Location based situation awareness system and method thereof

• US 10,643,039 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Ti, Santiago Jose Cuadrado, Li, Min-Hao, Yang, Cheng-Chen
• Primary Examiner(s): Timory, Kabir A
• Application Number:
  US16/157,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20190042812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A location based situation awareness system comprises: an antenna located on the processing machine, the antenna is configured to generate a wireless field; an interrogator coupled to the antenna; an identification tag located on the mobile device, the interrogator is configured to scan the identification tag in the wireless field; a data collector located on the processing machine, the data collector is configured to collect a real-time data of the processing machine; and a broker server coupled to the interrogator and the data collector, the broker server is configured to update the real-time data of the processing machine into the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field by a selected one of a plurality of push protocols.

Claims

1. A location based situation awareness system adapted to a processing machine monitored by a mobile device, comprising:

an antenna located on the processing machine, the antenna is configured to generate a wireless field;

an interrogator coupled to the antenna;

an identification tag located on the mobile device, the interrogator is configured to scan the identification tag in the wireless field;

a data collector located on the processing machine, the data collector is configured to collect a real-time data of the processing machine; and

a broker server coupled to the interrogator and the data collector, the broker server is configured to update the real-time data of the processing machine into the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field by a selected one of a plurality of push protocols,

wherein the broker server further comprises;

a message distributor coupled to the data collector and the interrogator, wherein the message distributor is configured to receive the real-time data of the processing machine and configured to distribute the real-time data into the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field; and

a visual model updater coupled to the data collector, wherein the visual model updater is configured to transform the real-time data into a human machine interface.

2. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server further comprises:

an Ethernet interface, the Ethernet interface is configured to connect an Ethernet.

3. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server is based on Socket.IO”

or “

SignalR”

push protocol.

4. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a web server coupled to the data collector and the interrogator, wherein the web server is configured to provide at least one web page to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

5. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 4, wherein the at least one web page comprises a human machine interface, and the human machine interface corresponds to the real-time data of the processing machine.

6. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a connection worker located between the message distributor and the data collector, wherein the connection worker is configured to filter and transmit the real-time data into the message distributor.

7. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a connection worker located between the mobile device having the identification tag and the message distributor, wherein the connection worker is configured to transmit the human machine interface to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

8. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the identification tag is a radio frequency identification tag.

9. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the data collector further comprises:

an Ethernet interface, wherein the Ethernet interface is configured to connect Ethernet; and

at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to retrieve the real-time data.

10. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the interrogator is configured to inform the broker server about a location information of the identification tag.

11. A location based situation awareness method adapted to a processing machine monitored by a mobile device, comprising:

creating a wireless field around the processing machine;

by using an identification tag, verifying the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field;

by using a push connection, pushing a real-time data of the processing machine to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field based on a selected one of a plurality of push protocols;

by using a visual model updater, transforming the real-time data of the processing machine into a human machine interface; and

by using a connection worker, distributing the human machine interface of the processing machine to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

12. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 11, further comprising:

creating a push connection between an interrogator and a web server based on the selected one of a plurality of push protocols.

13. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting a location information of the identification tag to the web server.

14. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 11, further comprising:

creating a push connection between the processing machine and a web server based on the selected one of a plurality of push protocols.

15. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 14, further comprising:

updating the real-time data of the processing machine to the web server.

16. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 11, further comprising:

by using a connection worker, filtering the real-time data of the processing machine.

17. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 11, further comprising:

when the identification tag moves to another wireless field, redirecting at least one web page of the mobile device having the identification tag.

18. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 17, further comprising:

pushing a real-time data of a corresponding processing machine in the another wireless field to the mobile device having the identification tag in the another wireless field.

19. A location based situation awareness system adapted to a processing machine monitored by a mobile device, comprising:

a Bluetooth beacon device located on the processing machine, the Bluetooth beacon device being configured to generate a wireless field;

a data collector located on the processing machine, the data collector is configured to collect a real-time data of the processing machine; and

a broker server coupled to the Bluetooth beacon device and the data collector, the broker server is configured to receive the real-time data of the processing machine from the data collector, to send the real-time data of the processing machine into the Bluetooth beacon device, wherein the Bluetooth beacon device updates the real-time data of the processing machine into the mobile device;

the broker server further comprises;

a visual model updater coupled to the data collector, wherein the visual model updater is configured to transform the real-time data into a human machine interface.