KR101710322B1

KR101710322B1 - System for preventing loss of person or belongings

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Publication number: KR101710322B1
Application number: KR1020150086275A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이동훈
Original assignee: 주식회사 리움
Priority date: 2015-06-18
Filing date: 2015-06-18
Publication date: 2017-02-27
Also published as: KR20160149393A

Abstract

[0001] The present invention relates to a loss prevention system for preventing the loss or loss of an article by tracking and managing the position of an article or a person's name in real time, the system comprising: a slave device in the form of a clock or a necklace; A master device provided to communicate with the slave device by a wide area communication method; A loss prevention tag; And a remote server are provided.
According to the loss prevention system of the present invention, it is possible to transmit / receive real-time location information by communicating with a remote server through a broadband communication network, respectively, so that it is possible to search for a slave device as a master device or find a master device as a slave device . Here, the slave device is provided in the form of a watch or a necklace and can be carried at any time, and the master device can be equipped with a smart phone or a PC, so that it is easy to check the visual information about the position of the article. For items that are likely to be lost, such as pets, wallets, key chains, etc., you can check the real-time location from the near side to the claimed device or the slave device by attaching a loss prevention tag. In addition, it is easy to manage the infant or demented elderly because the position of the person wearing the slave device can be confirmed in real time through the master. Real-time location information can be securely protected because it is provided only to members who have been authenticated through a remote server in order to prevent misuse.

Description

System for preventing loss or belongings

[0001] The present invention relates to a loss prevention system for preventing the loss or loss of an article by tracking and managing the position of an article or person's name in real time.

Currently, active seniors (50-60s) in our society are younger and healthier than before. Especially, as the aging society is rapidly progressing due to low fertility, the physical strength and rich experience of active seniors will become an important axis to support our society in the future.

However, for those seniors, the frequent forgetfulness that comes from declining memory may cause people to misunderstand that they may be dementia, which in turn hurts their feelings, And will show a shrinking appearance.

In addition, when an emergency occurs, for example, when a car accident or a fall accident often occurs in winter or a mental disorder due to a chronic illness, you may be confused and lost contact with a close friend or relative, There are cases where you can not get proper help when you can not speak.

Among these problems, a device for solving the loss of goods is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Application No. 20-2010-0006810 entitled " Wristwatch to Prevent Losing of Portable Goods " A power supply for supplying power to the reader, a signal controller for adjusting the distance of the signal according to the user's setting, a reader ON / OFF switch attached to the clock, a signal motor for vibrating when the portable article is dropped, And a signal motor and an alarm for generating an alarm if a signal having the same unique number is not received again after a predetermined time elapses after the RF reader transmits the RF radio wave from the transmitter.

However, the conventional technologies as described above are only useful when the article and the RF reader are within a relatively short distance, and only the distance information between the reader and the article can be known, There is a range limit.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a positioning tag having a broadband communication unit and a subordinate device, A loss prevention system is provided that can provide real-time location verification and provide real-time location service only for pre-authenticated members in order to protect individual privacy.

Other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following description of the embodiments.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for preventing loss of an article, the system comprising a GPS chip, a short distance communication unit, and a wide area communication unit Dependent devices; And a broadband communication unit and a short range communication unit for communicating with the slave unit through a wide area communication method and being arranged to exchange location information with a remote server through the wide area communication unit; A loss prevention tag provided to provide position information by the slave device or the master device and the local area communication method; And a remote server, which is provided to receive location information by way of wide area communication with the master device or the slave device and is provided to provide a location tracking service based on the location information to the master device or the slave device Prevention system is provided.

Wherein the slave device comprises: a body provided in the form of a necklace to be worn on a wrist or a neck detachably worn on the wrist; A display unit installed on one side of the main body and adapted to check time information; An operation button unit provided on one side of the main body, the operation button unit being provided to confirm or manipulate various information; A controller for processing position information received by the GPS chip and data received or transmitted from the wide area communication unit or the local area communication unit and controlling the display unit; A main battery unit built in the main body; And an auxiliary battery unit detachably coupled to one side of the main body, wherein the wide area communication unit is provided by WIFI or LTE (Long Term Evolution), and the short range communication unit includes Bluetooth ™, Zeegbee ™, Or Near Field Communication (NFC) is used as the loss prevention system.

The remote server may further include a member management DB for storing and retrieving data of a member subscribed to the location management service; An authentication module for granting or qualifying the location management service member to the connected user and storing the membership in the member management DB; And a location information analysis module for analyzing the location information transmitted from the master key of the member authenticated by the authentication module and transmitting the location information about the lost device.

