking device 11,12 remains the property of the spectator, each first and second signal 16,17 may include a personal
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identifier, and the personal identifier may correspond with a number. By this means, if a particular spectator is involved in any violence or otherwise causes trouble, that person can be identified and his or her tracking device 11,12 confiscated in addition to any other penalty meted out to that person. That person will then be unable to attend any other sporting event until such time as the tracking device 11,12 is returned to him or her. If the tracking devices 11,12 remain the property of the stadium officials, the colours may simply represent home and away teams and not specific teams. If required, in the case of supporters travelling to another team's stadium by rail, boat or aeroplane, for example abroad, it may be a requirement of such travel that each supporter wears the relevant tracking device 11,12 during the journey. In such a case, the control centre receiving means 19 may be a portable device which may relay the signals to a second control centre receiving device at a fixed location.
By means of the invention, a system is provided that should minimise the risk of crowd violence at sporting fixtures. Although the system has been described in relation to soccer, it is applicable to other sports, such as rugby football or cricket.

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1. A tagging system comprising a plurality of first and second tracking devices, each adapted to be carried by a person and to transmit a respective first or second signal, a control centre receiving means adapted receive first signals from each first tracking device and second signals from each second tracking device and to register the location of each first and second tracking device.
2. A tagging system according to claim 1, wherein each first and second tracking device has a proximity alarm operable to indicate its proximity to, respectively, a second or first tracking device.
3. A tagging system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the control centre receiving means is adapted to transmit control signals to the tracking devices.
4. A tagging system according to claim 3, wherein the tracking devices are adapted to receive the control signal from the control centre transmitting and receiving means and be operable to transmit a respective first or second signal on receipt of that control signal.
5. A tagging system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each first and second signal includes a personal identifier.
6. A tagging system according to claim 5, wherein the personal identifier corresponds with a number.
7. A tagging system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein each tracking device is adapted to be wom by a person.
8. A tagging system according to claim 7, wherein each tracking device is adapted to be wom around the wrist of a person.
9. A tagging system according to claim 8, wherein, each tracking device comprises a wrist strap.
10. A tagging system according to claim 9, comprising a release device.
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11. A tagging system according to claim 10, wherein each wrist strap has securing means openable only by means of the release device.
12. A tagging system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the control centre is located in a sporting venue.
13. A tagging system according to claim 12, wherein a map of the sporting venue is displayed on a visual display monitor.
14. A tagging system according to claim 13, wherein the transmission and receiving means is operable to register the location of each first tracking device by a first colour on the map and the location of each second tracking device by a second colour on the map.
15. A tagging system according to claim 14, wherein the first and second colours respectively represent the opponents in a sporting contest being held at the sporting venue.
16. A tagging system according to claim 15, wherein each tracking device displays the respective first or second colour.
17. A tagging system according to claim 16, wherein each tracking device displays the name of the respective opponent.
18. A tagging system according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein the sporting venue is a soccer stadium and the sporting contest is a game of soccer.
19. A tagging system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
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