Method and apparatus for tracking objects and people
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G08B-013/14
G06K-007/10
G01S-007/00
G01S-013/74
G06K-007/00
G06Q-010/08
G07C-009/00
G08B-021/02
G06K-017/00
출원번호
US-0528769
(2014-10-30)
등록번호
US-9619679
(2017-04-11)
발명자
/ 주소
Sawyer, Frederick
출원인 / 주소
Automated Tracking Solutions, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Blank Rome LLP
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213
초록▼
An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency id
An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects.
대표청구항▼
1. A system for performing surveillance of an object using a transponder attached to the object, the system comprising: an antenna configured to receive a signal having transponder data from the transponder in a coverage area;a reader coupled with said antenna, said reader configured to receive the
1. A system for performing surveillance of an object using a transponder attached to the object, the system comprising: an antenna configured to receive a signal having transponder data from the transponder in a coverage area;a reader coupled with said antenna, said reader configured to receive the transponder data from said antenna; anda processor configured to continuously receive the transponder data from the reader, determine based on the transponder data if the transponder has entered and is dwelling in the coverage area, wherein said processor is further configured to generate an alarm signal if it determines that the transponder has entered and is dwelling in the coverage area, to thereby detect and track the object. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein said alarm signal comprises an alert message. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to receive the transponder data, and responsive to said received transponder data, to determine movement of the first transponder from the first coverage area to a second coverage area based on current transponder detection data and prior transponder detection data. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor determines that the transponder has exited the coverage area when said processor no longer receives transponder data from the transponder. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the coverage area comprises a facility exit. 6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage device configured for storing known transponder IDs and detection information associated with the stored known transponder IDs, wherein the detection information indicates whether the stored known transponder ID has been previously detected by the system. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein said antenna comprises a first antenna and the coverage area comprises a first coverage area, and further comprising a second antenna configured to receive a signal having transponder data from the transponder in a second coverage area, and a storage device configured to store movement data representing the movement of the transponder from a first coverage area to a second coverage area. 8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a computer program including code for: determining whether the transponder has entered the coverage area; determining whether the transponder has exited the coverage area; determining whether the transponder is authorized to exit the coverage area and the system; and determining whether an alarm should be activated. 9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a computer program including code for: placing a transponder under surveillance while the transponder is dwelling in the coverage area; determining whether the transponder has exited the coverage area; and determining whether the alarm should thereupon be activated. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the facility is a department store, warehouse, hospital or other RFID-enabled facility. 11. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of transponders each associated with a respective object, a plurality of antennas each associated with a respective coverage area, and a plurality of readers each associated with a respective antenna and configured to receive transponder data via said respective antenna(s). 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the coverage areas of the plurality of antennas overlap. 13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to enable tracking of a course of a moving object entering or exiting a plurality of coverage areas. 14. The system of claim 1, wherein the reader is configured to perform a continuous series of read cycles during a period of time, wherein the reader is further configured to read transponders in the coverage area during each read cycle. 15. The system of claim 1, wherein the entering of the transponder in the coverage area includes a timestamp. 16. The system of claim 1, wherein the exiting of the transponder in the coverage area includes a timestamp. 17. The system of claim 1, wherein an object may comprise a person. 18. The system of claim 1, wherein the dwelling indicates that the transponder is detected repeatedly moving or stationary inside the coverage area. 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the dwelling indicates that the current transponder is detected more than once inside the current coverage area. 20. A system for performing surveillance of an object using a transponder attached to the object, the system comprising: an antenna configured to receive a signal having transponder data from the transponder in a coverage area;a reader coupled with said antenna, said reader configured to receive the transponder data from said antenna; anda processor configured to continuously receive the transponder data from the reader, determine based on the transponder data if the transponder is dwelling in and subsequently exits the coverage area, wherein said processor is further configured to generate an alarm signal if it determines that the transponder is dwelling in and subsequently exits the coverage area, to thereby detect and track the object. 21. A system for performing surveillance of an object using a transponder attached to the object, the system comprising: an antenna configured to receive a signal having transponder data from the transponder in a coverage area;a reader coupled with said antenna, said reader configured to receive the transponder data from said antenna; anda processor configured to continuously receive the transponder data from the reader, determine based on the transponder data if the transponder has entered, dwelled in, and then exited the coverage area, wherein said processor is further configured to generate an alarm signal if it determines that the transponder has entered, dwelled in, and then exited the coverage area, to thereby detect and track the object.
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