Real-Time Tracking System for Multi-Object Communities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tracking systems cannot monitor multiple objects or persons in real-time worldwide, nor can they create customized monitoring areas inside or outside buildings, and lack the ability to set alarms for specific events such as exiting or remaining in predetermined zones.
Innovation Solution
A tracking system that uses localized means like GPS and RFID, connected to a network for real-time monitoring, allows creation of customized monitoring zones and rules for setting alarms based on distance, time, and location, enabling tracking of communities of persons or objects with high monetary value, and storing their histories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If GPS and RFID localization equipment are used to track objects or persons, then location capability is improved, but the ability to monitor multiple objects simultaneously in real-time from a remote place deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines GPS and RFID localization technologies into a unified tracking system that can monitor multiple objects simultaneously. The system merges satellite-based GPS tracking with proximity-based RFID detection to achieve comprehensive real-time monitoring of multiple persons or objects from a remote location, resolving the contradiction between individual location precision and multi-object monitoring capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The tracking system is designed with multi-functional capabilities to handle diverse monitoring scenarios. It can track individual objects, monitor groups of persons, create customized monitoring zones worldwide and inside buildings, and provide different types of alerts based on various conditions. This universal design enables the system to simultaneously monitor multiple objects while maintaining real-time remote access.
2Device complexity
If predefined monitoring areas are used, then system simplicity is improved, but the ability to create customized monitoring areas worldwide and inside buildings deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static predefined monitoring areas to dynamic customized zones. Users can create, modify, and delete monitoring zones according to specific needs, whether worldwide regions or indoor building areas. The system dynamically adapts to different monitoring requirements while maintaining ease of operation through an intuitive interface for zone creation and management.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring area creation process is segmented into manageable components. The system divides the world into customizable zones that can be defined by coordinates, building floors, or specific locations. Each zone can be independently configured with its own tracking rules and alert conditions, allowing complex monitoring scenarios to be built from simpler modular zone definitions.
3Device complexity
If basic tracking functions are implemented, then system simplicity is improved, but the ability to set customized alarms for specific events deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows users to pre-configure multiple alert conditions and tracking rules before they are needed. Users can set up customized alarms for various events such as exiting predetermined areas, remaining in single spots for specified durations, or distance-based alerts between group members. These preliminary configurations enable rapid response to monitoring events without requiring complex real-time decision-making.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where alert conditions are continuously monitored and evaluated against real-time tracking data. When predefined conditions are met (such as a person exiting a zone or remaining stationary too long), the system automatically generates appropriate alerts. This feedback loop provides intelligent, event-driven notifications while maintaining system simplicity through rule-based automation.
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
Enables real-time tracking and customizable monitoring of persons or objects worldwide, with alerts for specific events, adaptable to various sectors like security, military, and medical, allowing for historical movement tracing and prioritization of assistance.
Implementation Method 1
localization (locating) equipment using different technologies such as GPS... which help to locate an object or person by triangulation
Implementation Method 2
RFID, and other localization technologies which help to locate an object or person by triangulation, sensing or signal strength among others
Data Source
AI summary
A tracking system for tracking the location of a plurality of persons, objects and groups of persons or objects or combination of persons and objects which allows creating person or object communities (such as vehicles, objects having a high monetary value or objects that continuously need to be monitored such as guns or medical equipment) and keep tracking of the communities in real time worldwide, as well as registering a tracking history of each person or object and creating customized monitoring zones worldwide and tracking rules for setting customized alarms, for example when the distance among one or more members of the group or members of different groups are greater or lesser than an predetermined value when a member of the group exits a predetermined area or is near a predetermined area or when a person or object remains in a single spot for more or less than a predetermined period of time, which is useful for monitoring the security of a person or object.