Geolocationing System Vertical Horizontal Gateway Array
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Solution Overview
Problem
Employees in hospitality environments face increased personal security risks due to limited existing security measures in multi-room settings, necessitating improved systems for awareness and safety.
Innovation Solution
A geolocationing system comprising a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices with wireless transceivers that receive beacon signals from personal locator devices, processing them to determine the location and send gateway signals to a server for enhanced awareness and safety notifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a geolocationing system with vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is deployed, then location tracking accuracy and employee safety are improved, but device complexity and installation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the monitoring space into multiple zones using vertical and horizontal arrays of gateway devices. Each gateway device independently monitors its local area and communicates with a central server, allowing the system to cover large multi-room environments while maintaining manageable device complexity through modular deployment
Solution Approach 2:
A central server acts as an intermediary between gateway devices and users, receiving location data from multiple gateways, processing the information, and generating appropriate alerts. This intermediary consolidates the complexity of handling multiple gateway devices into a single coordination point
2Measurement precision
If gateway devices are placed in vertical and horizontal arrays throughout the environment, then location determination accuracy is improved, but the area covered by each device decreases and total device quantity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring environment is segmented into multiple overlapping coverage zones created by vertically and horizontally arranged gateway devices. This segmentation allows each device to focus on a smaller area with higher precision while the collective array provides comprehensive coverage of the entire multi-room environment
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from two-dimensional horizontal placement to three-dimensional vertical and horizontal arrays. By adding the vertical dimension, gateway devices can monitor multiple floors or levels, improving location accuracy through spatial triangulation while efficiently covering large vertical spaces
3Object-affected harmful factors
If existing security measures are used in multi-room environments, then system simplicity is maintained, but employee safety and awareness capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces traditional mechanical security measures (physical security personnel, manual monitoring) with an automated electronic geolocationing system using wireless beacon signals, gateway devices with transceivers, and server-based processing. This substitution dramatically improves safety and awareness capabilities while the modular architecture keeps device complexity manageable
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides accurate location tracking and emergency alerts within multi-room environments, enhancing employee safety and awareness through easy-to-use electrical and software solutions.
Implementation Method 1
Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device
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AI summary
A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.