WO2005036434A2 - Dispositif de controle de falsification pour station de repartition (acd-d) - Google Patents

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WO2005036434A2
WO2005036434A2 PCT/IN2004/000225 IN2004000225W WO2005036434A2 WO 2005036434 A2 WO2005036434 A2 WO 2005036434A2 IN 2004000225 W IN2004000225 W IN 2004000225W WO 2005036434 A2 WO2005036434 A2 WO 2005036434A2
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  • the present invention relates to Adulteration Control Device for Dispatch Station "ACD-D".
  • the device can be used in any field where problem of mixing / adulteration is encountered. Particularly so in the field of petroleum products like mixing of non-standard products in the standard products supplied by the Petroleum Companies.
  • ACD-D addresses this problem on the dispatch station side, by way of interacting intelligently with the data inputs from various devices on the field and correlating it with the dispatch station data to generate desired alerts, logs, MIS reports etc.
  • the invention addresses the major problems of getting the information about the adulteration instantly i.e., on real time basis and without interference from any human element.
  • the invention addresses these problems and informs the concerned official(s) instantly, if there is any adulteration material added to the storage tanks, and this it does without any human intervention, thus addressing the most difficult hurdles of human manipulation, and timely information.
  • Obj ects of Invention
  • the Principle object of the present invention is to restrain and identify cases of adulteration and provide information to concerned officials / persons on real time basis by way of continuous intelligent interaction between the retail sale point and the dispatch station using convergence of instrumentation, software, hardware telecommunication technologies to achieve the desired results and keep the system functional on real time basis devoid of any human intervention thus eliminating possibility of tampering / manipulations.
  • ⁇ To reconcile all the receipts at the Retail end with dispatch station on real time basis and to generate alerts for any mismatch and send it to the specified recipients.
  • ⁇ To interface with the system software of the dispatch location and process necessary information for alerts / data logging.
  • ⁇ To generate randomly passwords on daily basis for preventing tampering.
  • ⁇ To deploy various methods to keep the system tamper proof and maintain the integrity.
  • ⁇ To have a pollution free environment by way of providing standard fuels to motor vehicles.
  • ⁇ To get better efficiencies for motor vehicles by way of providing standard fuels.
  • ⁇ To be a cost effective solution for adulteration control.
  • ⁇ To communicate the adulteration alerts on real time basis.
  • ⁇ To process at the dispatch station following:
  • Invention aims to restrain and identify cases of adulteration and provide information to concerned officials / persons on real time basis by way of continuous intelligent interaction between the retail sale point and the dispatch station using convergence of instrumentation, software, hardware telecommunication technologies to achieve the desired results and keep the system functional on real time basis devoid of any human intervention thus eliminating possibility of tampering / manipulations.
  • Gasoline/HSD/LDO all petroleum product selling units are known as Retail Outlets / Gas Stations / Petrol Pumps etc.
  • the adulteration occurs at these places by way of addition of non-standard fuel to the storage tank, which is later on dispensed through the dispensing unit to the vehicles, which come for refueling.
  • ACD-D addresses this problem on the dispatch station by way of interacting intelligently with the data inputs from various devices on the field and correlating it with the dispatch station data to generate desired alerts, logs, MIS reports etc.
  • this method of apparatus consists of convergence of technologies like instrumentation, software, hardware, telecommunication etc.
  • Drawing No. 1 shows Adulteration Control Device for Dispatch Station "ACD-D" in constructional diagram.
  • Invention aims to restrain and identify cases of adulteration and provide information to concerned officials / persons on real time basis by way of continuous intelligent interaction between the retail sale point and the dispatch station using convergence of, instrumentation, software, hardware, telecommunication technologies to achieve the desired results and keep the system functional on real time basis devoid of any human intervention thus eliminating possibility of tampering / manipulations.
  • Gasoline HSD/LDO all petroleum product selling units are known as Retail Outlets / Gas Stations / Petrol Pumps etc.
  • the adulteration occurs at these places by way of addition of non-standard fuel to the storage tank, which is later on dispensed through the dispensing unit to the vehicles, which come for refueling.
