JP2005083781A - Searched object tracking system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a searched object tracking system tracking an optional moving object search-requested from a client, using a radio IC tag. <P>SOLUTION: This searching object tracking system S comprises the moving object 1, an installation environment 3, a dispatch position 6, and a monitoring center 7. A cellular phone 40 of the client 4 is connected to tag reading sensors TRS1-TRSn in the installation environment 3, a server 60 in the dispatch position, and a server 70 in the monitoring center 7 via a network 8. The radio IC tags 2 equipped in the moving object 1 transmit various kinds of information. The tag reading sensors TRS1-TRSn read the various kinds of information transmitted from the sensed radio IC tags 2. The server 70 in the monitoring center 7 stores the received various kinds of information in a control DB 71. A PC 72 in the monitoring center 7 displays present position information of the moving object 1 on a monitoring screen 73a of a monitor 73. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a search target tracking system that tracks a search target that is a moving object such as an animal, a person, and an automobile.

  Currently, wireless IC tags are expected to be used in a wide range of fields other than packing tags with regard to contactless wireless IC tags that have communication functions that can be used for product management and settlement by using a very small IC chip instead of a barcode. It is being put into practical use.

  In recent years, the demand for tracking moving objects such as animals, people, and automobiles has increased, and the current position of a moving object can also be confirmed using a mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System).

  Recently, a security company attaches a transmitter to pets such as dogs and cats that are moving objects, and searches for the current position of the pet.

Conventionally, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for tracking the position and travel of an arbitrary moving body.
JP 2001-33538 A

  However, in the method for tracking the position and travel of an arbitrary moving body disclosed in Patent Document 1, the geographical position of the moving body is periodically measured by a satellite positioning system device arranged on the moving body. The satellite positioning system apparatus must be installed on the moving body, the satellite positioning system apparatus is expensive, the economic burden on the client who requests the search for the moving body increases, and the satellite positioning system A large power source (battery) for supplying power to the apparatus was also required.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a tag reading sensor installed in a local installation environment simply by attaching a wireless IC tag to a mobile object to be searched in advance. Reads various information related to the moving object recorded on the wireless IC tag attached to the moving object within the predetermined distance range of the local station, and stores various information related to the moving object read by the tag reading sensor through the network. To the monitoring center server, and the various information related to the moving object read from the wireless IC tag by the monitoring center server is checked against various information related to the moving object registered in the management database in advance, and the current position of the moving object Can be specified, and does not require any conventional power supply, and places an economic burden on the client who requests the search for a moving object. Ku is to provide a search subject matter tracking system that can reliably track any mobile that is search request from requester utilizes a wireless IC tag.

  The search target tracking system of the present invention includes a mobile object to be searched equipped with a non-contact type wireless IC tag, and a large number of information for reading various information related to the mobile object recorded on the wireless IC tag. Installation environment where tag reading sensors are scattered in the area, a dispatching base where a dispatcher to search for the mobile body requested to search by the client waits, and installation in the local installation environment A monitoring center that monitors each of the tag reading sensors, and transmits and receives various information regarding the moving body via the network between the tag reading sensor, the dispatch base server, the monitoring center server, and the client terminal. And a search target tracking system for tracking the mobile object to be searched using the wireless IC tag, wherein the wireless IC tag is recorded. The wireless IC tag provided on the mobile body having a function of transmitting various information related to the mobile body, the tag reading sensor being within a predetermined distance range within which the mobile body of the local station can be searched , A function of reading various information related to the mobile body transmitted from the sensed wireless IC tag, and a variety of information related to the mobile body read from the wireless IC tag are transmitted to the monitoring center server. A function for the monitoring center server to receive various types of information about the mobile unit transmitted from the tag reading sensor, and a function to store the various types of information about the received mobile unit in a management database. The monitoring center personal computer senses from the received various information about the moving body by the tag reading sensor. And it has a structure in which said having a function of displaying on the monitor screen of the monitor display device of the current position information that is the current whereabouts of the instrumented said mobile wireless IC tag.

