Workplace management system and wearable device therefor

• US 10,332,376 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2018
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cheng Chieh Investment Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Cheng Chieh Investment Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Hsia-Sen
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US15/859,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20190164402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 539 Days
• Field of Search: 34087009
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1091 Recording time for administrative or management purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00 Individual registration on entry or exit
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0211 Combination with medical sensor, e.g. for measuring heart rate, temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/023 Power management, e.g. system sleep and wake up provisions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0258 System arrangements wherein both parent and child units can emit and receive
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article

Abstract

A workplace management system includes a wearable device and a cloud server. The wearable device includes a processing chip and a communication chip connected to the processing chip. The cloud server is in communication with the wearable device. The cloud server includes an operating module, a transceiver module, a storage module storing working mode data, and a processing module. The processing module is configured to apply a current working mode data from the working mode data stored in the storage module according to an instruction given by a user using the operation module, control the transceiver module to transmit the present working mode data in an electromagnetic form, control the transceiver module to receive a response message generated by the wearable device in response to the current working mode data, and control the transceiver module to transmit a call message according to the response message.

Claims

1. A workplace management system, including:

a wearable device including a processing chip and a communication chip connected to the processing chip;

a cloud host in communication with the wearable device, the cloud host including an operation module, a transceiver module, a storage module storing a plurality of working mode data, and a processing module connected to the operation module, the transceiver module and the storage module, wherein each of the working mode data records a time reference value, a location reference value, an environmental reference value or a physiological reference value for each of different working modes;

wherein the processing module is configured to;

apply current working mode data from the working mode data stored in the storage module according to an instruction given by a user using the operation module;

control the transceiver module to transmit the current working mode data in an electromagnetic form;

control the transceiver module to receive a response message generated by the wearable device in response to the current working mode data; and

control the transceiver module to transmit a call message according to the response message, wherein the response message includes a plurality of detected signals;

the detected signals include a heartbeat signal, a breath signal, a brain wave signal, a gas signal, a light signal, an environmental temperature signal, a body temperature signal, a body action signal or an acoustic signal; and

the processing module compares the detected signals with the time reference value, the location reference value, the environmental reference value or the physiological reference value to determine whether to control the transceiver module to transmit the call message.

2. The workplace management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the transceiver module further includes a near-field module and a far-field module;

the communication chip further includes a near-field chip and a far-field chip; and

the processing module determines either to communicate with the near-field chip by the near-field module, or to communicate with the far-field chip by the far-field module, according to a location signal transmitted from the wearable device.

3. The workplace management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module compares a time signal and a location signal transmitted from the wearable device with the time reference value and the location reference value to determine an attendance record.

4. The workplace management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module determines whether the wearable device is attached to a body, or whether the body is normal, according to the detected signals.

5. The workplace management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if determining that the body is in an idle state according to the detected signals, the processing module controls the transceiver module to transmit a caution message to the wearable device;

if determining that the body is in danger, the processing module controls the transceiver module to transmit a distress message.

6. The workplace management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module recalculates the current working mode data with the detected signals to update the time reference value, the location reference value, the environmental reference value or the physiological reference value of the working mode data, periodically or in real time.

7. The workplace management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module is configured to:

recalculate the current working mode data with the response message and obtain a recalculated result; and

store the recalculated result into the storage module to overwrite the working mode data originally existing therein.

8. A wearable device used for a workplace management system, including:

a processing chip and a communication chip connected to the processing chip;

wherein the processing chip is configured to;

control the communication chip to receive current working mode data from a cloud host, wherein the cloud host including a storage module storing a plurality of working mode data and a processing module connected to the storage module, and each of the working mode data records a time reference value, a location reference value, an environmental reference value or a physiological reference value for each of different working modes;

generate a response message in response to the current working mode data wherein the response message includes a plurality of detected signals; and

the detected signals include a heartbeat signal, a breath signal, a brain wave signal, a gas signal, a light signal, an environmental temperature signal, a body temperature signal, a body action signal or an acoustic signal;

control the communication chip to transmit the response message in an electromagnetic form; and

control the communication chip to receive a call message from the cloud host wherein the call message is transmitted from the processing module of the cloud host, which compares the detected signals with the time reference value, the location reference value, the environmental reference value or the physiological reference value to determine whether to transmit the call message.

9. The wearable device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the processing chip activates a heartbeat detector, a breath detector, a brain wave detector, a gas detector, a light detector, an environmental thermometer, a body thermometer, a gyroscope, an accelerometer or a microphone connected to the processing chip according to the current working mode data.