METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR PATROL WITH SCANNING TAGS

• US 20170294053A1
• Filed: 05/16/2016
• Published: 10/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yeon Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Yeon Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: KAO, Kuo-Feng, CHUEH, Chih-Ting, HOU, Chih-Wei
• Application Number:
  US15/155,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20170294053A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07786 the antenna being of the HF type, such as a dipole
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/08 using markings of different kinds or more than one marking of the same kind in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/20 Checking timed patrols, e.g. of watchman

Abstract

A method for patrol with scanning tags includes: installing electronic tags in various patrol locations, each of which includes an electronic paper displaying module and an identification mark mapping to one of the patrol locations to form mapping information; logging in a patrol server with a communication terminal; downloading a patrol route list which lists multiple patrol locations from the patrol server; scanning, with the communication terminal, the identification mark on the electronic tag when arriving at one of the patrol locations; and transmitting, with the communication terminal, a first data signal to the electronic tag to display a first patrol record based on the first data signal, and confirming the patrol position to be checked by transmitting the first patrol record to the patrol server.

Claims

1. A method for patrol with an electronic tag comprising steps of:

installing an electronic tag in a patrol location, the electronic tag comprising an electronic paper displaying module and an identification mark, the identification mark mapping to the patrol location to form mapping information, and the mapping information being stored in a patrol server;

logging in to the patrol server through a communication terminal;

downloading a patrol route list which lists a plurality of patrol locations, a plurality of patrol slots, a plurality of patrol orders, and a plurality of identification marks mapping to the plurality of patrol locations from the patrol server;

scanning the identification mark on the electronic tag at the patrol location with the communication terminal when arriving at one of the plurality of patrol locations; and

transmitting a first data signal to the electronic tag with the communication terminal based on the wireless communication technology when the scanned identification mark maps to the mapping information recorded in the patrol server, showing a first patrol record with the electronic tag based on the first data signal, and sending back the first patrol record to the patrol server with the communication terminal to confirm the completion of patrol of the patrol location at the same time, wherein the first patrol record comprising arrival time of the patrol staff, identification of the patrol staff, the patrol locations, and patrol results.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification mark is a bar code or a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises a step of:

scanning an identification mark on a newly added electronic tag with the communication terminal, setting the newly added electronic tag to map to a newly added patrol location, and transmitting the identification mark on the newly added electronic tag and the newly added patrol location mapping to the newly added electronic tag to the patrol server through the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises a step of:

editing the patrol route list with the communication terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises a step of:

sending back a second patrol record to the patrol server with the communication terminal when the patrol location is abnormal, transmitting a second data signal to the electronic tag with the communication terminal at the same time, and showing a second patrol record on the electronic paper displaying module with the electronic tag according to the second data signal, wherein the second patrol record comprising arrival time of the patrol staff, identification of the patrol staff, the patrol locations, and abnormalities.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication technology comprises the near field communication (NFC) technique or the ultra high frequency (UHF) technique.

7. A communication terminal, comprising:

a reader, for reading an identification mark on an electronic tag, wherein the identification mark mapping to a patrol location to form mapping information;

a processor;

a memory connected with the processor, the memory comprising a plurality of program instructions executable by the processor, the plurality of program instructions comprising;

a synchronization unit, configured to cause the processor to download a patrol route list from a patrol server, the patrol route list comprising a plurality of patrol locations, a plurality of patrol slots, a plurality of patrol orders, and a plurality of mapping information of the patrol location corresponding to the identification mark and to send back a first patrol record to the patrol server to confirm the completion of patrol of the patrol location, or to send back a second patrol record to the patrol server with the communication terminal when the patrol location is abnormal; and

a checking unit, configured to cause the processor to check whether the read identification mark maps to the mapping information recorded in the patrol server;

a radio frequency functional module, for transmitting a first data signal to the electronic tag showing the first patrol record according to the first data signal with the communication terminal when the scanned identification mark maps to the mapping information recorded in the patrol server, or for transmitting a second data signal to the electronic tag showing the second patrol record according to the second data signal with the communication terminal when the patrol location is abnormal; and

a transmitting module, for performing an act of the synchronization unit downloading the patrol route list and sending back the first patrol record and the second patrol record.

8. The communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the identification mark is a bar code or a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip.

9. The communication terminal of claim 7, further comprising:

a setting unit, configured to cause the processor to set a newly added electronic tag mapping to a patrol location to form mapping information when the reader reads an identification mark on the newly added electronic tag and to transmit the mapping information to the patrol server by the transmitting module.

10. The communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the communication terminal further comprises:

an editing unit, configured to cause the processor to edit the patrol route list downloaded from the patrol server.

11. The communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the radio frequency functional module adopts the near field communication (NFC) technique or the ultra high frequency (UHF) technique.

12. A patrol system, comprising:

an electronic tag, comprising an electronic paper displaying module and an identification mark, the identification mark mapping to a patrol location to form mapping information;

a patrol server, for storing a patrol route list, the patrol route list comprising a plurality of patrol locations, a plurality of patrol slots, a plurality of patrol orders, and a plurality of identification marks mapping to the plurality of patrol locations; and

a communication terminal, for downloading the patrol route list from the patrol server through the network and editing the patrol route list,

wherein when a patrol staff arrives at one of the patrol locations, he/she scans the identification mark on the electronic tag with the communication terminal, if the scanned identification mark maps to the mapping information recorded in the patrol server, sending back a first patrol record to the patrol server with the communication terminal, transmitting a first data signal to the electronic tag through the wireless communication technology with the communication terminal, and showing the first patrol record according to the first data signal by the electronic tag to confirm the completion of patrol at the patrol location, or if the patrol location is abnomal, transmitting a second patrol record recorded to the patrol server with the communication terminal, transmitting a second data signal to the electronic tag, and showing the second patrol record according to the second data signal at the same time with the communication terminal through the wireless communication technology.

13. The patrol system of claim 12, wherein the identification mark is a bar code or a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip.

14. The patrol system of claim 12, wherein the communication terminal is further used for scanning an identification mark on a newly added electronic tag, mapping the newly added electronic tag corresponding to a patrol location to form mapping information, and transmitting the mapping information to the patrol server.

15. The patrol system of claim 12, wherein the first patrol record comprises arrival time of the patrol staff, identification of the patrol staff, the patrol locations, and patrol results.

16. The patrol system of claim 12, wherein the second patrol record comprises arrival time of the patrol staff, identification of the patrol staff, the patrol locations, and abnormalities.

17. The patrol system of claim 12, wherein the wireless communication technology comprises the near field communication (NFC) technique or the ultra high frequency (UHF) technique.