LOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM USING AN RFID TAG

• US 20110227726A1
• Filed: 09/21/2009
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sang-Sun Lee
• Original Assignee: Sang-Sun Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Sun
• Application Number:
  US13/125,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20110227726A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0202 Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child

Abstract

Provided is a U-safety (Ubiquitous-safety) service using RFID. Unlike conventional systems using RFID which are locally used in one apartment complex, theme park, or the like due to spatial restrictions, the system of the present invention enables RFID readers having a wide range of recognition to be located everywhere all along the street to receive location information via said RFID readers and to transmit the location information together with prestored messages to an operating server in accordance with the RFID clicking frequency via another RFID reader installed in a portable phone, thus informing the guardian of the user of the safety of the user via the messages. Additionally, the guardian may frequently confirm the information on the location of the user via the operating server, and can be directly connected to a social safety network upon the occurrence of an emergency to deal with the emergency in a quick manner. Further, the user of the portable phone may input characters and send desired character messages to inform the guardian of the safety of the user.

Claims

1. A system for detecting user'"'"'s location using a RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag, the user'"'"'s location detection system comprising:

a RFID tag that identifies unique identification information;

a RFID reader that wirelessly receives the identification information of the RFID tag; and

an operating server that is connected to the RFID reader, by wire or wirelessly, to thus receive the unique identification information of the RFID tag and location information thereof by the RFID reader and to then transmit the location information to a contact point that is stored in a database (DB).

2. The user'"'"'s location detection system according to claim 1, wherein the RFID tag further comprises a click unit, wherein the RFID reader detects the number of clicks of the RFID tag and transmits the detected number of clicks to the operating server together with the unique identification information and location information, and wherein the operating server transfers the location information and a message depending upon the location information to a guardian user, according to a preset scenario that is determined by the detected number of clicks of the RFID tag.

3. The user'"'"'s location detection system according to claim 2, wherein the scenario further comprises informing a social safety net such as police stations, fire stations, security companies, and municipal offices of an emergency situation.

4. The user'"'"'s location detection system according to claim 2, wherein the RFID reader comprises a mobile RFID reader mounted on a user'"'"'s mobile phone and a street RFID reader that is installed on a street to transmit the location information of the street to the operating server, and wherein the street RFID reader receives the unique identification information of the RFID tag and transmits the received unique identification information to the operating server together with the location information and the mobile RFID reader authenticates the unique identification information of the RFID tag of the user'"'"'s mobile phone to then add a safety situation message according to the number of clicks to the unique identification information and location information and to thus transmit the safety situation message added unique identification information and location information to the operating server via a mobile telecommunication network, when the RFID tag has been clicked.

5. The user'"'"'s location detection system according to claim 2, wherein the operating server comprises:

a user database (DB) containing contacts according to user'"'"'s scenarios and user'"'"'s unique identification information;

a user hourly position database (DB) containing a user hourly position history; and

a log database (DB) containing log records in order to modify contents of the scenarios.

6. The user'"'"'s location detection system according to claim 5, wherein the RFID tag comprises a guardian RFID tag, a ward RFID tag, and a non-classified RFID tag, and wherein the ward RFID tag is configured to transmit location information of the ward to a protector or guardian when the ward RFID tag has been depressed, the guardian RFID tag is configured to receive location information of a ward when the guardian RFID tag has been depressed, and the non-classified RFID tag is configured to transmit location information of the non-classified RFID tag to all users of a group when the non-classified RFID tag has been depressed by one of the users designated into the group.

7. The user'"'"'s location detection system according to claim 5, wherein an event that a user motion path or motion coverage secedes from a prestored motion path or coverage is immediately informed for the guardian of the ward.