GB2473067A - Proximity sensor for detecting an attempt to disable a monitoring tag or portable GPS tracking device - Google Patents

Proximity sensor for detecting an attempt to disable a monitoring tag or portable GPS tracking device Download PDF

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GB2473067A
GB2473067A GB0915182A GB0915182A GB2473067A GB 2473067 A GB2473067 A GB 2473067A GB 0915182 A GB0915182 A GB 0915182A GB 0915182 A GB0915182 A GB 0915182A GB 2473067 A GB2473067 A GB 2473067A
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    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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Abstract

A proximity sensor is provided for use with a monitoring tag or portable tracking device worn by an individual, whereby the tag or device relies on GPS or RF signals for location detection. The proximity sensor can determine if signals used by the monitoring tag or portable tracking device are being deliberately blocked by an object, such as by metal foil being placed in proximity to the tag or device. The proximity sensor includes an oscillator 2, a directional coupler 4, and a stub antenna 8. When GPS or RF signals are lost, the proximity sensor is turned on, and the oscillator 2 provides a transmit signal to the stub antenna 8 via ports 6a and 6b of the directional coupler 4. A third port 6c of the directional coupler 4 acts as a coupled port when RF power that has been transmitted by the antenna 8 is reflected back to the antenna by a blocking object. A detector provides an alert if the magnitude of the transmit signal that is reflected back to the antenna 8 in the form of a receive signal exceeds a set threshold.