Meanwhile, the loss prevention tag may include a remote communication unit for communicating with the slave device or the host device through Bluetooth ™, Zeegbee ™, or NFC (Near Field Communication) method. A casing provided with the remote communication unit and having a loss prevention ring attached to one side thereof; A vibration motor embedded in the case; A speaker incorporated in the case to generate sound to the outside through a speaker hole formed at one side of the case; An LED illumination unit provided on the other side of the case; A controller configured to control the Bluetooth communication unit, the vibration motor, the speaker, and the LED illumination unit; And a rechargeable battery unit incorporated in the case to receive charging power from a charging terminal provided outside the case.

According to the loss prevention system of the present invention, it is possible to transmit / receive real-time location information by communicating with a remote server through a broadband communication network, respectively, so that it is possible to search for a slave device as a master device or find a master device as a slave device . Here, the slave device is provided in the form of a watch or a necklace and can be carried at any time, and the master device can be equipped with a smart phone or a PC, so that it is easy to check the visual information about the position of the article.

For items that are likely to be lost, such as pets, wallets, key chains, etc., you can check the real-time location from the near side to the claimed device or the slave device by attaching a loss prevention tag.

In addition, it is easy to manage the infant or demented elderly because the position of the person wearing the slave device can be confirmed in real time through the master. Real-time location information can be securely protected because it is provided only to members who have been authenticated through a remote server in order to prevent misuse.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a loss prevention system according to the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the dependent device among the loss prevention systems of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a dependent device among the loss prevention systems of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a loss prevention tag in the loss prevention system according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a remote server among the loss prevention systems according to the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but is to be understood to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention, And the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant explanations thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention may be configured as a slave 100, 200, a loss prevention tag 300, a host 500, and a remote server 700 in the loss prevention system 1000.

2 to 3, the slave device 100 is in the form of a watch or a necklace, and includes a main body 110, a display unit 120, an operation button unit 130, a control unit 140, The main battery unit 150, the auxiliary battery unit 160, the GPS chip 170, the wide area communication unit 180, and the local area communication unit 10 are built in.

Referring to FIG. 2, the main body 110 may be formed as a necklace type or a clock type. This is a configuration that allows the user to carry the dependent device 100, 200 at all times, for example, a position carried by the protected person and the position of the dependent device 100, 200 carried by the protected person using the host device 500 It is possible to obtain the effect of preventing the childbearing.

The display unit 120 may be provided as an LCD display to search for data stored in the host device 500 and display the current time so that the slave devices 100 and 200 can be used as a clock. In addition, it is possible to display information such as battery capacity and whether or not a wide area signal is transmitted or received.

The operation button unit 130 may switch the information displayed on the display unit 120 by controlling the control unit 140 or may execute a command to call the master key 500 or to call the loss prevention tag 300. [

The control unit 140 processes data of the GPS chip 170, the wide area communication unit 180 and the local communication unit 190 to perform data communication with the host device 500 and controls the display information of the display unit 120 .

Although not shown in the figure, a vibrator or a speaker capable of transmitting vibrations or sounds is built in the slave devices 100 and 200 and operated by the control unit 140 to operate when a paging signal is transmitted from the master device 500, Can be made aware of this.

The main battery unit 150 is built in the main body 110 and is connected to a separate external charging terminal (not shown) to charge the battery unit 150 and supply power for driving the internal unit. The auxiliary battery unit 160 may be detachably installed outside the main body 110 to supply additional power when the main battery unit 150 has insufficient power capacity due to a long period of external activity. In the case of the clock-type slave device 200, the auxiliary battery unit 160 may be provided in the shape of a watch.

The wide area communication unit 180 transmits and receives data such as the position information or the paging signal at a remote place to the master device 500, thereby enabling long distance communication between the master device 500 and the slave devices 100 and 200. Accordingly, the wide area communication unit 180 can transmit and receive data according to LTE (Long Term Evolution) or WiFi as in the host device 500.

The short range communication unit 190 is provided for data communication when the host 500 or the loss prevention tag 300 is located at a short distance and is provided with Bluetooth ™, Zeegbee ™, or NFC ). &Lt; / RTI >

The short-distance communication method as described above generally has a short signal transmission distance as compared with LTE or WiFi, but it is possible to miniaturize the device and to reduce the size because the power efficiency is high. Accordingly, it is possible to apply the short distance communication method to the loss prevention tag 300 and communicate with the slave devices 100, 200 to the master device.