  According to the present invention described above, since various types of information related to the moving body in which the wireless IC tag is recorded are transmitted, various types of information related to the moving body can always be sent out from the wireless IC tag toward the tag reading sensor. When a wireless IC tag mounted on a mobile body within a predetermined distance range in which the tag reading sensor can search the mobile body of its own station is sensed, the mobile body transmitted from the wireless IC tag sensed by the tag reading sensor Since the tag reading sensor transmits various information related to the moving object read from the wireless IC tag to the monitoring center server via the network, the tag reading sensor acquires the various information related to the moving object. The monitoring center server can receive various information related to the moving body transmitted from the tag reading sensor. Since the monitoring center server stores various information related to the moving body in the management database, the various information related to the moving body can be managed in the management database of the monitoring center. Since the current position information, which is the current location of the moving object equipped with the wireless IC tag sensed by the tag reading sensor from various information, is displayed on the monitoring screen of the monitoring display device, the current position of the moving object is displayed on the monitoring center. Monitoring can be performed on the monitoring screen of the monitoring display device.

  The to-be-searched object tracking system of this invention is provided with the function in which the said monitoring center server transfers the received present position information of the said mobile body to the said requester terminal which instruct | indicated the search request of the said mobile body, Has a function of receiving the current position information of the moving body transferred from the monitoring center server, and a function of displaying the received current position information of the moving body on the display screen of the display unit.

  According to the present invention described above, since the current position information of the mobile unit received by the monitoring center server is transferred to the client terminal that has instructed the mobile unit search request, the current position of the mobile unit transferred from the monitoring center server is transferred. Position information can be acquired by the client terminal, the client terminal receives the current position information of the mobile unit transferred from the monitoring center server, and the client terminal receives the current position information of the mobile unit received from the display unit. Since the information is displayed on the display screen, the requester can visually confirm the current position information of the moving object displayed on the display screen of the display unit of the requester terminal.

  The searched object tracking system according to the present invention includes a function in which the monitoring center server transfers the received current position information of the mobile body to the dispatch base server that performs the search for the mobile body. A function of receiving the current position information of the mobile unit transferred from the monitoring center server, and a function of storing the received current position information of the mobile unit in a database. A function of displaying the current position information of the moving body on the monitoring screen of the monitoring display device is provided.

  According to the present invention described above, since the current position information of the mobile body received by the monitoring center server is transferred to the dispatch base server that performs the search for the mobile body, the current position of the mobile body transferred from the monitoring center server The information can be acquired by the dispatch base server, the dispatch base server receives the current position information of the mobile unit transferred from the monitoring center server, and stores the current position information of the mobile unit received by the dispatch base server in the database. Therefore, the current position information of the moving object can be managed in the database of the dispatching base, and the current position information of the moving object received by the dispatching base personal computer is displayed on the monitoring screen of the monitoring display device. Monitoring can be performed on the monitoring screen of the monitoring display device at the dispatch base.

  The to-be-searched object tracking system of the present invention has a function in which the monitoring center server has a function of transferring the received current position information of the mobile body to the dispatch terminal that is dispatched from the dispatch base, A function of sequentially receiving the current position information of the mobile object transferred from the monitoring center server; and a function of displaying the current position information of the mobile object received sequentially on a display screen of a display unit.

  According to the present invention described above, since the current position information of the mobile unit received by the monitoring center server is transferred to the dispatcher terminal dispatched from the dispatch base, the current position information of the mobile unit transferred from the monitoring center server is transferred. The mobile terminal can sequentially obtain the current position information of the mobile unit that can be acquired by the mobile terminal, and the mobile unit can receive the current position information of the mobile unit that is sequentially received by the mobile terminal. Since it is displayed on the screen, the dispatcher can visually confirm the current position information of the moving object displayed on the display screen of the display unit of the dispatcher terminal, and the dispatcher confirms the current position information of the moving object. The moving object can be tracked immediately.

  The search object tracking system according to the present invention includes a function in which the monitoring center server transfers the current position information of the mobile body to the requester terminal at an arbitrary time point when the request is made by the requester. Has a function of receiving the current position information of the moving body transferred from the monitoring center server, and a function of displaying the received current position information of the moving body on the display screen of the display unit.

