WO2016051369A1 - Système pour la description d'un environnement - Google Patents

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WO2016051369A1
WO2016051369A1 PCT/IB2015/057515 IB2015057515W WO2016051369A1 WO 2016051369 A1 WO2016051369 A1 WO 2016051369A1 IB 2015057515 W IB2015057515 W IB 2015057515W WO 2016051369 A1 WO2016051369 A1 WO 2016051369A1
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Alessio Maria D'AMICO
Fabrizio Loppini
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
    • G06K17/0022—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device
    • G06K17/0029—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device the arrangement being specially adapted for wireless interrogation of grouped or bundled articles tagged with wireless record carriers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/0723—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs

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  • the present invention relates to a system for the description of an environment, within which environment a plurality of objects is provided.
  • the system further comprises at least one acquisition unit.
  • the acquisition unit is used by at least one user for obtaining a description of the environment .
  • the system relates also to the known "augmented reality” technology, namely obtaining information that cannot be directly obtained when looking at an object, but that in prior art known systems are gathered from the internet network.
  • Prior art known systems can further be integrated with sound or acoustic means, particularly in order to provide information also to blind users, for example in order to allow them to visit art cities, replacing at least partially information that can be obtained by the sight with sounds and words.
  • the present invention achieves the above aims by providing a system for the description of reality such as described before, wherein an identification device associated to each object is present.
  • the identification device uniquely identifies the object to which it is associated and it comprises at least one transmitting/receiving unit intended to communicate at least with the acquisition unit and at least one storage unit inside such storage unit information about the object associated to said identification device are provided.
  • each identification device communicates with the other identification devices present within the environment through the transmitting/receiving unit.
  • Each identification device comprises at least one processing unit intended to process information received from the other identification devices, which information are stored within the storage unit.
  • each identification device gathers information from the identification devices present within the same environment .
  • each object inside the environment has information about the other objects, by means of the communication between the identification devices, information that can be then transmitted to the acquisition unit and, consequently, to the user.
  • the acquisition unit comprises at least one output interface intended to communicate and/or display information received from the identification devices.
  • Information can reach the user in any manner, both visually, for example through a display, and acoustically, through sound generating means, or a combination thereof.
  • Information can be further processed on the basis of the user needs, for example they can be filtered, limiting the amount of information needed by the user.
  • the acquisition unit preferably comprises processing means intended to process information received from the identification devices.
  • each identification device comprises locating means intended to identify the location of the object to which the identification device is associated.
  • the acquisition unit comprises locating members intended to identify the location of the acquisition unit.
  • each identification device comprises locating members intended to identify the location of other identification devices.
  • the transmitting/receiving unit comprises an output unit intended to display and/or communicate information present in each identification device .
  • the output unit is composed of a display made according to the "electronic-ink” technology.
  • the processing unit of the identification devices comprises processing means for executing a logic program, whose execution causes each identification device to operate by performing the following steps:
  • each identification device comprises a database of functional relations of the identification device with the objects to which the other one or more identification devices are associated, which functional relations are related to actions, activities or functions that provide the active or passive involvement of one or more of the objects associated to the identification devices.
  • each identification device determines on the basis of the database information whether the involvement of the object associated thereto is expected or not, and if that is the case which is the nature of the function that the object associated to the identification device has to carry out and which are the modes for carrying out the expected function.
  • the logic program provided therein detects such non- involvement condition and it activates a pause or stand-by function where the identification device waits, but it does not transmit information signals till its involvement is required based on change in the situation which is required or commanded or spontaneously occurring and it is detected by the event detection and identification devices.
  • the event can be automatically detected by sensors that characterize its quality and that generate event identification signals, while the database comprises information about the actions, activities or functions that result from the event by identifying also the objects involved in these actions, activities or functions .
  • the event can be a command or a request sent from an identification device in relation to a change in the state of the object identified by it, or as an alternative or in combination the event can be a command or a request by the user through the acquisition device by means of which an activation command or signal or actuation command of an action, activity or function is transmitted.
  • the interrogation step a) takes place for each identification device belonging to the system that interrogates the remaining part of the identification devices, such that each identification device is aware of the surrounding environment due to information sent by the other devices to it.