  • ACD-D addresses this problem on the dispatch station by way of interacting intelligently with the data inputs from various devices on the field and correlating it with the dispatch station data to generated desired alerts, logs, MIS reports etc.
  • the present invention of Adulteration Control Device for Dispatch Station end comprises of the following components:
  • Figure / Drawing Number No. 1 shows Adulteration Control Device for Dispatch Station ACD -D in constructional diagram.
  • ACD-D HARDWARE part comprises of following components
  • (a) Logic Processing Hardware is in the chip arranged on a PCB arranged on a board within a tamper proof box. It connects to Figure No. 1(7.2) Communication Ports and Figure No.l (7.3). Wireless Network Input Port it also connects to the 7.4 PSTN Network in port (back up for the wireless) as shown in the Figure No. 1 (7.5 & 7.6) are the Personal Computer (PC) - output ports.
  • Figure No. 1(7.7) is a Rectifier as shown in figure the device converts alternating current / voltage into pulsating direct current / voltage arranged on a board within a tamper proof box, it connects to the power system of the ACD-D.
  • (c) Real Time Clock - shown in Figure No. 1(7.10) is arranged on a board, the DS1307 Serial Real Time Clock is a low power, full binary-coded decimal (BCD) clock calendar plus 56 bytes of NV SRAM. Address and data are transferred serially via a 2-wire, bi-directional bus.
  • the clock/calendar provides seconds, minutes, hours, day, date, month, and year information. The end of the month date is automatically adjusted for months with fewer than 31 days, including corrections for leap year.
  • the clock operates in either the 24-hour or 12-hour format with AM/PM indicator.
  • the DS1307 has a built-in power sense circuit that detects power failures and automatically switches to the battery supply.
  • Reset Unit shown in Figure No. 1(7.9) resets the Communication Unit. It provides power-supply malfunction exception and a guaranteed power- up reset delay, while typically consuming l/27th the power from a +5V supply. It monitors the power supply in communication unit.
  • the device offers excellent circuit reliability and low cost by eliminating external components and adjustments.
  • the ACD-D Software half consists of software within the server having:
  • Database Interface Layer as shown in Figure No. 1(2).
  • Local database as shown in Figure No. 1(3).
  • Management Information System as shown in Figure No. 1(4).
  • Authentication Model as shown in Figure No. 1(5).
  • Communication Unit Interface Layer as shown in Figure No. 1(6).
  • ACD-D Communication hardware unit as shown in Figure No. 1(7).
  • the communication modem picks up the data from ACD-R and sends it to the authentication module through which it is routed to the database interface where it intelligently fires the required queries and processes the data after which it communicates to the MIS module, and the communication modem for required action.
  • This module is deployed at Dispatch Station for data analysis, data reconciliation and MIS reports. This module has four sub-modules.
  • Communication Server installed at Dispatch Station collects data from remote RO's having an ACS System. Communication server collects data from each RO through the ACS system installed. All alerts are forwarded to respective recipients.
  • the communication server is configured for GSM as primary network and PSTN as backup, but can be configured for other wireless networks like CDMA, TDMA, VSAT, RF networks etc.
  • Tank Inventory Accumulated Grade Totals. Tank Delivery. Dispenser Total Reconciliation. Tank Variance. Site Statistics & Summary. Site Configuration. Tank Reconciliation History. Alert Raised. Customized reports can be added, if required.
  • This module is responsible for retrieving or collecting the required data from the existing Dispatch Station database server.
  • the data retrieved by the database interface layer is read only data, i.e., no updates or changes are made to the Dispatch Station database.
  • This module permits only authenticate users to logon the system, every data retrieved or collected from the RO module is first authenticated and then it is send for further processing.
  • the modules are responsible for changing the password of ACD-R all across RO randomly.
  • ACD-D is divided in two parts.
  • ACD-D software works in synergy with ACD-D hardware. Every data received from Retail Outlet is collected by ACD-D Hardware, which sends this data for processing to ACD-D Software. This document describes about the ACD-D Software part.
  • ACD-D Software modules: ACD-D consists of mainly three modules.
  • ACD-D Client & ACD-D message processor 1.
  • Management Information System 2.