  According to the present invention described above, since the monitoring center server transfers the current position information of the moving object to the requester terminal at an arbitrary time when the request is made by the requester, in response to the request for searching for the moving object from the requester. The requester terminal receives the current position information of the mobile unit transferred from the monitoring center server, and displays the current position information of the mobile unit received by the requester terminal on the display screen of the display unit. Therefore, the requester can visually confirm the current position information of the moving object displayed on the display screen of the display unit of the requester terminal, and can know the current location of the moving object. it can.

  In the searched object tracking system of the present invention, each tag reading sensor installed in the installation environment in the region senses the wireless IC tag mounted on the mobile body at an arbitrary time interval and senses the function. A function of sequentially transmitting various information related to the mobile body read from the wireless IC tag to the monitoring center server, and the monitoring center server transmits various information related to the mobile body sequentially transmitted from the tag reading sensors. A function of receiving information, and a function of storing various information related to the received mobile body in the management database, and the monitoring center personal computer monitors the received various information related to the mobile body on the monitoring display device. It has a function to display on the screen.

  According to the present invention described above, when each tag reading sensor installed in a local installation environment senses a wireless IC tag mounted on a moving body at an arbitrary time interval, the wireless signal sensed by each tag reading sensor Since various information related to the moving object read from the IC tag is sequentially transmitted to the monitoring center server, various information related to the moving object can be acquired by each tag reading sensor at an arbitrary time interval. Since various types of information regarding the moving body sequentially received from the reading sensor are received and the various types of information regarding the moving body received by the monitoring center server are stored in the management database, the various types of information regarding the moving body are stored in the management database of the monitoring center. Various information about the mobile unit that can be managed and received by the monitoring center PC Since display, it is possible to monitor various types of information related to the mobile monitoring screen of the monitoring display of the monitoring center.

  In the search target object tracking system according to the present invention, the monitoring center server records and stores the received current position information of the moving body and time information of the time when various information about the moving body is received in the management database. It has a function.

  According to the present invention described above, the current position information of the mobile unit received by the monitoring center server and the time information of the time at which various information about the mobile unit is received are recorded and stored in the management database. The current position information and time information can be managed in the management database of the monitoring center, and the current position and time of the moving object can be known at the same time, so that the moving route of the moving object can be grasped.

  The search target object tracking system according to the present invention is a function in which the monitoring center server edits and outputs log information related to a search for any of the moving bodies designated from the monitoring display device, the client terminal or the dispatching terminal. It has.

  According to the present invention described above, the monitoring center server edits and outputs log information related to the search for an arbitrary mobile body designated from the monitoring display device, the requester terminal, or the dispatching terminal. The log information of the search history necessary for the mobilization to track the moving body can be easily obtained.

  The search target tracking system of the present invention has a function in which the monitoring center server plots the log information on map information and edits / outputs it.

  According to the present invention described above, since the monitoring center server plots the log information on the map information and edits / outputs it, the requester or the dispatcher confirms the log information plotted on the map information while checking the log information. You can track the current position.

  As described above, according to the present invention, only by attaching a wireless IC tag to a mobile object to be searched for in advance, a tag reading sensor installed in a local installation environment is within a predetermined distance range of its own station. Various information related to the moving body recorded in the wireless IC tag attached to the moving body inside is read, and the various information related to the moving body read by the tag reading sensor is transmitted to the monitoring center server via the communication network. The various information related to the mobile body that is transmitted and read from the wireless IC tag by the monitoring center server can be compared with various information related to the mobile body registered in advance in the management database, and the current position of the mobile body can be specified. Search request from client without requiring any conventional power source and without placing an economic burden on client requesting search for moving object The arbitrary mobile can obtain the search object tracking system capable of reliably tracked by using the wireless IC tag.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The to-be-searched object tracking system S of the present invention includes a mobile object 1 such as a dog to be searched equipped with a non-contact type wireless IC tag 2, and various information related to the mobile object 1 recorded on the wireless IC tag 2. .., TRSn are installed in a scattered manner in the area, and a dispatcher 5 for conducting a search for the mobile body 1 requested to be searched by the client 4. , And a monitoring center 7 for monitoring each tag reading sensor TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn installed in the local installation environment 3, and the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,. The server 60 of the monitoring center 7, the server 70 of the monitoring center 7, and the mobile phone 40, which is the terminal of the client 4, transmit and receive various types of information regarding the mobile body 1 via the communication network 8. Connected to so that a system for tracking a moving object 1 to be the search object by using the wireless IC tag 2.

