AUTOMATIC MATCHING AND RECORDING SYSTEM

• US 20100096445A1
• Filed: 05/26/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: WANG, Yao-Hung, CHIU, Hung-Wei, LEE, Yi-chin, LU, Shey-Shi, YEH, Kai-Wen
• Application Number:
  US12/471,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20100096445A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

An automatic matching and recording system in accordance with the present invention senses and identifies a unique entity, determines when an entity is within a maximum activation range, collects measured data, transmits and stores parametric data sensed by measurement apparatuses, can be used in medical, production, fabrication and assembly monitoring and assessment and comprises at least one data module and multiple communication modules. The data module stores identification and parametric data about a particular entity. The communication modules comprise a data transaction device, a portable activation and transmission device and at least one portable activation device sensor

Claims

1. An automatic matching and recording system for identifying a unique entity, collecting data, transmitting and storing parametric data comprising

at least one transponder identification about an entity and maintains a parametric database;

and

multiple communication modules being transceivers, respectively having wireless modules sensing and identifying an entity, communicating with corresponding communication modules, determining an entity'"'"'s proximity to a particular measurement apparatus.

2. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication modules comprising

a data transaction device communicating with the data module, sensing identification and sensed parametric data on the data module, updating the parametric database, sensing when the entity is in position to be tested, transmitting activation signals, transmitting measured parameters;

a portable activation and transmission device sensing and identifying an entity, communicating with corresponding communication modules, determining an entity'"'"'s proximity to a particular measurement apparatus; and

at least one portable activation device sensor being mounted on each electronic measurement apparatus, determining when the portable activation and transmission device is in close proximity to the portable activation device sensor, receiving the entity'"'"'s identification information and the device number from the portable activation and transmission device, transmitting measured parameters received.

3. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the data transaction device comprising

a card reader corresponding to the data module, sensing the data on the data module and updating data on the data module;

a computer being connected to the card reader, storing multiple entities'"'"' information and updating the entity'"'"'s information with information from the card reader; and

a wireless module being connected to the computer and transmitting the entity'"'"'s information received from the card reader.

4. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the portable activation and transmission device comprising

a microcontroller that determines the RSSI value;

and

a wireless module being connected to and controlled by the microcontroller, transmitting a device number uniquely assigned to corresponding communication modules and sensing information about the entity from the data module.

5. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the portable activation device sensor comprising

a wireless module receiving the entity'"'"'s identification information from the identification transaction device, the device number from the portable activation and transmission device and a control signal from the portable activation device and transmits the measured parameters;

a display being connected to the wireless module and displaying an entity'"'"'s identity;

a reset button terminates measurement of the electronic measurement apparatus when pressed; and

a microcontroller controlling the display, being connected to the electronic measurement apparatus on which the portable activation device sensor is mounted, sensing RSSI of a signal from the wireless module of the portable activation and transmission device and determining which portable activation and transmission device is closest to the electronic measurement apparatus based on the largest RSSI, and an entity with an RSSI of the portable activation and transmission device greater than 210 indicates that the entity is close enough to the measurement apparatus for the entity'"'"'s parameters to be measured.

6. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the data module is a radio-frequency identification (RFID) card that stores identification data and stores and maintains a parametric database based on data sensed by measurement apparatuses.

7. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the data module is mounted on a piece of equipment.

8. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the data module is carried by a patient.

9. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the microcontroller in each portable activation and transmission device and portable activation device sensor is an MSP430 series microcontroller;

and

the data transaction device further comprises a network card being connected to a network;

the portable activation device sensor further comprises a network card being connected to a network and communicating with the identification transaction device through the network.

10. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the identification data being selected from a group comprising a patient'"'"'s name, age, personal identification number, medical history and previous biomedical data, a device identification number, part numbers and test results.

11. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the data transaction device transmits measured parameters via email.

12. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the data transaction device transmits measured parameters via short message service (SMS).

13. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 5 further comprises a control station that receives measured parameters from the portable activation device sensors, stores the measured parameters, sorts the measured parameters in an appropriate format, transmits the measured parameters to the identification transaction device and comprises

a wireless module receiving measured parameters from the portable activation device sensors and transmitting the measured parameters to the identification transaction device;

and

a computer being connected to the wireless module, receiving measured parameters from the wireless module, sorting the measured parameters in an appropriate format, storing the measured parameters and directing the wireless module to transmit all the measured parameters to the identification transaction device.

14. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the network cards are Ethernet network cards.

15. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control station further comprises a network card connecting to a network and communicating with the portable activation device sensor and the identification transaction device through the network.

16. The automatic matching and recording system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the network card is an Ethernet network card.