Wireless tracking and monitoring system

• US 8,604,924 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2010
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Richter, Lutz P., Preusser, Bernd, Hoke, Uwe
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phung
• Application Number:
  US12/698,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20100188209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,407 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.13, 340/13.24, 340/539.11, 340/539.1, 455/456.1, 455/522
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0036 of measured values, i.e. measurement on mobile and position calculation on base station

Abstract

The invention relates to a wireless tracking and monitoring system having at least one mobile unit and at least one central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one first communication component for communication with the central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one sensor, and wherein position finding can be carried out via a position finding system by at least one of the sensors. In this case, each mobile unit has a second communication component for communication with the central unit or with a target unit, and wherein the first and the second communication components of the mobile unit can be operated at the same time.

Claims

1. A wireless tracking and monitoring system comprising:

at least one mobile unit and at least one central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one first communication component for communication with the central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one sensor, wherein position finding is carried out via a position finding system by at least one of the sensors, wherein each mobile unit has a second communication component for communication with the central unit or with a target unit, and wherein the first and the second communication components of the mobile unit are operated at the same time.

2. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein transmission of predefined transmission data by one of the two communication components is initiated by the reception of predefined received data by the other of the communication components.

3. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein data received by one of the communication components is used to initialize a software process whose results are transmitted by the other of the two communication components.

4. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein different frequencies are used for communication by the two communication components.

5. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein different radio standards are used for communication by the two communication components.

6. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein different transmission powers are used for communication by the two communication components.

7. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the software in the mobile unit is configured via the second communication component.

8. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein initial data is transmitted via the second communication component in order to find the position of the mobile unit quickly.

9. A wireless tracking and monitoring system comprising:

at least one mobile unit and at least one central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one first communication component for communication with the central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one sensor, wherein position finding is carried out via a position finding system by at least one of the sensors, wherein each mobile unit has a second communication component for communication with the central unit or with a target unit, wherein the first and the second communication components of the mobile unit are operated at the same time, and wherein transmission data of one of the communication components is encrypted with received data of the other of the two communication components.

10. A wireless tracking and monitoring system comprising:

at least one mobile unit and at least one central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one first communication component for communication with the central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one sensor, wherein position finding is carried out via a position finding system by at least one of the sensors, wherein each mobile unit has a second communication component for communication with the central unit or with a target unit, wherein the first and the second communication components of the mobile unit are operated at the same time, and wherein received data of one of the communication components is decrypted with the received data of the other of the two communication components.

11. A wireless tracking and monitoring system comprising:

at least one mobile unit and at least one central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one first communication component for communication with the central unit, wherein each mobile unit has at least one sensor, wherein position finding is carried out via a position finding system by at least one of the sensors, wherein each mobile unit has a second communication component for communication with the central unit or with a target unit, wherein the first and the second communication components of the mobile unit are operated at the same time, and wherein transmission of position data from the mobile unit via the second communication component to the central unit is forced to use the first communication component.

12. The wireless tracking and monitoring system as claimed in claim 11, wherein a short-range radio link is used for communication with the second communication component.