  The search object tracking system S of the present invention has a function in which the wireless IC tag 2 transmits various types of information relating to the recorded moving body 1, and the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,. A function of sensing the wireless IC tag 2 mounted on the mobile body 1 within a predetermined distance range in which the body 1 can be searched, and a function of reading various information regarding the mobile body 1 transmitted from the sensed wireless IC tag 2 And a function of transmitting various information related to the mobile body 1 read from the wireless IC tag 2 to the server 70 of the monitoring center 7, and the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 transmits the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,. A function for receiving various information related to the received mobile object 1 and various information related to the received mobile object 1 are stored in a management database (DB; Data Base). The wireless IC tag 2 sensed by the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn from various information related to the mobile body 1 received by the personal computer (PC) 72 of the monitoring center 7. Is provided on the monitor screen 73a of the monitor 73 serving as a monitor display device.

  The search target object tracking system S of the present invention has a function in which the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 transfers the received current position information of the mobile unit 1 to the mobile phone 40 of the requester 4 who has instructed a search request for the mobile unit 1. The mobile phone 40 of the requester 4 receives the current position information of the moving body 1 transferred from the server 70 of the monitoring center 7, and the received current position information of the moving body 1 is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 41. 41 a.

  The search object tracking system S of the present invention has a function in which the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 transfers the received current position information of the moving body 1 to the server 60 of the dispatch base 6 that performs the search for the moving body 1. The server 60 of the dispatch base 6 has a function of receiving the current position information of the moving body 1 transferred from the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 and a function of storing the received current position information of the moving body 1 in the database 63. The personal computer (PC) 61 of the dispatch base 6 has a function of displaying the received current position information of the moving body 1 on the monitor screen 62a of the monitor 62 serving as a monitor display device.

  The search object tracking system S of the present invention has a function in which the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 transfers the received current position information of the moving body 1 to the mobile phone 50 that is a terminal of the dispatcher 5 dispatched from the dispatch base 6. The mobile phone 50 of the dispatcher 5 sequentially receives the current position information of the mobile body 1 transferred from the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 and the current position information of the mobile body 1 received sequentially. And a function of displaying on the display screen 51a.

  The search object tracking system S of the present invention has a function in which the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 transfers the current position information of the mobile body 1 to the mobile phone 40 of the client 4 at any time when the client 4 requests the search. The mobile phone 40 of the requester 4 receives the current position information of the moving body 1 transferred from the server 70 of the monitoring center 7, and the received current position information of the moving body 1 is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 41. 41 a.

  The to-be-searched object tracking system S of the present invention is configured such that each tag reading sensor TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn installed in the local installation environment 3 has a wireless IC tag 2 mounted on the mobile body 1 at an arbitrary time interval. A function of sensing, and a function of sequentially transmitting various information related to the mobile body 1 read from the sensed wireless IC tag 2 to the server 70 of the monitoring center 7, and the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 includes each tag reading sensor TRS1. , TRS2,... TRSn has a function of receiving various information related to the mobile body 1 and a function of storing various information related to the received mobile body 1 in the management database 71. However, it has a function of displaying various information regarding the received mobile body 1 on the monitor screen 73a of the monitor 73.

  The search target tracking system S of the present invention records in the management database 71 the time information of the time when the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 received the received current position information of the moving body 1 and various information related to the moving body 1. Has a function to accumulate.

  The search object tracking system S according to the present invention is used in connection with a search for an arbitrary mobile 1 specified by the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 from the monitor 73, the mobile phone 40 of the client 4, or the mobile phone 50 of the dispatcher 5. It has a function to edit and output log information that is used records such as communication records.