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Proximity sensors
DESCRIPTION
Technical Field
The present invention relates to proximity sensors, and in particular to proximity sensors that can be used to detect the close proximity of an object such as a metal foil that might be used to block an electromagnetic signal.
The proximity sensor can be designed to be incorporated into a monitoring tag that might be secured around the appendage of an individual, for example. The monitoring tags can include a location detection means for detecting if the individual has moved outside a designated area within which electromagnetic (e.g. radio-frequency or RF) signals can be exchanged between the monitoring tag and a base unit: The monitoring tags can also include a global positioning system (GPS) device that uses electromagnetic signals (e.g. GPS signals) to determine the location of the individual and to track and record their movement. The proximity sensor can also be designed to be incorporated into a portable tracking device that is carried or worn by the individual and which exchanges RF signals with a separate monitoring tag that is secured around the appendage of the individual. The portable tracking device will normally include a GPS device that uses GPS signals to determine the location of the individual and to track and record their movement. As such, the tags andlor portable tracking devices can be worn by hospital patients, the elderly, children or offenders and can raise an alarm or notify an authorised person if they move into or outside a designated area.
It is possible to deliberately block the electromagnetic signals by placing an object such as metal foil around the housing of the monitoring tag or the portable GPS tracking device. There is therefore a need for a proximity sensor to determine if the electromagnetic signals are being deliberately blocked in an attempt to incapacitate or disable the monitoring tag or portable GPS tracking device.
Summary of the Invention
The present invention provides a proximity sensor for use with a device that relies on the transmission andlor receipt of a main electromagnetic signal that can be blocked by an object being placed in proximity to the device, the proximity sensor comprising: an oscillator; an antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals; a directional coupler having a first port and a second port connected together by a main line and a third port and a fourth port connected together by a coupled line, the first port being connected to the oscillator, the second port being connected to the antenna, and the third port being connected to a detector and acting as an isolated port of the directional coupler when a transmit signal is supplied from the oscillator to the antenna along the main line and as a coupled port when a receive signal is supplied from the antenna to the oscillator along the main line; wherein the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal to the antenna along the main line of the directional coupler and wherein the detector provides an alert if the magnitude of the power of the transmit signal that is reflected back to the antenna in the form of a receive signal exceeds a set threshold.
When there is no blocking object in the proximity of the device then the transmit signal that is provided from the oscillator to the antenna through the directional coupler will be radiated, approximately onmi-directionally, away into free space.
However, if a blocking object such as metal foil is placed in close proximity to the antenna then a significant proportion of the radiated power of the transmit signal will be reflected back to the antenna and onto the third port (coupled port) of the directional coupler. The return loss of the antenna is therefore effectively used as the means for detecting the presence or absence of a blocking object.
The magnitude of the reflected power is monitored by the detector that is connected to the third port of the directional coupler. If the magnitude of the reflected power exceeds a set threshold then the detector will provide an alert. The alert can take any suitable form including an audible or visual alert, the setting of an alert flag, or the transmission of an alert signal to a base unit or control centre, for example. The transmission of the alert signal may be delayed until it has been determined that the blocking object has been removed.
The detector can include a detector diode that converts the power of the receive signal to a dc voltage. The detector can also include a Schmitt trigger circuit that monitors the dc voltage provided by the detector diode and provides an alert if the dc voltage exceeds a set threshold. The threshold may be fixed or variable and can be set with regard to the design of the proximity sensor and its intended operating parameters.
The proximity sensor preferably uses radio-frequency or RF components.
The proximity sensor can be configured such that the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal on a continuous basis or at timed intervals, for example.
However, the oscillator will normally be turned off or placed in a standby mode and then controlled to provide a transmit signal to the antenna on detection that the main electromagnetic signal is not being properly transmitted or received. In other words the proximity sensor can be turned on only once a preliminary detection has been made that the main electromagnetic signal is not being properly transmitted or received. That preliminary detection may be carried out by any associated detection circuit. The proximity sensor is therefore used to check if the main electromagnetic signal is not being properly transmitted or received because it is being deliberately blocked due to the proximity of a blocking object such as a metal foil or for some other reason.
Once the proximity sensor has been turned on then it may continue to operate and provide a transmit signal on a continuous basis or at timed intervals until the proximity sensor detects that the blocking object is no longer present (e.g. until the magnitude of the reflected power at the third port of the directional coupler falls below a set threshold). The proximity sensor can also be turned off or placed in a standby mode after a predetermined amount of time has lapsed or if the associated detection circuit detects that the main electromagnetic signal is being properly transmitted or received again, for example.
The proximity sensor is particularly suitable to be incorporated into a monitoring tag or a portable tracking device that comprises a primary antenna for transmitting andlor receiving a main electromagnetic signal. In this case the antenna of the proximity sensor is preferably located substantially adjacent to the primary antenna of the monitoring tag or portable tracking device. The alert provided by the proximity sensor may be provided to the control unit of the monitoring tag or portable tracking device and used for any suitable purpose. For example, the detector may cause an alert flag to be set within the control unit of the monitoring tag or portable tracking device.
However, it will be readily appreciated that the proximity sensor may be used with, or incorporated into, any suitable device that relies on the transmission and/or receipt of a main electromagnetic signal. Other suitable devices might, for example, include alarm systems and tracker systems, such as car alarms that use GPS or GSM signals to track the location of vehicles, mobile telephones and other portable electronic devices.
Drawings Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing a foil sensor according to the present invention; and Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing a detector.
A foil sensor according to the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 1 and 2. To aid integration, the foil sensor is preferably small, low cost and uses surface mount technology. A preferred operating frequency for the foil sensor is 2.45 GHz because this is a popular ISM band and suitable RF components are readily available from commercial suppliers.
The foil sensor includes a low power RF oscillator 2. An RF directional coupler 4 has a first port 6a and a second port 6b. A third port 6c operates either as an isolated port or a coupled port depending on the direction of RF power flow through the directional coupler 4. This will be explained in more detail below.
The first port 6a is connected to the oscillator 2 by a 50 transmission line.
The second port 6b is connected to a stub antenna 8 such as a printed quarter wave stub antenna.
The foil sensor is incorporated into a monitoring tag (e.g. an offender tag) or a portable tracking device that includes a GPS antenna (not shown) for receiving the GPS signals that allow the monitoring tag or portable tracking device to track its location. The stub antenna 8 is positioned adjacent the GPS antenna within the housing 10 of the monitoring tag or portable tracking device. The foil sensor will normally be turned off or in a standby mode (e.g. a low quiescent current mode) to minimise battery load. When the GPS signals are lost then the foil sensor is turned on to determine if the GPS signals are being deliberately blocked. To minimise battery loading the power chosen for the oscillator 2 is around 1 mW.
When the foil sensor has been turned on, the oscillator 2 provides a transmit signal to the stub antenna 8 and this passes along a main line of the directional coupler 4 which connects the first port 6a to the second port 6b. At the operating frequency of the foil sensor the match of the stub antenna 8 is typically better than -15 dB so very little RF power is reflected back to the directional coupler 4.
If the GPS signals are unexpectedly lost then there is a possibility that a sheet of metal foil 12 (e.g. aluminium foil) has been wrapped around the housing 10 of the monitoring tag or portable tracking device. To test for this the foil sensor is turned on by the control circuit of the monitoring tag or portable tracking device and a transmit signal is supplied to the stub antenna 8 from the oscillator 2. RF power is radiated by the stub antenna 8. If metal foil is in close proximity to the stub antenna 8 then it will cause an RF short circuit at the stub antenna. In practice, the presence of the metal foil changes the return loss for the stub antenna 8 from better than -15 dB to worse than -3 dB. The short circuit reflects RF power back to the stub antenna 8 in the form of a receive signal and along the main line of the directional coupler 4. It will be readily appreciated that the receive signal is effectively that part of the transmit signal which has been reflected back to the stub antenna 8 by the metal foil 12.
A proportion of the reflected RF power that passes along the main line from the second port 6b to the first port 6a is coupled to the third port 6c which is operating as a coupled port. A fourth port (not shown) in this case operates as an isolated port and typically has an isolation of better than -30dB and is terminated in a 50Q load. (It will be appreciated that when the transmit signal passes along the main line of the directional coupler 4 from the oscillator 2 to the stub antenna 8 then the third port 6c operates as an isolated port.) The third port 6c is connected to an RF detector diode 14 that is shown in Figure 2.
The detector diode 14 converts the coupled RF power at the third port 6c to a dc voltage that is proportional to the coupled RF power. This dc voltage is monitored by a Schmitt trigger circuit 16 the output of which changes state to provide an alert in the form of a foil detection flag if the dc voltage exceeds a set threshold.

