WO2009055882A2

WO2009055882A2 - Micro-controlled stick of patrol supervision with wireless access to internet

Info

Publication number: WO2009055882A2
Application number: PCT/BR2008/000134
Authority: WO
Inventors: Robert José TARANTI
Original assignee: Taranti Robert Jose
Priority date: 2007-10-30
Filing date: 2008-05-12
Publication date: 2009-05-07
Also published as: BRMU8701912U2; WO2009055882A3

Abstract

Micro-Controlled stick of patrol supervision with wireless access to internet, especially of a stick applied in the safety patrimonial sector that enables, via wireless internet, a series of functional and operational advantages, as, for instance, the sending in real time of the information immediately collected and the sending of the information contained in the stick to a server or any computer, as well as to be configured via net; determination of patrols of an aleatory way; sensors able to point any kind of vandalism against the equipment, among others.

Description

"MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET"

The present request of Utility Model patent refers to a new "MICRO- CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET"; especially of a stick applied in the safety patrimonial sector that enables, via wireless internet, several functional and operational advantages, as, for instance, sending in real time of information contained in the stick to a server or any computer; determination of aleatory patrol circuits; sensors able to point actions against the equipment. Systems and sticks for monitoring of patrol activity are much known. US patent number 3,990,067 "Electronic Security Tour System" of 02/11/1976 and US patent number 4,296,408 "Location Transmitting System" of 20/10/1981 anticipated an equipment used to establish a security system that has a route that should be followed by patrol watcher, having a plurality of stations located along the patrol route. Since then, several new technologies have been allowing the refinement of the proposed systems and sticks with the inclusion of important innovations. One of that innovations is US patent number 5,120,942 "Portable Tour Monitor Device, Report Generating System and Programming Device Therefore", filed on 02/02/1989 and granted on 09/06/1992. Afterwards, the US patent number 6,834,259 "Guard Tour System", filed on

15/10/1999, tried to systematize the system introducing the base that orientates the systems of patrols employed at the present time

An important particularity of all the models of current systems is the existence of a stick that introduces one or more of the following primordial functionalities: • Record of information of date and time of the instant in which the stick is connected to an electronic marker (by contact or wireless);

• Record of the identity of patrol watcher by means of electric connection (by contact or wireless) of an identifier device to the stick;

• Information to patrol watcher when the period allowed for patrol is close to the end; • Information, by means of connection (by contact or wireless) to an identifier device, if there are patrols with problems in their execution; • Transfer of collected data to a computer only by means of data discharge base or specific connector;

• Configuration by means of connection to a computer by means of a data discharge base or specific connector. According to the exposed above, the known models of sticks, in spite of performing functions for which were projected, present some deficiencies:

• The transfer of data from stick to computer can only be effected by means of discharge base or directly to the computer;

• As a consequence of the item above mentioned, it is not possible the accompaniment of the activity of patrol watcher in each point of the patrol, being possible just at time of the discharge;

• The patrols are accomplished so that the sequence points to be run are always determined. There is only a set of routes that can be executed in a pre-determined way. Although the product presented in the US patent number 5,120,942 enables some intelligence in the selection of routes to be executed in each patrol, it does not mention the aleatory way;

• The configuration of the stick demands its connection to a computer by means of discharge base or by means of appropriated connector or being accomplished in the own stick;

• The sticks are not able to include in the data transmitted to the computer information about vandalism attempts, as, for instance, excessive mechanic shock; repetitive mechanic shock; excessive heat; excessive cold; short circuit in electric contacts; application of tensions outside the operation limits in the electric contacts and incidence of electromagnetic waves of high energy and,

• Impracticability of transmission in real time to a computer or computerized system of a warning signal in case of not conclusion of a patrol. Expert of the modern technology of the computer science, and looking for use it to a supervision patrol stick, aiming overcome the above fully exposed deficiencies, it was that the inventor created this equipment, which allows to transfer the data of the stick to a computer employing a pre-existed radio chain (chain of cellular telephony, communication via radio or any other one) with the objective of sending information of the stick directly to a computer that can be connected the telephonic net or the internet. The connection of the stick to the pre-existed radio chain can be accomplished directly by means of electronic circuit incorporated to the electronics of the stick, or through the communication of the stick with another device, as cellular phone or another equipment transreceiver of radio. Thus, it is possible that the stick unloads information to the computer, here denominated of server, in any instant, inclusive to each point of the patrol. On the other hand, the aleatory way is possible thanks to the inclusion of a routes set in the software of the stick. Therefore, the software of the stick chooses of aleatory way which route should be used in the patrols, so the patrol watcher does not have previous knowledge of the route.