  The search object tracking system S of the present invention has a function in which the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 plots log information on map information and edits and outputs it.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a conceptual configuration of a search target tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, a collar 20 provided with a wireless IC tag 2 embedded therein is attached to the neck of a dog that is a moving body 1.
The wireless IC tag 2 includes a wireless tag ID serving as an identifier for identifying each tag as various information related to the mobile body 1, and the type, photo, size, color, and characteristics of the search target that is the mobile body 1. And information on the client such as the address, name, and contact information of the client 4 who owns the object to be searched are recorded.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the local installation environment 3, posts 30 such as street lamps and utility poles are installed on the roadside as ground facilities, and tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,. ing.
The tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn are assigned with sensor IDs that are identifiers for identifying the respective sensors.

Each tag reading sensor TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn is provided with an antenna 31 and a transmitter 32.
The transmitter 32 transmits various information related to the moving body 1 read from the wireless IC tag 2 by the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn to the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 via the antenna 31.

  The mobile phone 40 possessed by the client 4 includes a display unit 41.

  The mobile phone 50 possessed by the dispatcher 5 includes a display unit 51.

As shown in FIG. 1, the dispatch base 6 includes a personal computer 61, a server 60 connected to the personal computer 61, a personal computer 61, a database (DB) 63 connected to the server 60, a personal computer 61, a server 60, and a database 63. And a router 64 connected to the network.
The router 64 is for connecting the networks to each other.

As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring center 7 includes a personal computer 72, a server 70 connected to the personal computer 72, a management database 71 connected to the personal computer 72 and the server 70, and a transmission / reception device 74 connected to the server 70. , An antenna 75 connected to the transmission / reception device 74, and a router 76 connected to the personal computer 72, the server 70, and the management database 71.
The router 76 is for connecting the networks to each other.

  In the management database 71 of the monitoring center 7, sensor installation position information of each place where the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn are installed in the local installation environment 3 is registered.

The transmission / reception device 74 of the monitoring center 7 has a function of receiving various types of information regarding the moving body 1 transmitted from the transmitter 32 via the antenna 75.
In addition, the transmission / reception device 74 of the monitoring center 7 has a function of transmitting various kinds of information regarding the received mobile body to the requester's mobile phone or the dispatcher's mobile phone.

  The server 70 of the monitoring center 7 manages various information such as the wireless tag ID, search object information, requester information, sensor ID, and sensor installation position information registered in the management database 71 and moves from the requester 4. The search object related service information related to the search object is provided in response to the search request of the body 1.

FIG. 2 is a processing flow chart at the time of registration for a search request for a search object in the search object tracking system of the embodiment according to the present invention.
In the process started in step S100, at the time of registration for a search request for the mobile object 1 as a search object, first, in step S101, the search object information and the requester information are displayed as various types of information related to the mobile object 1. The wireless IC tag 2 is attached to the mobile body 1 in step S102.

FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram when detecting the current position information of the search target in the search target tracking system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The processing started in step S200 starts with the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,... Installed at each location in the local installation environment 3 in step S201 when detecting the current position information of the mobile body 1 as the search target. When the wireless IC tag 2 attached to the mobile body 1 within a predetermined distance range that TRSn can search is sensed, the mobile body recorded in the wireless IC tag 2 sensed by the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,. 1, and then, in step S 202, the tag reading sensors TRS 1, TRS 2,... TRSn read various information related to the mobile 1 read from the wireless IC tag 2 through the communication network 8 together with the wireless tag ID and sensor ID. Is transmitted to the server 70 of the monitoring center 7, and then the sensor is sent in step S203. If the wireless tag ID of the mobile body 1 read from the wireless IC tag 2 is different from the wireless tag ID requested by the requester 4, the tag reading sensors TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn move each time. Various information related to the mobile body 1 read from the wireless IC tag 2 attached to the body 1 is transmitted to the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 via the communication network 8 together with the wireless tag ID and the sensor ID.