  • a user by interrogating any identification device through the acquisition unit, can be aware of the surrounding environment.
  • the description of the surrounding environment occurs as it was seen from an origin coinciding with the interrogated identification device.
  • the received data can be modified meaning that the observation point is changed by moving it on one of the further involved identification devices.
  • the user can obtain all the necessary information through a code, of the QR code type or the like that is displayed by the identification devices around him/her.
  • step c) for the displaying and/or communication provides to code information present within the storage unit by displaying an identification code , of the QR code type .
  • the interrogation step a) is automatically performed any time a change of information present in the storage unit of each identification device occurs, each identification device comprising a control unit intended to control said change.
  • the environment and the objects therein not only become talking by allowing the configuration, the basic characteristics, the space location and the condition to be known, but are able to interact with each other and not only with the user.
  • the relation between objects associated to the identification codes on the basis of actions, activities or functions required or deriving from the occurrence of events , both whether they are automatically or manually detected or whether the event is a command or a request by the user, allows the environment and the objects therein to be animated in a functional manner such to maximize efficacy and the chances of success of the action, activity or function to be carried out.
  • Fig.l is a schematic block diagram of the system for the description of an environment according to the present invention.
  • Fig.2 is a schematic block diagram of the preferred embodiment allowing one interaction.
  • Figure 1 shows the system for the description of an environment 10 inside which environment 10 a plurality of objects 1, 2, 3, and 4 is provided.
  • the system comprises at least one acquisition unit
  • the acquisition unit 5 is used by a user 6 who has to move within the environment 10.
  • an identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 associated to each object 1, 2 , 3 and 4.
  • Each identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 uniquely identifies the object to which it is associated.
  • the identification device 11 uniquely identifies the object 1
  • the identification device 21 uniquely identifies the object 2 and so on.
  • each identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 not only uniquely relate the object to which it is associated to a number or a code, but it may contain any information related to the object.
  • Each identification device comprises at least one storage unit 12, 22, 32 and 42 inside which information about the object associated to the identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 are present.
  • each identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 comprises at least one transmitting/receiving unit 13, 23, 33 and 43 intended to communicate at least with the acquisition unit 2.
  • 31 and 41 communicates with the other identification devices 11, 21, 31 and 41 present within the environment 10 through the transmitting/receiving unit 13, 23, 33 and 43.
  • each identification device comprises at least one processing unit 14, 24, 34 and 44 intended to process information received from the other identification devices, which information are stored in the storage units 13, 23, 33 and 43.
  • the interface unit 5 comprises at least one output interface intended to communicate and/or display information received from said identification devices 11, 21, 31 and 41.
  • the acquisition unit 5 can be made in any manner known in the prior art, and it can provide, besides the output interface, also processing means intended to process information received from the identification devices 11, 21, 31 and 41.
  • the acquisition unit 5 can be composed of a portable device, such as smartphone, tablet or the like .
  • each identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 can comprise locating means intended to identify the location of the object 1, 2, 3, and 4 to which the identification device is associated.
  • the acquisition unit 5 comprises locating members intended to identify the location of the acquisition unit 5.
  • the provision of the locating means and members allows the accurate location of each object 1, 2, 3 and 4 within the environment and of the acquisition unit 5, namely of the user 6, to be identified.
  • the locating means and members can for example be composed of a satellite system of the GPS type or the like .
  • the locating process can be absolute, that is it relates to an absolute, fixed coordinate system, where each component of the system has precise coordinates.
  • a relative locating process for example by using a reference system related to the environment 10, or a variable system that analyzes the distance of each object 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the basis of the position of the acquisition unit 5, that is the distance of such objects from the same unit 5.
  • the transmitting/receiving unit 12, 22, 32 and 42 comprises an output unit intended to display and/or communicate information present in each identification device.
  • the output unit for example can be composed of any device able to transmit to the user 6, through the acquisition unit 5, information about the several objects 1, 2, 3 and 4.
  • the output unit is composed of a display implemented according to the "electronic-ink” technology.
  • Such technology is commonly used in the e-book field and it is known as electronic paper.
