Intermediary Device Tag for Battery Tool Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Battery-operated devices are often expensive and susceptible to theft and unauthorized use due to their value and ease of portability.
Innovation Solution
A device tag with a housing that connects between a battery-operated device and its battery, providing an electrical path and enabling wireless data transmission, which can be used to track and secure the device by preventing unauthorized use through a control unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a device tag is inserted between the battery and device to enable tracking and authorization control, then security and anti-theft capability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device tag serves as an intermediary component inserted between the battery and the battery-operated device. It includes a control unit that communicates with both the battery control circuit and the device, enabling authorization verification and tracking without modifying the original battery or device structures. The tag's processor evaluates authorization signals and controls power transmission accordingly.
Solution Approach 2:
The power delivery system is segmented into three independent components: the battery, the device tag (inserted in between), and the battery-operated device. This segmentation allows the tag to function as a separate authorization and tracking module without requiring modifications to the battery or device, thereby improving security while maintaining relative simplicity.
2Loss of information
If wireless data transmission capability is added to the device tag for tracking, then monitoring and tracking capability are improved, but device complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device tag integrates multiple functions into a single component: authorization verification, power control, tracking, and wireless communication. The tag's processor handles both local authorization logic and communicates tracking information wirelessly, eliminating the need for separate tracking devices and reducing overall system complexity despite the enhanced functionality.
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AI summary
A device tag including a housing that includes a first connector structure constructed and arranged to engage with a battery operated device and a second connector structure constructed and arranged to slidingly engage with a battery such that the device tag is provided between the battery operated device and the battery. The device tag also includes an electrical connector carried by the housing and constructed and arranged to provide an electrical connection between the battery operated device and the battery. The device tag further includes an electronic device carried by the housing and constructed and arranged to transmit electrical signals.