M2M Chip Mated Pairs for Vehicle Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current RFID technologies lack the capability for communication between multiple locator chips and do not include 'mated pairs' of chips that can execute functions using embedded programs and monitor each other's movement, limiting their functionality and security applications.
Innovation Solution
The use of M2M chips, which can be programmed to communicate with each other and embedded in various locations within devices, enabling 'mated pairs' to perform advanced functions such as monitoring and reporting, and are designed to be difficult to remove due to their versatility in size and shape.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If RFID chips are used for vehicle tracking, then identification capability is provided, but communication capability between multiple locator chips and mated pairs functionality cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies M2M chips that can perform multiple functions including identification, communication between chips, executing embedded programs, and monitoring movements. This multi-functional capability resolves the contradiction by providing both identification and advanced communication capabilities that RFID chips lack.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the technical parameter from RFID chip technology to M2M chip technology, which fundamentally alters the communication capabilities. This parameter change enables mated pairs of chips to communicate with each other and execute complex tracking functions, thereby resolving the contradiction between versatility and reliability.
2Reliability
If M2M chips are embedded in various locations within devices, then tracking reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the tracking system into multiple independent M2M chips embedded at different locations within the device. Each chip can independently communicate and report its position, which improves tracking reliability through redundancy while managing complexity through modular segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The mated pairs of M2M chips provide continuous feedback about their relative positions and movements to a central system. This feedback mechanism enables real-time monitoring and verification of device location, improving tracking reliability while the automated nature of the feedback reduces the need for complex manual monitoring systems.
3Reliability
If M2M chips are designed to be difficult to remove, then security is improved, but ease of manufacture decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The M2M chips are embedded within the device structure in a nested manner, where the chips are integrated into the device's internal components and housing. This nesting approach makes the chips difficult to remove without damaging the device, thereby improving security while allowing for standardized manufacturing processes during the assembly phase.
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AI summary
The invention comprises a system of using small, hidden, machine-to-machine (M2M) chips to track automobiles through the radio emissions of the chips, and to use M2M chips as a defense against theft generally, by tracking potentially stolen items through the radio emissions of M2M chips. Users can monitor potential theft of the different parts of an automobile because the chips embedded into the automobile components will be constantly communicating with each other. Spacecraft and other near-earth objects, and drones, can also be tracked by M2M chips, that can be designed in a manner that makes them extremely difficult to find. The M2M chips can be designed in numerous different shapes, and use very little power. Some of the M2M chips are silicon wafer chips with small logic gates.