  • Communication Unit Interface Layer 3.
  • ACD-D Client provides the way to the user to interact with ACD-D System.
  • Logically Client is divided into two modules user authentication & authorization and user interface for activities. The details of each module are given below.
  • This module will authenticate the user during log-on and authorizes the user for the set privileges.
  • the module provides the facility to create the users. As per requirement the privileges of the users can be altered. Log is maintained to keep track of all the users who use the system. In short following functions are taken care by the module.
  • the various activities that can occur during usage are grouped in to two, activities related to data and activities related to communication.
  • Client is provided with the required data entry screens to maintain the master and transaction data, which includes;
  • Client also includes the screens to communicate with retail outlets. It is possible to make the request for following details;
  • ACD-D Message processor
  • ACD-R are configured to send data messages to terminal / depot.
  • ACD-D Message processor is responsible for parsing these messages and store in database. The various data messages that need to be parsed are as follows:
  • the message processor keeps on looking for non-conformance against fuel addition message data and invoiced data for the retail outlet. On non- conformance the alert will be generated. Alert will be communicated to concern person.
  • message processor archives the data every day for last seven days safeguarding against loss of data.
  • MIS Management Information System
  • the data received from each of the RO can be analyzed for different purposes using MIS module. Data reconciliation is also available for dispensing units. The below mention MIS is available in data report format and different chart format.
  • Retail Outlet wise tank analysis The analysis can be done on tanks/products. This analysis is based on the data collected from the retail outlets. If tank data is not available for the particular day due to some unexpected reasons, then the reading for that day will be treated as reading with exceptions, so that the correct analysis can be possible on the available data.
  • Variance report - dispensers vs. tank ACD-D automatically gathers information from the meter readings; deliveries from the dispensing unit and daily sales from the tank. It reconciles the total at the end of the day.
  • Variance report shows sudden losses and short deliveries form the dispensing unit.
  • Variance report - dispatches vs. receipt It is possible to capture information on the dispatches, but the option of integrating with the existing system is also available (as most of the terminal have their own dispatching software). Every dispatches of the product to retail outlet will reply back with the automatic receipt. This report can display any non-conformance, if found in the dispatches and receipt. Alert raised: If there is non-conformance in dispatches and receipt, then software will send alert in the form of wireless data messages / e-mail / fax to the configured recipient in the database. Every time the alert is send, it will be logged by the system.
  • the Communication Unit Interface Layer handles the hardware interfacing with the ACD-D hardware. Advantage of this layer is that it is scalable to cope up with communication traffic; this is possible due to modem pool solution. It is reliable as the system hardware is backed with battery and inverter, which doesn't lead to any data losses. It handles below mention functions.
  • Receive message from retail outlets Messages are collected from every retail outlet, and are stored in the received message queue; this queue is then processed by ACD-D software. Every message is processes on the first in first out (FIFO) principle.
  • Every message received and send is logged with the time stamp as history of data.
  • Pending or not communicated message status can be found using this feature.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de contrôle de falsification pour une station de répartition permettant de limiter et d'identifier les cas de falsification, et de fournir des informations en temps réel au moyen d'une interaction intelligente en continu entre le point de vente au détail et la station de répartition. Le dispositif de contrôle comprend une unité de traitement logique, une unité de mémoire consistant en une mémoire ROM programmable et effaçable, une horloge en temps réel, un cristal pour la génération de l'horloge, une unité de remise à zéro pour fournir une puissance lors de la remise à zéro différée, un module de communication avec un support de communication sans fil sur un support de communication câblé et par défaut pour la sauvegarde, un redresseur conçu pour fournir l'alimentation en courant continu requise et un inverseur doté d'une batterie de secours ; l'ensemble de ces éléments, les interfaces de données et les connecteurs étant disposés sur des cartes de circuits imprimés et maintenus à l'intérieur de boîtes inviolables. Le dispositif de contrôle comprend, en outre, un logiciel sur mesure à l'intérieur d'un serveur présentant un système de base de données existant, une couche d'interface de base de données, une base de données locale, un système d'informations de gestion, un module d'authentification et une couche d'interface d'unité de communication pour exécuter la tâche souhaitée.
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