The connection between stick and computer can occurs of several ways, contrary to the conventional model.

The referred connection can be effected by means of circuit transreceiver of radiofrequency built-in in the electronics of the stick, of three forms:

• The configuration is sent to the stick when this initiates the connection to send the files to the server that uses the connection and sends the new configuration;

• The server initiates a call via pre-existed radio chain to the stick and this does the data discharge simultaneously; • The server sends a signal via radio chain to the stick and this initiates a connection via radio chain with the server coming back,to first proposed condition.

The connection with external device to the stick and the change of information between stick and the server is processed of identical way to the cited last case, however using an external device of wireless communication. The information inclusion about vandalism attempts occurs by means of sensors of tension, current, temperature, acceleration and electromagnetic field. The stick monitors the sensors and registers the considered events, in the configuration, like vandalism attempt. When unloading the data, the stick includes the information about the attempts properly told. ^ι > The discharge in real time enables the activation of alarms in case of problems in the execution of a patrol.

With these resources, any person can, at distance, via computer, interact, control and change the patrol sequence.

In general lines, the main advantages of the present patent request can be summarized, as the description below:

• Increase of the safety by i means of aleatory selection of the route to be executed in each patrol;

• Reduction of the operational . cost by elimination of the need to keep an exclusive equipment for data discharge;

• Elimination of the need to employees acting as patrol supervisors, which use portable equipments for discharge of the data collected by the sticks;

• Increase of the safety by means of events' immediate notification every time the stick identify a patrol point and,

• Reduction of the operational cost in systems that nowadays use the chain of fixed telephony with dedicated line and equipment of dedicated discharge. To follow, it is explained the innovation with reference to the attached drawings, where it is represented:

Fig. 1 : Diagram in blocks of the system that composes the micro-controlled stick of patrol supervision with wireless access to internet. . . . ^. . .

The "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET?', object of this patent request, consists essentially of a stick applied in the segment safety patrimonial that enables, via wireless internet, a series of functional and operational advantages, as, for instance, the sending in real time of the -information contained in the stick to a server or any computer, as well as to be configured via net; circuit determination of aleatory patrol; sensors, able to point vandalism actions against the equipment. ■ -. -' - , ^' -^■ -.^■: .. ..^{• •}- :

The mentioned stick. has a system formed by several blocks; the . first. block (Bl) is responsible: by data collection, having a radiofrequency interface for communication with devices able to send, via radio, information that, identify them; a second block (B2) formed by an electronic device able to send, via radio, information that identifies it; a third block (B3) composite for a pre-existed infrastructure of radiofrequency; a fourth block (B4) formed by an unit of processing passible of being shared with the radiofrequency interface; a fifth block (B5) formed by a circuit responsible for the alimentation of the system; a sixth block (B6) .composite by a circuit responsible for the communication of the system with the radiofrequency interface already existed and finally a seventh block (B7) composite by an interface with the user who can be visual* audible or tactile. . .: , . ,- .. , ^■<..- ^■ The electronics of the stick basically has sensors or electronic components dedicated to the temperature measure; acceleration sensor in at least one axis able to measure pertinent accelerations; sensor or electronic components dedicated to monitoring of the tension between all the pairs of electric terminals of the stick; sensor or electronic components dedicated to measure the intensity of the incident electromagnetic field in the stick; electronic circuit destined to the connection of the stick to a pre-existed radio chain in the case of the stick accomplish the connection of autonomous way; electronic circuit destined to the connection of the stick data to an external device capable to connect to a pre-existed radio chain. Then, firmware that executes in the electronics of the stick is able to store more than one route composite for a ordinate sequence of points; to choose in an aleatory way, when initiating a patrol, which is the route to be executed; to monitor the states of the sensors and, when one or more operation parameters of the system is exceeded, store the value of the parameter, date and time; to accomplish the connection of the stick to the server using the pre- existed radio chain, or by means of intermediary device of connection; to send, together to the data unloaded, the events registered in monitoring of the sensors. ^;