FIG. 4 is a processing flow diagram at the time of registration / search of the current position information of the search object in the management database of the monitoring center in the search object tracking system of the embodiment according to the present invention.
The processing started in step S300 is the wireless first received by the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 in step S301 when registering / searching the current location information of the moving body 1 as the search target in the management database 71 of the monitoring center 7. The tag ID number and the sensor ID are stored in the management database 71, and then the current position of the moving body 1 based on the sensor ID given to each tag reading sensor TRS1, TRS2,... TRSn by the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 in step S302. The information is searched from the management database 71, the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 acquires the current position information of the moving body 1, and then the personal computer 72 of the monitoring center 7 uses the current position information of the moving body 1 as a search result in step S303. The information is displayed on the monitoring screen 73a of the monitor 73, and then the server 7 of the monitoring center 7 in step S304. Transmits the current position information of the mobile 1 as a search result to the server 60 of the dispatch base 6 via the communication network 8, and then the server 60 of the dispatch base 6 is transmitted from the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 in step S305. The current position information of the moving body 1 is received, and then the current position information of the moving body 1 received by the personal computer 61 of the dispatch base 6 is displayed on the monitoring screen 62a of the monitor 62 in step S306, and then monitored in step S307. The server 70 of the center 7 transmits the current position information of the mobile body 1 as a search result to the mobile phone 40 of the requester 4 via the communication network 8, and then the mobile phone 40 of the requester 4 moves to the mobile body in step S308. 1 is received, and then the current position information of the mobile unit 1 received by the cellular phone 40 of the client 4 in step S309 is displayed on the display unit 41. Then, in step S310, the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 transmits the current position information of the mobile body 1 as a search result to the mobile phone 50 of the dispatcher 5 via the communication network 8, and then, In step S311, the mobile phone 50 of the mobile member 5 receives the current position information of the mobile body 1, and then the current position information of the mobile body 1 received by the mobile phone 50 of the mobile member 5 is displayed on the display unit 51 in step S312. It is displayed on the screen 51a.

FIG. 5 is a processing flow diagram at the time of logging the current position information of the search target in the search target tracking system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The process started in step S400 is as follows. At the time of logging the current position information of the mobile body 1 as the search target, first, the current position information of the mobile body 1 and the mobile body 1 received by the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 in step S401. The time information of the time when various information is received is recorded and stored in the management database 71.

FIG. 6 is a process flow diagram at the time of plot output of the current position information of the search target in the search target tracking system of the embodiment according to the present invention.
In the process started in step S500, when plotting the current position information of the mobile 1 that is the search target, the server 70 of the monitoring center 7 first plots and edits / outputs the log information on the map information in step S501. .

  In the above-described embodiment, since the mobile body is a pet such as a dog or cat, the wireless IC tag is attached to the collar. However, when the mobile body is a person such as a child or an elderly person, the wireless IC tag is used. Can be attached to clothes, and if the moving body is an automobile, the wireless IC tag may be attached to the window glass with a seal or the like.

The block diagram which shows the conceptual structure of the to-be-searched object tracking system of the Example which concerns on this invention. The processing flowchart figure at the time of registration for the search request of the search object in the search object tracking system of the Example which concerns on this invention. The processing flowchart figure at the time of the detection of the current position information of the search object in the search object tracking system of the embodiment according to the present invention. The processing flowchart figure at the time of registration / search to the management database of the monitoring center of the current position information of the search object in the search object tracking system of the embodiment according to the present invention. The processing flowchart figure at the time of logging of the current position information of the search target in the search target tracking system of the embodiment according to the present invention. The processing flowchart figure at the time of the plot output of the current position information of the to-be-searched object in the to-be-searched object tracking system of the Example which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile object (object to be searched)
2 wireless IC tag 3 installation environment 4 client 5 dispatcher 6 dispatch base 7 monitoring center 8 communication network 20 collar 30 post 31 antenna 32 transmitter 40 mobile phone (terminal)
41 display unit 41a display screen 50 mobile phone (terminal)
51 Display Unit 51a Display Screen 60 Server 61 Personal Computer (PC)
62 Monitor (Monitoring display device)
62a Monitoring screen 63 Database (DB)
64 routers 70 servers 71 management database (DB)
72 PC
73 Monitor (Monitoring display device)
73a Monitoring screen 74 Transmission / reception device 75 Antenna 76 Router S Search target tracking system TRS1, TRS2, ... TRSn Tag reading sensor

