Management System For Public Facilities

• US 20100205000A1
• Filed: 10/17/2008
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Young Bin
• Application Number:
  US12/677,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20100205000A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/47 using RFID associated with sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/883 where the sensing device enters an active or inactive mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Disclosed is a management system for public facilities. The management system of public facilities comprises a tag unit which transmits identification information of a target resource to be managed through a first network, an intermediate managing unit which has intrinsic position information thereof, processes the identification information received through the first network, and transmits the identification information through a second network, and a host unit which creates state information comprising a movement state of the target resource based on the intrinsic position information of the intermediate managing unit and the identification information of the target resource received through the second network. The public facilities used by many persons can be easily monitored and effectively managed through short range wireless technologies.

Claims

1. A management system of public facilities, the management system comprising:

a tag unit which transmits identification information of a target resource to be managed through a first network;

an intermediate managing unit which has intrinsic position information thereof, processes the identification information received through the first network, and transmits the identification information through a second network; and

a host unit which creates state information comprising a movement state of the target resource based on the intrinsic position information of the intermediate managing unit and the identification information of the target resource received through the second network.

2. The management system of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the tag unit is assigned to a vehicle, and the tag unit comprises a tag device transmitting the identification information through the first network;

the intermediate managing unit comprises a reader device, which generates tag analysis information by receiving the identification information of the vehicle through the first network, and a ZigBee device, which transmits/receives the identification information through the second network; and

the host unit generates movement information and parking state information of the vehicle by receiving the identification information from the intermediate managing unit.

3. The management system of claim 2, wherein the tag analysis information generated by the reader device of the intermediate managing unit comprises personal information of a driver and vehicle information.

4. The management system of claim 2, wherein the tag unit comprises a tag-ZigBee device which transmits/receives the identification information to/from at least one of the host unit and the intermediate managing unit through the second network, and

the host unit identifies the vehicle by matching the identification information transmitted from the tag unit with the tag analysis information transmitted from the intermediate managing unit and generates the movement information and the parking state information of the vehicle.

5. The management system of claim 4, wherein the intermediate managing unit generates parking state information related to the parking regions by performing a comparison operation with respect to a number of all parking regions in which the vehicle is parked, a number of tag units communicating with the intermediate managing unit through the tag-ZigBee device, and a number of tag units entered into a sleep mode after communication for a predetermined time,

6. The management system of claim 5, wherein the intermediate managing unit comprises an indicator indicating the parking state information of the parking regions.

7. The management system of claim 2, wherein the host unit creates a map for parking facilities by calculating coordinates for parking regions in which the vehicle is parked, obtains coordinates of an installation position of the intermediate managing unit, marks the coordinates on the map, and displays the movement information and the parking state information of the vehicle on a predetermined display unit by generating the movement information and the parking state information as the identification information of the vehicle is sequentially transferred to the host unit from the intermediate managing unit.

8. The management system of claim 2, wherein the host unit displays the movement information, the parking state information, and parking charge information of the vehicle on a predetermined display unit by generating the movement information, the parking state information, and the parking charge information of the vehicle.

9. The management system of claim 2, comprising a first sensor connected to the intermediate managing unit to detect quantity of light;

and

an illuminator connected to the intermediate managing unit, wherein the intermediate managing unit controls the illuminator based on the movement information of the vehicle and detection information of the first sensor.

10. The management system of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the tag unit is provided to a patient or a staff member in a hospital, the tag unit comprises a tag device, which transmits the identification information through the first network, and a tag-ZigBee device which transmits/receives the identification information to/from at least one of the host unit and the intermediate managing unit through the second network;

the intermediate managing unit comprises a first reader device, which generates tag analysis information by receiving the identification information provided to the patient or the staff member through the first network, and an intermediate-ZigBee device, which transmits/receives the identification information through the second network; and

the host unit generates position information of at least one of the patient and the staff member by receiving the identification information.

11. The management system of claim 10, wherein the host unit determines a position of a movable bed having the first reader device based on the tag analysis information received through the second network.

