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School child tracking system

  • US 9,576,491 B1
  • Filed: 11/18/2015
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for tracking school buses [99] and school children to enhance the safety of the school children and provide real-time information on a location of the school children and school buses [99] to teachers and administrators and parents [120], the system comprising:

  • a. one or more client microprocessors, each located on a computer-readable medium, whereby the client microprocessors are configured to receive data transmitted by a Main Station microprocessor over a network [113], and whereby the client microprocessors are utilized by one or more teachers and administrators [117] or one or more parents [120];

    b. at least one instance of a client software component [116], hosted on a data storage unit and executed by the one or more client microprocessors, whereby the client software component comprises a set of code instructions that enables the teachers and administrators [117] or the parents [120] to track the location of at least one school bus [99] and a school child by communicating with and receiving data from, over the network [113], the Main Station microprocessor located at a Main Station [111];

    c. a school bus microprocessor [103] located on the school bus [99], whereby the school bus microprocessor [103] is configured to receive data from a GPS component [100] and a biometric scanning component [104], and transmit said data to the Main Station [111] microprocessor via a radio network component [101]d. at least one instance of a school bus software component, hosted on and execute by the school bus microprocessor [103] and further located on the school bus [99], whereby the school bus software component comprises a set of code instructions that enables the school bus microprocessor [103] to communicate with and transmit data to the Main Station [111] using the radio network component [101];

    e. the radio network component [101] comprising;

    i. the Main Station [111] comprising the Main Station microprocessor, wherein the Main Station [111] receives data about the school bus [99] via the radio network component [101] and can re-transmit said data to the client microprocessors over the network [113];

    ii. a Main Station software component, hosted on and executed by the Main Station microprocessor, whereby the Main Station software component comprises a set of code instructions that enables the Main Station microprocessor to communicate with and transmit and receive data from the school bus microprocessor [103] via the radio network component [101], and whereby the set of code instructions enables the Main Station microprocessor to communicate with and transmit data to one or more of the client microprocessors over the network [113];

    iii. a radio transmitter module [102] located on the school bus, wherein the radio transmitter module [102] is a two-way radio transmitter module; and

    iv. a set of repeaters [109,110], wherein the repeaters [109,110] collects data from the two-way radio transmitter module and repeats it to provide greater range of coverage;

    whereby the radio network component [101] enables the existence of a radio network which permits the Main Station [111] to transmit to and receive information from the school bus [99],f. at least one Global Positioning System (“

    GPS”

    ) component [100], operatively connected to the school bus [99] and the school bus microprocessor [103], and located on the school bus [99], whereby the GPS component [100] is configured to transmit real-time geospatial information about the school bus [99] to the Main Station microprocessor; and

    g. the biometric scanning component [104], operatively connected to the school bus microprocessor [103] and located on the school bus [99],whereby the biometric scanning component [104] identifies and tracks the boarding of the school children corresponding to a unique biometric identification (ID) of each of the schoolchildren;

    wherein for each school bus [99], when the system is in use, the school bus microprocessor [103] is activated, wherein the biometric ID of each student entering the school bus [99] is scanned using the biometric scanning component [104], wherein the GPS component [100] is activated to allow the system to track the location of the school bus [99], wherein information about the number of and identity of school children on the school bus [99] and the location of the school bus [99] is transmitted from the school bus microprocessor [103] to the Main Station microprocessor via the radio network component [101], which permits the Main Station [111] to transmit and receive information from the school bus [99], wherein said information about the number of and identity of school children on the school bus [99] and the location of the school bus [99] is re-transmitted, over the network [113], from the Main Station microprocessor [111] to one or more of the client microprocessors,whereby the system, in real-time, generates and tracks information about the location of the school bus [99] and school children for monitoring of said information by teachers and administrators [117] and parents [120] thereby enhancing the security and safety of school children.

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