CONTROLLING FLOW IN A DEFINED LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method of providing a location-based service to an operator of a facility, the facility being a physically defined structure formed within physical walls comprising:
- providing in the facility a series of location nodes, the location nodes including transceivers of wireless signals, and being for transmitting the signals received to a central hub for processing the received signals;
the nodes being located in spaced apart positions in the facility, the nodes being for wireless communication with movable entities in the facility thereby to establish the location and movement of entities in the facility, the entities having wireless communicating units for transmitting signals wirelessly with the nodesthe nodes providing data about the movement of the entities in the facility, such data including at least one of entry into the facility, departure from the facility, amount of time spent in the vicinity of nodes located in the spaced apart positions;
the travel path of the entities in the facility;
a camera for periodically photographing the facility, the camera being located in the facility;
transmitting the photographs from the camera to a control station, the control station receiving the data from the location nodes and the photographs to constitute flow control information;
the information being a tool to monitor operations in the facility and personnel assignment in the facility; and
the information data being transmitted to the operator in at least one of real time or being for storage and analysis at a later time for use by the operator.
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Abstract
A facility includes a location node having a transceiver of wireless signals. It communicates with a central hub and mobile devices in the facility. The nodes are located in a specific location in the facility, and provide data about the movement of the entities in the facility relative to the location. This includes at least one of entry into the location, departure from the location, amount of time spent in the vicinity of the location; and the data being transmitted to the operator in at least one of real time or being for storage and analysis at a later time for use by the operator. There can be a series of location nodes in the facility. The nodes provide data about the movement of the entities in the facility, such data including the travel path of the entities in the facility. Multiple cameras periodically photograph the facility, the cameras being distributed about the facility; and transmitting the photographs to a control station, which receives the data from the location nodes and the photographs to constitute line flow control information.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of providing a location-based service to an operator of a facility, the facility being a physically defined structure formed within physical walls comprising:
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providing in the facility a series of location nodes, the location nodes including transceivers of wireless signals, and being for transmitting the signals received to a central hub for processing the received signals; the nodes being located in spaced apart positions in the facility, the nodes being for wireless communication with movable entities in the facility thereby to establish the location and movement of entities in the facility, the entities having wireless communicating units for transmitting signals wirelessly with the nodes the nodes providing data about the movement of the entities in the facility, such data including at least one of entry into the facility, departure from the facility, amount of time spent in the vicinity of nodes located in the spaced apart positions;
the travel path of the entities in the facility;a camera for periodically photographing the facility, the camera being located in the facility; transmitting the photographs from the camera to a control station, the control station receiving the data from the location nodes and the photographs to constitute flow control information; the information being a tool to monitor operations in the facility and personnel assignment in the facility; and the information data being transmitted to the operator in at least one of real time or being for storage and analysis at a later time for use by the operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing a location-based service to an operator of a facility comprising:
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a location node in the facility with, the location node including a transceiver of wireless signals, and being for transmitting the signals received to a central hub for processing the received signals; the node being located in a specific location in the facility, the node being for wireless communication with movable entities in the facility thereby to establish the location and movement of entities in the facility, the entities having wireless communicating units for transmitting signals wirelessly with the node; the node providing data about the movement of the entities in the facility relative to the location such data including at least one of entry into the location, departure from the location, amount of time spent in the vicinity of the location; multiple cameras for periodically photographing the facility, the cameras being distributed about the facility; transmitting the photographs from the multiple cameras to a control station., the control station receiving the data from the location nodes and the photographs to constitute flow control information; the information being a tool to monitor operations in the facility and personnel assignment in the facility, and the information data being transmitted to the operator in at least one of real time or being for storage and analysis at a later time for use by the operator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of operating an airport facility, said airport facility comprising a door for entry into the facility from an outside position from the facility, a first zone between the door and a security checking location within the facility, the security checking location, and a second zone beyond the security checking location and providing information of movement of persons from the first zone through the security checking location and into the second zone,
a location node within the facility, the location node including a transceiver of wireless signals, and transmitting the signals received to a central hub for processing the received signals; -
the location node being located in a specific security checking location within the facility, the node wireless communicating with movable human entities within the facility thereby to establish the location and movement of human entities within the facility, the human entities having wireless communicating units transmitting and receiving signals wirelessly with the node, each unit being unique for each human entity and communicating with the node when the person enters at least one zone; the location node including a detection device, the device including a radio transmitter/receiver, the device being capable of detecting the first zone entry, dwell and exit events of the human entities respectively through a communication with the wireless communicating unit of respective human entities, the wireless communicating units equipped with selectively a Bluetooth and WI-Fl radio; including the steps of; the location node providing data through the respective wireless communication devices about the movement of the human entities in at least one zone within the facility relative to the location, such data including entry into the security checking location within the facility, and departure from the security checking location within the facility, and amount of time spent in the vicinity of the security checking location within the facility; the data being transmitted to the operator in at least one of real time or being for storage and analysis at a later time for use by the operator, parameters being established based on the rate of entities entering a line within the facility and the rate of entities departing from the line within the facility, and communicating with the node when the person enters a zone; the location node being located in a physical location related to the at least one security checking location, and wherein data from the location node related to the security checking location within the facility provides information being an indicator of the number of entities in the vicinity of the security checking location within the facility zone, and providing information of movement of persons from the first zone through the security checking location and into the second zone, multiple cameras for periodically photographing the facility, the cameras being distributed about the facility, transmitting the photographs from the multiple cameras to a control station, the control station receiving the data from the location nodes and the photographs to constitute flow control information, and the information being a tool to monitor operations in the facility and personnel assignment in the facility. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An airport facility comprising a door for entry into the facility from an outside position from the facility, a first zone between the door and a security checking location within the facility, the security checking location, and a second zone beyond the security checking location and providing information of movement of persons from the first zone through the security checking location and into the second zone,
a system providing a location based service to an operator of a facility-comprising: -
a location node in the facility, the location node including a transceiver of wireless signals for transmitting the signals received to a central hub for processing the received signals; the node being located in a specific location in the facility, the node being capable of communicating wirelessly with movable human entities in the facility entities thereby to establish the location and movement of human entities in the facility, the entities having wireless communicating units transmitting and receiving signals wirelessly with the node, each unit being unique for each human entity; the node including a detection device, the device including a radio transmitter/receiver, the device being capable of detecting the zone entry, dwell and exit events of the human entities, and wireless communicating units of human entities, the wireless communicating units being equipped with a Bluetooth and WI-Fl radio; the node being capable of providing data about the movement of the human entities in the facility relative to the location such data including the entry into the location, the departure from the location, and the amount of time spent in the vicinity of the location; and the data transmission to the operator being in at least one of real time or being for storage and analysis at a later time for use by the operator, and an algorithm, executable by a computer processor, for processing the data, the data including entry into the location and departure from the location;
the data including information of the number of entities in the vicinity of the security checking location within the facility zone,a camera for periodically photographing the facility, the camera being located about the facility, transmitting the photographs from the camera to a control station, the control station receiving the data from the location nodes and the photographs to constitute flow control information, selectively the facility including a sensor for counting entities at or passing through or past selected locations, the information being a tool to monitor operations in the facility and personnel assignment in the facility, and a screen with information of movement of persons from the first zone through the security checking location and into the second zone as mapped in the first zone and second zone, and the screen being a tool to plan operations in the facility and personnel assignment in the facility. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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