Thus, the present stick has-been' incorporated in the fourth block (B4) several sensors for vandalism detection, as, sensor(s) of temperature; sensor(s) of acceleration; sensor(s) of electromagnetic field; sensor(s) of tension. Still in the fourth block (B4) is made possible the aleatory selection of routes to be executed in the patrols; discharge of data relative to the vandalism attempts to an external computerized system, besides the data discharge that can be used to derive . information relative to the vandalism attempts to an external computerized system. Already in the fifth block (B5) are incorporated the chain sensors.. The communication of the stick with, the computer is: linked, the, to the pre-existed radio chain by means of external equipment incorporated in the sixth block (B6).* ; .

The configuration of the stick.will be able.to be accomplished remotely. ■.-. , ... ..

Claims

1) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET", characterized by having a first block (Bl) responsible for the collection of the data, having a radiofrequency interface for communication with devices able to send, via radio, information that identifies the stick; a second block (B2) formed by an electronic device able to send, via radio, information that identifies it; a third block (B3) composite by a pre-existed infrastructure of radiofrequency; a fourth block (B4) formed by unit of processing passible to be shared with the radiofrequency interface; a fifth block (B5) formed by a circuit responsible for the alimentation of the system; a sixth block (B6) composite by a circuit responsible for the communication of the system with the already existed radiofrequency interface and finally a seventh block (B7) composite by an interface with the user who can be visual, audible and/or tactile.

2) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET", according to claim 1, characterized by the electronics of the stick have sensor or electronic components dedicated to the temperature measure; acceleration sensor in at least one axis able to measure pertinent accelerations; sensor or electronic components dedicated to the monitoring of the tension between all the pairs of electric terminals of the stick; sensor or electronic components dedicated to measure the intensity of the incident electromagnetic field in the stick; circuit electronic destined to the connection of the stick to a pre-existed radio chain in the case of the stick accomplish the connection of an autonomous way; electronic circuit destined to the data connection of the stick to an external device capable to be connected to a pre-existed radio chain. .

3) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET'!, according to claim 1 , characterized by firmware be able to store more than one route composite by.an-ordinate sequence of points; to choose in an aleatory way, when initiating a patrol, which is the route to be executed;-to monitor the states of the sensors and, when one or more operation parameters of the .system is exceeded, store the value of the parameter, date and time; .to _.accomplish the connection of the stick to the server using the pre-existed radio chain, or by means of intermediary device of connection; to send, together to the data unloaded, the events registered in monitoring of the sensors. 4) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET", according to claim 1, characterized by have incorporated in the fourth block (B4) several sensors for vandalism detection, as, sensor(s) of temperature; sensor(s) of acceleration; sensor(s) of electromagnetic field; sensor(s) of tension. 5) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET", according to claim 4, characterized by in the fourth block (B4) being made possible the aleatory selection of route to be executed in the patrols; discharge of data relative to the vandalism attempts to an external computerized system, besides the data discharge that can be used to derive information relative to the vandalism attempts to an external computerized system.

6) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET", according to claim 1, characterized by in the fifth block (B5) being incorporated the chain sensors. - ■

7) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET", according to claim 1, characterized by the communication of the stick with the computer, linked to the internet or to the chain of cellular telephony through the chain of cellular telephony by means of external equipment incorporated in the sixth block (B6). ~

8) "MICRO-CONTROLLED STICK OF PATROL SUPERVISION WITH WIRELESS ACCESS TO INTERNET", according to claim 1, characterized by the configuration of the stick can be accomplished remotely.