  • the electronic paper known also as e-ink or e- paper, is a display technology designed to mimic the appearance of ink on ordinary paper. Unlike a conventional display that uses light from the back of the display to illuminate the pixels, the e-paper reflects ambient light like a paper sheet.
  • the most used technology provides to use very tiny spheres inside the display. Such spheres are electrically charged; one hemisphere is positive and black coloured while the other hemisphere is negatively charged and it is white coloured. By electric fields it is possible to orient the spheres to obtain the change of colour in the several points of the display.
  • processing units 14, 24, 34 and 44 associated to each object 1, 2, 3 and 4 comprise processing means for executing a logic program, whose execution causes each identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 to operate by performing the following steps: a) interrogating at least one further identification device;
  • the identification device 11 it is possible to provide the identification device 11 to communicate for example with the identification device 21 and to receive information about the object 2 stored in the storage unit 23 through the transmitting and receiving unit 12 and the transmitting and receiving unit 22.
  • Each identi ication device 11, 21, 31 and 41 can act in a similar manner, interrogating one or more interrogation devices.
  • the user 6 then can obtain information from any identification device through the acquisition unit 5.
  • each identification device can be equipped with an antenna able to find the acquisition unit 5 inside a specific receiving field and to automatically transmit information .
  • information can be transmitted manually, that is by a command from the user 6 through the acquisition unit 5 that interrogates the identification devices 11, 21, 31 and 41.
  • a particular embodiment of the system of the present invention provides step c) displaying and/or sending information to code information present into the storage unit by displaying an identification code, of the QR code type.
  • the acquisition unit 5 will be composed of a device of the smartphone type or the like and the user 6 can obtain information by simply reading the code .
  • Such variant embodiment is particularly advantageous in combination with the implementation of the output unit as an electronic-paper technology display.
  • the step interrogating the identification devices can be automatically carried out .
  • step a) for the interrogation is automatically carried out each time information present in the storage unit of each identification device 11, 21, 31 and 41 is modified, each identification device 11, 21 ,31 and 41 comprising a control unit intended to control said modification.
  • the control unit of the identification device 21 detects the change in position and it carries out the interrogation of the other identification devices 11, 31, and 41 such that all of them are informed about such change in position.
  • a blind user may, through his/her acquisition unit 5, move inside the environment 10 without hitting any object.
  • the acquisition unit 5 is informed about the map of the environment 10 and it can guide the blind user 6 by making specific paths on the basis of the needs of the user .
  • the acquisition unit 5 may be possible with the acquisition unit 5 to know the expiry dates of all the products, the positioning and the prices and to be informed about any change of the products.
  • the identification devices may be equipped with a temperature sensor it may be possible to control the temperature of each product associated to the identification devices.
  • system of the present invention may be used also for managing warehouses, making it possible to obtain all information about the products in the warehouse .
  • the system of the present invention is generally particularly efficient each time information about a plurality of objects is desired, depending on the information of interest obviously the identification devices will be equipped with detectors for the parameters able to provide such information.
  • the system described above can exhibit further improvements .
  • each identification device comprises a database of functional relations of the identification device with the objects to which the other one or more identi ication devices are associated, which functional relations are related to actions, activities or functions that provide the active or passive involvement of one or more of the objects associated to the identification devices.
  • each identification device determines on the basis of the database information whether the involvement of the object associated thereto is expected or not, and if that is the case which is the nature of the function that the object associated to the identification device has to carry out and which are the modes for carrying out the expected function.
  • the logic program provided therein detects such non- involvement condition and it activates a pause or stand-by function where the identification device waits, but it does not transmit information signals till its involvement is required based on change in the situation which is required or commanded or spontaneously occurring and it is detected by the event detection and identification devices.
  • the event can be automatically detected by sensors that characterize its quality and that generate event identification signals, while the database comprises information about the actions, activities or functions that result from the event by identifying also the objects involved in these actions, activities or functions .
  • the event can be a command or a request sent from an identification device in relation to a change in the state of the object identified by it, or as an alternative or in combination the event can be a command or a request by the user through the acquisition device by means of which an activation command or signal or actuation command of an action, activity or function is transmitted.