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  1. CLAIMS1. A proximity sensor for use with a device that relies on the transmission andlor receipt of a main electromagnetic signal that can be blocked by an object being placed in proximity to the device, the proximity sensor comprising: an oscillator; an antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals; a directional coupler having a first port and a second port connected together by a main line and a third port and a fourth port connected together by a coupled line, the first port being connected to the oscillator, the second port being connected to the antenna, and the third port being connected to a detector and acting as an isolated port of the directional coupler when a transmit signal is supplied from the oscillator to the antenna along the main line and as a coupled port when a receive signal is supplied from the antenna to the oscillator along the main line; wherein the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal to the antenna along the main line of the directional coupler and wherein the detector provides an alert if the magnitude of the power of the transmit signal that is reflected back to the antenna in the form of a receive signal exceeds a set threshold.
  2. 2. A proximity sensor according to claim 1, wherein the detector includes a detector diode that converts the power of the receive signal to a dc voltage.
  3. 3. A proximity sensor according to claim 2, wherein the detector includes a Schmitt trigger circuit that monitors the dc voltage provided by the detector diode and provides an alert if the dc voltage exceeds a set threshold.
  4. 4. A proximity sensor according to any preceding claim, wherein the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal on a continuous basis.
  5. 5. A proximity sensor according to any preceding claim, wherein the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal on detection that the main electromagnetic signal is not being transmitted andlor received.
  6. 6. A monitoring tag comprising: a primary antenna for transmitting and/or receiving a main electromagnetic signal; and a proximity sensor according to any preceding claim.
  7. 7. A portable tracking device comprising: a primary antenna for transmitting and/or receiving a main electromagnetic signal; and a proximity sensor according to any preceding claim.
  8. 8. A monitoring tag according to claim 6 or claim 7, wherein the antenna of the proximity sensor is located adjacent to the primary antenna.
  9. 9. A proximity sensor substantially as described herein and with reference to the drawings.Amendments to the claims have 9 been filed as follows:CLAIMS1. A monitoring tag or a portable tracking device comprising: a primary antenna for transmitting andlor receiving a main electromagnetic signal that can be blocked by an object being placed in proximity to the monitoring tag or portable tracking device; and a proximity sensor including: an oscillator; an antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals located adjacent to the primary antenna; and a directional coupler having a first port and a second port connected together by a main line and a third port and a fourth port connected together by a coupled line, the first port being connected to the oscillator, the second port being connected to the antenna, and the third port being connected to a detector and acting as an isolated port of the directional coupler when a transmit signal is supplied from the oscillator to the antenna along the main line and as a coupled port when a receive signal is supplied from the antenna to the oscillator along the main line; wherein the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal to the antenna along the main line of the directional coupler and wherein the detector provides an alert that indicates the presence of a blocking object if the magnitude of the power of the transmit signal that is reflected back to the antenna in the form of a receive signal *S.. * Sexceeds a set threshold.* SS *SS * * * 2. A monitoring tag or a portable tracking device according to claim 1, wherein * the detector includes a detector diode that converts the power of the receive signal to a dcvoltage.* 3. A monitoring tag or a portable tracking device according to claim 2, wherein the detector includes a Schmitt trigger circuit that monitors the dc voltage provided by the detector diode and provides an alert if the dc voltage exceeds a set threshold.I4. A monitoring tag or a portable tracking device according to any preceding claim, wherein the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal on a continuous basis.5. A monitoring tag or a portable tracking device according to any preceding claim, wherein the oscillator is controlled to provide a transmit signal on detection that the main electromagnetic signal is not being transmitted and/or received.6. A proximity sensor substantially as described herein and with reference to the drawings. * * **** ******* * * ** ** ** I * *I I..I S. 55 * I I * SS I..I
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PT100087477T PT2290391T (en) 2009-09-01 2010-08-23 Proximity sensors
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US12/862,761 US8629771B2 (en) 2009-09-01 2010-08-25 Proximity sensors
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