Method and system for preventing loss or theft using wireless PAN or LAN

• US 7,928,840 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Seo, Junghae, Kim, Sun-Jin, Kim, Sun-Joong, Chae, Jong-Suk, Pyo, Cheol Sig
• Primary Examiner(s): Mullen; Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US12/062,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20090135012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 340/531, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 340/539.22, 340/539.26, 340/568.1, 340/572.1, 340/572.4, 340/825.49, 340/666, 340/552, 455/404.2, 455/456.1, 455/457
• US Class Current: 340/531
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1427 with transmitter-receiver for distance detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1436 with motion detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1472 with force or weight detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0238 adding new units to the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0277 Communication between units on a local network, e.g. Bluetooth, piconet, zigbee, Wireless Personal Area Networks [WPAN]

Abstract

A method and system of preventing a loss/theft of a surveillance target including a mobile device using a wireless personal area network (PAN) or a wireless local area network (LAN) which can receive, from the mobile device included in the surveillance target via a gateway, location information of the surveillance target generated by using mobile device information for the surveillance target, the mobile device information being collected by a sensor of the mobile device, and signal information communicated between the mobile device and a fixed device, can determine whether there is a loss or theft by comparing surveillance target information and a permission standard, and can provide alert information including the location information of the surveillance target when the loss or theft occurs.

Claims

1. A method of preventing a loss or theft of a surveillance target including a mobile device using a wireless personal area network (PAN) or a wireless local area network (LAN), the method comprising:

receiving via a gateway, mobile device information, location information of the surveillance target, an identifier of the mobile device, and an identifier of a fixed device, wherein the mobile device information is collected by a sensor of the mobile device included in the surveillance target, from the mobile device, and includes at least one of movement information, vibration information, and weight information of the surveillance target, and the location information of the surveillance target is generated using the mobile device information and signal information communicated between the mobile device and the fixed device;

determining whether a loss or theft of the surveillance target has occurred by calculating a distance between a first location determined according to previous location information of the surveillance target, and a second location determined according to the received location information of the surveillance target, and by comparing the calculated distance with a permitted distance criterion associated with the surveillance target, wherein the previous location information and the permitted distance criterion are extracted from a database; and

providing a pre-registered terminal with alert information including the received location information of the surveillance target when it is determined that the loss or theft has occurred.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed device is fixed in an area in which the surveillance target is located, and

further comprising:

receiving, via the fixed device and the gateway, the mobile device information, the identifier of the mobile device, the signal information communicated between the mobile device and the fixed device, and the identifier of the fixed device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device and the fixed device communicate with each other.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises:

receiving via the gateway an identifier of the surveillance target and the location information of the surveillance target.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, when an identifier of the surveillance target is received, the previous location information and the permitted distance criterion are extracted from the database according to the identifier of the surveillance target.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sharing with another gateway the identifier of the mobile device, the identifier of the fixed device, and network information of the mobile device and the fixed device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing comprises:

displaying the alert information on the pre-registered terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the location information of the surveillance target to the pre-registered terminal when a request for the location information of the surveillance target is received from the pre-registered terminal.

9. A system for preventing a loss or theft of a surveillance target including a mobile device using a wireless personal area network (PAN) or a wireless local area network (LAN), the system comprising:

an interface unit to receive, from a gateway, mobile device information, location information of the surveillance target, an identifier of the mobile device, and an identifier of a fixed device, wherein the mobile device information is collected by a sensor of the mobile device included in the surveillance target, from the mobile device, and includes at least one of movement information, vibration information, and weight information of the surveillance target, and the location information of the surveillance target is generated using the mobile device information and signal information communicated between the mobile device and the fixed device;

a determination unit to determine whether a loss or theft of the surveillance target has occurred by calculating a distance between a first location determined according previous location information of the surveillance target, and a second location determined according to the received location information of the surveillance target, and by comparing the calculated distance with a permitted distance criterion associated with the surveillance target, wherein the previous location information and the permitted distance criterion are extracted from a database; and

a location information providing unit to provide a pre-registered terminal with alert information including the received location information of the surveillance target when it is determined that the loss or theft has occurred.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the fixed device is fixed in an area in which the surveillance target is located, and

the interface unit receives, via the fixed device and the gateway, the mobile device information, the identifier of the mobile device, the signal information communicated between the mobile device and the fixed device, and the identifier of the fixed device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the mobile device and the fixed device communicate with each other.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the interface unit receives, from the gateway, an identifier of the surveillance target and the location information of the surveillance target.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein, when an identifier of the surveillance target is received, the previous location information and the permitted distance criterion are extracted from the database according to the identifier of the surveillance target.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the location information providing unit shares with another gateway the identifier of the mobile device, the identifier of the fixed device, and network information of the mobile device and the fixed device.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the location information providing unit displays the alert information on the pre-registered terminal.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the location information providing unit provides the location information of the surveillance target to the pre-registered terminal when a request for the location information of the surveillance target is received from the pre-registered terminal.