Protection module for monitoring the position of objects

• US 8,981,953 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2011
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CargoGuard GmbH
• Original Assignee: CargoGuard GmbH
• Inventors: Blaufuss, Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): Trieu, Van T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yu, Royit
• Application Number:
  US13/700,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20130127628A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426.13, 340/539.13, 3405721-5729, 340/686.1, 70/63
• US Class Current: 340/686.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/38 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/00 Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

The invention relates to a protection module (1), a system and a method for monitoring objects, wherein a protection module (1) comprises, a locating module (11) for acquiring position data of the protection module and a communication unit (12) which can send data to a monitoring device (2), wherein the protection module (1) is suitable for being placed into an alarm state by an alarm signal and in the alarm state, sending position data to the monitoring device (2) in a particular alarm interval or continuously.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring at least one object, comprising:

a monitoring device (2); and

at least one first protection module (1) for attachment to an object to be monitored, wherein the first protection module (1) has a locating module (11) for determining position data and for transmitting the position data to the monitoring device (2), wherein the first protection module (1) can be placed into an alarm state by an alarm signal and is configured to send position data to the monitoring device (2) in the alarm state in a particular alarm interval or continuously, and

a second protection module (1) and/or security lock (3), wherein the object to be monitored having the first protection module (1) attached is located a room (5) lockable by the security lock (3);

wherein the monitoring device (2) receives position data of the security lock (3) and of the first protection module (1) and/or position data of the first protection module (1) and of the second protection module (1), wherein when finding a predetermined discrepancy of the position data from one another and/or from predetermined position data by more than a predetermined value places at least the first protection module (1) into the alarm state.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least two protection modules (1) send position data to the monitoring device (2) in an active state and the monitoring device (2) places at least one of the protection modules (1) into the alarm state due to the alarm signal in the case of a deviation of the received position data from one another and/or from predetermined position data by more than a predetermined value.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the security lock (3) can be communicatively connected unidirectionally or bidirectionally wirelessly or in a wire-connected manner to the first protection module (1) and/or to the monitoring device (2).

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the security lock (3) is suitable for placing the protection module (1) into the alarm state due to an alarm signal.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the security lock (3) comprises a locating module, wherein the security lock (3) and/or the first protection module (1), in an active state, send their respective position data to the monitoring device (2) in one and the same interval.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the interval for sending the position data in the active state is greater than the alarm interval.

7. A method for monitoring an object, wherein the object is provided with a first protection module, comprising:

sending of position data of the first protection module (1) to a monitoring device (2), the position data being determined by a location module (11) of the first protection module (1);

sending of position data of a security lock (3) and of a second protection module (1) to a monitoring device (2), wherein the object to be monitored having the first protection module (1) attached is located a room (5) which can be locked by the security lock (3);

finding a predetermined discrepancy of the position data send by the first protection module (1) and the security lock and/or by the first protection module (1) and the second protection module (1) from one another and/or from predetermined position data by more than a predetermined value

reception (S63, S72, S82, S93, S108) of an alarm signal from the monitoring device (2) via the first protection module (1);

activating an alarm state of the first protection module (1); and

sending (S64, S73, S84, S94, S109) position data which are determined by the locating module (11) of the first protection module (1) in a particular alarm interval or continuously from the first protection module (1) to a monitoring device (2).