PROTECTION, SECURITY AND DISPLACEMENT TRACKING LUMINOUS BADGE SYSTEM

• US 20100102929A1
• Filed: 11/09/2007
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SERVICE PUBLIC DE WALLONIE, DIRECTION GENERALE OPERATIONNELLE DE L'ECONOMIE, DE L'EMPLOI ET DE LA RECHERCHE, DEPT. DU DEVELOPPEMENT TECHNOLOGIQUE
• Original Assignee: SERVICE PUBLIC DE WALLONIE, DIRECTION GENERALE OPERATIONNELLE DE L'ECONOMIE, DE L'EMPLOI ET DE LA RECHERCHE, DEPT. DU DEVELOPPEMENT TECHNOLOGIQUE
• Inventors: Haumann, Philippe
• Application Number:
  US12/514,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20100102929A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.810
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/02 using radio waves using satellite radio beacon systems for determining position G01S19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/14 Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

The invention relates to an equipment comprising at least one badge (40) provided with a power source (41), at least one energy radiation source (42) and an actuation member (43) for said source connected to a computer memory (45), an energy wave receiver (46), an actuation member programming unit (91), an interface (92) between the programming unit (91) and the memory, and a beacon (21), characterised in that the badge is capable of displacement and in that the above-mentioned actuation member and its memory are driven according to a predetermined space position of the badge and/or a command received from the interface and/or the beacon.

Claims

1. A surveillance installation, comprising:

a plurality of badges capable of displacement, each of said badges provided with at least one energy radiation source and an actuation member for said source, provided with a memory;

at least one actuation member programming unit; and

an interface between the programming unit and the actuation member memory, for transferring an operating program from said programming unit to said actuation member memory,

said interface comprising

at least one beacon;

at least one sender of energy waves to the beacon; and

at least one receiver of said energy waves, supported by each badge; and

the abovementioned actuation member of each badge and its memory being driven by

a space position of said badge relative to the beacon, said space position being calculated at any instant by the operating program in response to messages sent by the beacon,

characterized in that at least one of the badges is multipurpose and capable of handling the beacon role.

2. The installation as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the multipurpose badges handles the beacon role.

3. The installation as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the beacon and/or the beacon of the multipurpose badge comprises a clock which is capable of pacing a transmission of said energy waves by the transmitter.

4. The installation as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the actuation member and the memory are driven in response to instructions transmitted by the beacon.

5. The installation as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the instructions comprise instructions relating to the space coordinates of the badges capable of displacement.

6. The installation as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the programming unit includes a program containing a spatialization table comprising parameters relating to the space coordinates of the badges.

7. The installation as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the actuation member and the memory are driven in response to instructions transmitted by the beacon and relate to the topography of the environment of the badges.

8. The installation as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the programming unit includes a program containing a topography table comprising parameters relating to the topography of the environment of the badges capable of displacement.

9. The installation as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that each badge capable of displacement comprises an energy wave transmitter and the beacon comprises a receiver of said energy waves and in that the actuation member for each badge capable of displacement is driven by information transferred from the transmitter of said badge to the receiver of the beacon.

10. The installation as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that it further comprises a processing unit for information collected from the badge and/or from the beacon.

11. The installation as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to memorize data, perform mathematical and/or logical operations.

12. The installation as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the processing unit is designed to give the multipurpose badge the instruction to handle the beacon function.

13. The installation as claimed in claim 12, further comprising at least one second beacon equipped with a transmitter and a receiver of the energy waves, the two beacons being linked in a network.

14. The installation as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the network is of the type with collisions.

15. The installation as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the network is of the type with scanning.

16. The installation as claimed in claim 15, characterized in that at least one of the badges capable of displacement comprises a second memory, the function of which is to memorize the space position of said badge relative to at least one of the beacons, said second memory being designed to be read by the interface.

17. The installation as claimed in claim 16, characterized in that at least one of the beacons comprises a pulse counter, adapted to send energy signals from the transmitter of the beacon to the receiver of each badge capable of displacement, at predetermined time intervals.

18. The installation as claimed in claim 17, characterized in that at least one of the programming unit and the beacons is capable of displacement.

19. The installation as claimed in claim 18, characterized in that the link by energy waves between the receiver of at least one badge capable of displacement and the transmitter of the beacon passes through at least one relay equipped with an energy wave transceiver.

20. The installation as claimed in claim 19, characterized in that at least one badge supports at least one motion detector and/or at least one sensor of a physical or chemical or physiological parameter.

21. The installation as claimed in claim 20, characterized in that, in the case where a badge comprises a second memory, the the second memory is adapted to memorize the quantities of parameters measured by the detector, respectively the sensor.

22. The installation as claimed in claim 21, characterized in that at least one badge is coupled to an object identifying the wearer of said badge.

23. The installation as claimed in claim 22, characterized in that it comprises at least one first badge capable of displacement provided with an energy wave receiver and at least one second badge capable of displacement that is provided with a receiver and a transmitter of energy waves and in that the actuation member of the first badge capable of displacement is driven by information transferred from the transmitter of the second badge to the receiver of the first badge.

24. The installation as claimed in claim 23, characterized in that the energy radiation source for at least one of the badges capable of displacement comprises an acoustic or electromagnetic radiation source and in that the actuation member is designed to act on the activation, the frequency and/or the intensity of the radiation.

25. The installation as claimed in claim 24, characterized in that the energy radiation source is a light source.

26. The installation as claimed in claim 25, characterized in that at least one of the badges comprises a microphone and/or a sound diffuser and/or an image reader and/or an image transmitter.

27. The installation as claimed in claim 26, characterized in that at least one badge is joined to a beacon.

28. The installation as claimed in claim 27, characterized in that the badges are adapted to be worn by people and/or animals and/or objects that are fixed or capable of displacement.

29. The installation as claimed in claim 28, further comprising a device provided with an artificial intelligence designed to react to a signal transmitted by the energy radiation source of the badges.

30. The installation as claimed in claim 29, adapted for the surveillance of rooms of a building.