LOCATION BASED SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20180039804A1
• Filed: 12/22/2016
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Ti, Santiago Jose Cuadrado, Li, Min-Hao, Yang, Cheng-Chen
• Granted Patent: US 10,127,420 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A location based situation awareness system comprises: an antenna located on the processing machine, the antenna is configured to generate a wireless field; an interrogator coupled to the antenna; an identification tag located on the mobile device, the interrogator is configured to scan the identification tag in the wireless field; a data collector located on the processing machine, the data collector is configured to collect a real-time data of the processing machine; and a broker server coupled to the interrogator and the data collector, the broker server is configured to update the real-time data of the processing machine into the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

Claims

1. A location based situation awareness system adapted to a processing machine monitored by a mobile device, comprising:

an antenna located on the processing machine, the antenna is configured to generate a wireless field;

an interrogator coupled to the antenna;

an identification tag located on the mobile device, the interrogator is configured to scan the identification tag in the wireless field;

a data collector located on the processing machine, the data collector is configured to collect a real-time data of the processing machine; and

a broker server coupled to the interrogator and the data collector, the broker server is configured to update the real-time data of the processing machine into the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

2. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server further comprises:

an ethernet interface, the ethernet interface is configured to connect an ethernet.

3. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server is based on a websocket communication protocol.

4. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a web server coupled to the data collector and the interrogator, wherein the web server is configured to provide at least one web page to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

5. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 4, wherein the at least one web page comprises a human machine interface, and the human machine interface corresponds to the real-time data of the processing machine.

6. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a message distributor coupled to the data collector and the interrogator, wherein the message distributor is configured to receive the real-time data of the processing machine and configured to distribute the real-time data into the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

7. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 6, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a connection worker located between the message distributor and the data collector, wherein the connection worker is configured to filter and transmit the real-time data into the message distributor.

8. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 6, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a visual model updater coupled to the data collector, wherein the visual model updater is configured to transform the real-time data into a human machine interface.

9. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 8, wherein the broker server further comprises:

a connection worker located between the mobile device having the identification tag and the message distributor, wherein the connection worker is configured to transmit the human machine interface to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

10. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the identification tag is a radio frequency identification tag.

11. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the data collector further comprises:

an ethernet interface, wherein the ethernet interface is configured to connect an ethernet; and

at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to retrieve the real-time data.

12. The location based situation awareness system according to claim 1, wherein the interrogator is configured to inform the broker server about a location information of the identification tag.

13. A location based situation awareness method adapted to a processing machine monitored by a mobile device, comprising:

creating a wireless field around the processing machine;

by using an identification tag, verifying the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field; and

by using a websocket connection, pushing a real-time data of the processing machine to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

14. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 13, further comprising:

creating a websocket connection between an interrogator and a web server.

15. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting a location information of the identification tag to the web server.

16. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 13, further comprising:

creating a websocket connection between the processing machine and a web server.

17. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 16, further comprising:

updating the real-time data of the processing machine to the web server.

18. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 13, further comprising:

by using a connection worker, filtering the real-time data of the processing machine.

19. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 13, further comprising:

by using a visual model updater, transforming the real-time data of the processing machine into a human machine interface.

20. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 19, further comprising:

by using a connection worker, distributing the human machine interface of the processing machine to the mobile device having the identification tag in the wireless field.

21. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 13, further comprising:

when the identification tag moves to another wireless field, redirecting at least one web page of the mobile device having the identification tag.

22. The location based situation awareness method according to claim 21, further comprising:

pushing a real-time data of a corresponding processing machine in the another wireless field to the mobile device having the identification tag in the another wireless field.