12. The management system of claim 11, wherein the host unit generates patient transport information by using information about the patient and the position of the movable bed, generates patient handling information based on the patient transport information, and transmits at least one of the patient transport information, the patient handling information, and staff call information to the tag-ZigBee device;

and

the tag unit outputs as multimedia data at least one of the patient transport information, the patient handling information, and the staff call information.

13. The management system of claim 10, comprising:

a second reader device which generates the tag analysis information by receiving identification information assigned to the patient through the first network; and

an information providing terminal which provides hospital operation information corresponding to the patient information to the patient by receiving the hospital operation information from the host unit.

14. The management system of claim 13, wherein the hospital operation information corresponding to the patient information comprises at least one of consultation guide information, facility guide information, parking guide information, settlement guide information, and prescription guide information.

15. The management system of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the tag unit is provided to at least one of an article, a cart, and a customer, and the tag unit comprises a tag device which transmits the identification information through the first network;

the intermediate managing unit comprises a reader device, which generates tag analysis information by receiving the identification information provided to at least one of the article, the cart, and the customer through the first network, and a ZigBee device which transmits/receives the identification information through the second network; and

the host unit generates at least one movement information of the article, article arrangement information, stored article information, and position information of the customer by receiving the identification information and using article routing information and article information.

16. The management system of claim 15, wherein the tag unit comprises a tag-ZigBee device transmitting/receiving the identification information to/from at least one the host unit and the intermediate managing unit through the second network;

and

the host unit generates at least one of the article routing information and the position information of the customer by matching the identification information transmitted from the tag unit with the tag analysis information transmitted from the intermediate managing unit.

17. The management system of claim 15, wherein the intermediate managing unit comprises a shelf display device which displays at least one of advertisement information, sale information, discount information, information for sale based on order of arrival and the article arrangement information relative to the article by receiving the identification information from the tag unit through the ZigBee device.

18. The management system of claim 17, wherein a plurality of shelf display devices are mounted on a shelf according to a type of articles arranged on the shelf;

and

a shelf management device is installed on the shelf in order to manage the shelf display devices by dividing the shelf display devices into several unit groups.

19. The management system of claim 15, wherein the reader device of the intermediate managing unit comprises a plurality of antennas installed in several regions of the shelf, the shelf is partitioned according to an installation position of the antenna having communicated with the tag device, if the antennas communicate with the tag device, the movement information of the article on the shelf is generated, and the ZigBee device transmits the movement information of the article on the shelf to the host unit;

and

the host unit generates consumer propensity information by receiving the movement information of the article from the intermediate managing unit to calculate at least one of article recognition time and purchase determining time.

20. The management system of claim 15, wherein the intermediate managing unit comprises an illuminator controlled by the ZigBee device;

and

a light sensor, which transmits a detected illuminance value in an installation area of the illuminator through the ZigBee device,

and wherein the host unit transmits illumination control information of the illuminator according to the detected illuminance value received through the ZigBee device.

21. The management system of claim 15, wherein the host unit determines that the article is stolen and traces information of the customer having the tag unit if a charge for the article is not paid within a predetermined time after the movement information of the article is created, or if the host unit matches the position information of the customer with the movement information of the article, so that the position information of the customer deviates from a map of a store, but the charge for the article is not paid.

22. A management system for public facilities, the management system comprising:

a tag unit which comprises a tag device transmitting identification information provided in at least one of an article, a cart, and a customer through a first network;

a host unit which generates at least one movement information of the article, article arrangement information, stored article information, and position information of the customer by receiving the identification information and using routing information of the article and article information;

an intermediate managing unit which comprises a reader device, which generates tag analysis information by receiving the identification information transmitted from the tag unit through the first network, and a ZigBee device which makes data communication with the host unit through a second network,

wherein the intermediate managing unit comprises;

a shelf comprising a first coupling unit comprising a power supply device supplying power and an electrode connected to the power supply device, the shelf on which articles are arranged; and

a shelf display device which receives the power from the electrode of the first coupling unit, and is coupled to the shelf by a second coupling unit detachable from a side coupling section of the shelf to display information received from the ZigBee device or the reader device.