Reflector Antenna Positioning for Ticketless Entry Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing monitoring systems for vehicle entry and exit, such as ticketing systems and access control systems, face issues with accuracy, user distraction, and inconvenience due to reliance on physical tickets or inaccurate mobile device positioning, leading to inefficiencies and potential safety hazards.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing a plurality of transmitters with reflector antennas to define detection areas, where mobile devices determine their location based on signal strengths, allowing for accurate entry and exit management without physical tickets, and enabling seamless access control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If satellite positioning systems (GPS) are used for mobile device positioning, then the system can operate in outdoor environments, but the positioning accuracy is limited to within 3.5 meters and may be as poor as 10 meters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple positioning technologies (satellite positioning, Wi-Fi positioning, Bluetooth positioning, and cellular positioning) into a unified positioning system. The server selects from multiple available positioning results based on accuracy requirements, thereby achieving both high positioning precision and broad environmental adaptability that no single positioning method could provide alone.
2Adaptability or versatility
If Bluetooth beacon systems are used for positioning, then the system can provide indoor positioning capability, but the positioning accuracy varies due to environmental interference and changing signal conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that collects positioning data from multiple sources (satellite, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular) and processes this data to determine accurate location information. This intermediary approach allows the system to overcome the limitations of individual positioning methods by synthesizing their strengths and compensating for their weaknesses.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes positioning parameters by selecting different positioning methods and accuracy thresholds based on the current environment and requirements. The server can adjust the weighting and selection criteria for different positioning technologies depending on whether the device is indoors or outdoors, thereby optimizing positioning accuracy for each specific scenario.
3Device complexity
If physical tickets are used for entry and exit monitoring, then the system is simple to implement, but drivers experience distraction when holding or finding tickets while driving, and queues form at ticket machines
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical ticket system with an electronic positioning-based system. Instead of physical tickets that require manual handling, the system uses mobile device location data to automatically identify vehicles for entry and exit monitoring. This substitution eliminates the need for drivers to physically interact with ticket machines, removing the source of distraction and queue formation while maintaining monitoring functionality.
4Reliability
If drivers must collect tickets from ticket machines at entry points, then the ticketing system can track vehicle entry, but the process creates extensive queues and increases waiting time at busy parking facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary positioning and identification of vehicles before they reach the entry point. By continuously monitoring mobile device locations and predicting vehicle arrival, the system can prepare and process entry records in advance, eliminating the need for queues at ticket machines while ensuring accurate tracking of vehicle entry times.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances accuracy and convenience by allowing mobile devices to precisely detect entry and exit points, reducing user distraction and queue times, and facilitating efficient access control.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of transmitters, each transmitter having associated therewith a reflector antenna configured to substantially reflect signal transmission toward a detection area
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a system, method, mobile communication device and one or more computer programs for a monitoring system. In one aspect, the system includes a plurality of transmitters, each transmitter having associated therewith a reflector antenna configured to substantially reflect signal transmission toward a detection area; and a mobile device configured to: receive transmitter signals from at least two transmitters from the plurality of transmitters; and determine that the mobile device is located within the detection area based on received signal strengths of the at least some of the transmitter signals.