Claims (9)

A mobile object to be searched, equipped with a non-contact type wireless IC tag, and a number of tag reading sensors for reading various information related to the mobile object recorded on the wireless IC tag are scattered in the area. Monitoring to monitor each tag reading sensor installed in the local installation environment, and a dispatch base where a dispatcher for carrying out the search of the mobile body requested to search by the requester waits. A center, and connects the tag reading sensor, the dispatch base server, the monitoring center server, and the requester terminal so as to transmit and receive various types of information about the moving body via a network, and becomes a search object. A search target tracking system for tracking the mobile object using the wireless IC tag,
The wireless IC tag has a function of transmitting various information related to the recorded moving body, and the tag reading sensor is located within a predetermined distance range in which the mobile body of the local station can be searched. A function of sensing the wireless IC tag mounted on the wireless IC tag, a function of reading various information about the mobile body transmitted from the sensed wireless IC tag, and various information about the mobile body read from the wireless IC tag To the monitoring center server, and the monitoring center server receives various information related to the moving body transmitted from the tag reading sensor and various information related to the received moving body. The monitoring center personal computer has the function of storing in a management database, and the monitoring center personal computer receives the tag from various pieces of information about the mobile object received. Tracking object to be searched, comprising a function of displaying current position information, which is a current location of the mobile body equipped with the wireless IC tag sensed by a pick-up sensor, on a monitoring screen of a monitoring display device system.   The monitoring center server has a function of transferring the received current position information of the mobile body to the client terminal that has instructed a search request for the mobile body, and the client terminal is transferred from the monitoring center server. The search target tracking system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of receiving current position information of the moving body and a function of displaying the received current position information of the moving body on a display screen of a display unit.   The monitoring center server has a function of transferring the received current position information of the mobile body to the dispatch base server that performs the search for the mobile body, and the dispatch base server is configured to transmit the mobile center server from the monitoring center server. A function of receiving the current position information of the mobile body and a function of storing the received current position information of the mobile body in a database, wherein the dispatch base personal computer monitors and displays the received current position information of the mobile body The to-be-searched object tracking system of Claim 1 or 2 provided with the function to display on the monitoring screen.   The monitoring center server has a function of transferring the received current position information of the mobile body to the dispatch terminal that is dispatched from the dispatch base, and the dispatch terminal is configured to transfer the mobile body transferred from the monitoring center server. The search object according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a function of sequentially receiving current position information of the mobile station; and a function of displaying the current position information of the mobile body received sequentially on a display screen of a display unit. Tracking system.   The monitoring center server has a function of transferring the current position information of the mobile body to the requester terminal at an arbitrary time when the request is made by the requester, and the requester terminal is transferred from the monitoring center server. The searched object according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a function of receiving current position information of the mobile object and a function of displaying the received current position information of the mobile object on a display screen of a display unit. Object tracking system.   Each tag reading sensor installed in the local installation environment has a function of sensing the wireless IC tag mounted on the mobile body at an arbitrary time interval, and the mobile body read from the sensed wireless IC tag. A function of sequentially transmitting various types of information to the monitoring center server, the monitoring center server receiving various types of information regarding the moving body sequentially transmitted from the tag reading sensors, and the received And a function of storing various types of information regarding the moving body in the management database, and the monitoring center personal computer has a function of displaying the various types of information regarding the received moving body on the monitoring screen of the monitoring display device. Item 10. The search target tracking system according to Item 1.   The monitoring center server has a function of recording and storing the received current position information of the mobile body and time information of the time when various information about the mobile body is received in the management database. The search target tracking system according to any one of the above.   The said monitoring center server is provided with the function which edits and outputs the log information regarding the search of the said arbitrary mobile bodies designated from the said monitoring display apparatus, the said requester terminal, or the said dispatch terminal. Searched object tracking system. The search object tracking system according to claim 8, wherein the monitoring center server has a function of plotting the log information on map information for editing / outputting.

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