4, the loss prevention tag 300 may include a control unit 310, a remote communication unit 320, a vibration motor 330, an LED illumination unit 340, and a speaker 350.

The loss prevention tag 300 can communicate with the host device 500 or the slave devices 100 and 200 by the short-distance communication method as described above, thereby attaching to the portable article or the companion animal, .

A vibration motor 330, an LED illumination unit 340 and a speaker 350 are provided in the loss prevention tag 300 to operate when a call signal is transmitted from the host device 500 or the slave devices 100 and 200, It is possible to easily confirm the position of the article to which the loss prevention tag 300 is attached.

The remote server 700 confirms the identity of the requesting user when requesting the location information through the PC or the host 500 by the user who has been authenticated by membership or the like in advance and then transmits the request to the host 500 through the slave 500 100, and 200, and transmits the GPS position information.

Accordingly, the remote server 700 stores the membership information previously registered in the member management DB 710, receives the authentication information of the new and existing members by the authentication module 720, compares the authentication information with the existing data, The location information analyzing module 730 analyzes the location information of the device requested by the location information analyzing module 730 and transmits the analyzed location information to the outside through the authentication module.

The operation of the loss prevention system according to the present invention will now be described.

The user first connects the host 500 to the slave devices 100 and 200 and the loss prevention tag 300 and proceeds to authenticate the master device 500 and the slave devices 100 and 200 to the remote server 700 .

Subsequently, the slave devices 100 and 200 are attached to the body of the elderly or companion animal requiring protection, and the loss prevention tag 300 is attached to an item such as a wallet, a key, or an umbrella that is likely to be lost.

When the master device 500 and the slave devices 100 and 200 or the loss prevention tag 300 are separated from each other by a predetermined distance or more, vibration, sound, and light emission signals are generated in the device so that the user can recognize the vibration. In particular, since the slave devices 100 and 200 are provided to be capable of wide-area communication, even if the master device 500 and the master device 500 are separated from each other by a distance over which data communication is possible, So that the position of the protected person can be confirmed.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims.

100, 200: Dependent device 300: Lost prevention tag
500: master 700: remote server

Claims

A system for preventing loss of an article,
A slave device having any one of a clock or a necklace and having a GPS chip, a local communication section and a wide area communication section built therein;
And a broadband communication unit and a short range communication unit for communicating with the slave unit through a wide area communication method and being arranged to exchange location information with a remote server through the wide area communication unit;
A loss prevention tag provided to provide position information by the slave device or the master device and the local area communication method; And
A location information provision unit that is provided to receive location information by wide area communication with the master device or the slave device and is provided to the master device or the slave device based on the location information,
The lost-prevention tag includes:
A remote communication unit for communicating with the slave device or the host device via Bluetooth (TM), Zeegbee (TM), or NFC (Near Field Communication);
A casing provided with the remote communication unit and having a loss prevention ring attached to one side thereof;
A vibration motor embedded in the case;
A speaker incorporated in the case to generate sound to the outside through a speaker hole formed at one side of the case;
An LED illumination unit provided on the other side of the case;
A controller configured to control the communication unit configured by one of Bluetooth, Zigbee, and NFC, the vibration motor, the speaker, and the LED illumination unit; And
And a rechargeable battery unit installed in the case to receive a charging power from a charging terminal provided outside the case,
Wherein the slave device comprises:
A body provided in the form of a necklace to be worn on a wrist or a neck detachably worn on the wrist;
A display unit installed on one side of the main body and adapted to check time information;
An operation button unit provided on one side of the main body, the operation button unit being provided to confirm or manipulate various information;
A controller for processing position information received by the GPS chip and data received or transmitted from the wide area communication unit or the local communication unit and controlling the display unit;
A main battery unit built in the main body; And
And an auxiliary battery unit detachably coupled to one side of the main body,
The wide-
WIFI or Long Term Evolution (LTE)
The short-
(Bluetooth), Zeegbee (TM), or Near Field Communication (NFC)
The remote server comprising:
A member management DB for storing and retrieving data of members registered in the location management service;
An authentication module for granting or qualifying the location management service member to the connected user and storing the membership in the member management DB; And
And a location information analysis module for analyzing the location information transmitted from the master key of the member authenticated by the authentication module and transmitting the location information about the lost device.

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