  • identification devices by considering as comprised therein not only the devices that identify objects, but also the devices identifying object conditions and/or environmental parameters and/or physiological parameters not only of the user but also of possible people or animals related in any manner to him/her, it is possible to provide different fulfilment modes.
  • the person PI is provided with an acquisition unit 5 that can communicate according to one or several different wireless protocols with a plurality of tags, such as for example rfid tags or other types of tags 11 that compose the several identification devices.
  • tags such as for example rfid tags or other types of tags 11 that compose the several identification devices.
  • Each one of them has a processing unit wherein a control logic program is loaded which relate data and information about the quality of the object to which it is associated with morphological conditions and with state conditions of the object with position information of other identification devices 11 and with the relevant information about quality, morphological characteristics and state conditions of the objects identified by them on the basis of a database of functional and/or topographic relations namely space position relations and depending on events that can be detected by detection and identification devices 11' that are also within a network with the other identification devices or that are automatically operated by other identification devices or by the user PI or P2 by the aid of the acquisition unit 5.
  • the user P2 for example at risk because he/she is near a dangerous event E, can be provided with identification devices that signal his/her position and/or the state physiological conditions by detecting them automatically or by a manual setting by the user.
  • the same acquisition device possibly owned by the user P2 can work as an identification and detection device as well as for manually inputting data about the physiological conditions of the user.
  • a database contains a list of functional relations between identification devices on the basis of actions, activities or functions required because of an event that can be automatically detected or induced for example in the form of a command.
  • the identification devices that are related to each other by the activity, action or function caused by the event are kept active, while the identification devices that are not directly involved are kept in by pass and only waiting for an activation request should the event conditions change.
  • the example shows a flat where there is the user PI, a corridor 110 leading to a stairwell 120.
  • a lift 130 is provided immediately before the stairwell.
  • the event E a small fire in the kitchen room, causes damages to the user P2.
  • the blind user PI is activated for recovering in any manner the user P2 and for escaping.
  • the condition of event E is monitored by the identification devices present in the kitchen room where it has been detected. These identifiers are automatically kept active while the other ones in the remote area and in the opposite blind angle of the living room are in standby.
  • a further dangerous event for P2 is detected by the identification device associated to P2 and the conditions are signaled to PI.
  • the two events are related to each other since the relative position detected between P2 and the event E denotes that there is a space relation and that a recovery function may be performed within the time periods and by the action modes that the functional relation database make available.
  • the blind user PI is guided towards P2 with no other interfering identification devices since only those involved in signalling obstacles, the condition and the position of the event, the condition and the position of P2 and the position of the access door are active .
  • the relation database activates, depending on the event, the escape function that involves other identification devices and particularly those that are essential for passing in the corridor and for reaching the lift.
  • the identification devices of the lift communicate with and are related to the event detector and therefore they make it possible to operate the lift depending on safety conditions determined on the basis of the size of the fire.
  • the identification devices associated to the staircase inform to be a possible alternative .
  • a superordinate control system that manages the communication network, the identification devices in the broadest meaning defined above and also the acquisition unit of the user or users.
  • a superordinate unit such as a control server denoted by 150 in figure 2

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L'invention concerne un système pour la description d'un environnement (10), à l'intérieur duquel environnement une pluralité d'objets (1, 2, 3, 4) sont fournis, lequel système comprend au moins une unité d'acquisition (5). Il est en outre prévu un dispositif d'identification (11, 21, 31, 41) associé à chaque objet (1, 2, 3, 4), lequel dispositif d'identification (11, 21, 31, 41) identifie de façon unique l'objet (1, 2, 3, 4) auquel il est associé, ledit dispositif d'identification (11, 21, 31, 41) comprenant au moins une unité d'émission/réception (12, 22, 32, 42) destinée à communiquer au moins avec ladite unité d'acquisition (5) et au moins une unité de stockage (13, 23, 33, 43), unité de stockage (13, 23, 33, 43) à l'intérieur de laquelle des informations concernant l'objet associé audit dispositif d'identification (11, 21, 31, 41) sont fournies.
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