Wearable Tag Location Mapping for Facility Dispatch and Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack an efficient method for identifying and locating badges or devices within a facility, which hinders facility management, maintenance dispatch, and emergency response.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising sensors at known locations within a facility, a processor, and a virtual map, which detects unique identifiers from tags associated with items or badges, determines their location, and records zone associations for optimized facility management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual tracking methods are used for badges and devices, then system complexity is reduced, but location identification efficiency and accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor system serves multiple functions: detecting unique identifiers from tags, determining locations of badges and devices, tracking movement across zones, and enabling facility management operations. This multi-functional approach improves location identification efficiency without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Badges and devices automatically broadcast their unique identifiers through tags, eliminating the need for manual registration or active participation in the tracking process. The system passively receives and processes these signals, improving efficiency while keeping the user-side complexity minimal.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive location tracking is implemented, then facility management capability is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The facility is divided into multiple zones with sensors distributed throughout. Each sensor independently detects tags within its local area, and the processor aggregates these segmented data streams. This segmentation enables comprehensive facility management while distributing data processing complexity across multiple simple sensor nodes rather than requiring one complex centralized system.
3Loss of time
If real-time location detection is implemented, then maintenance and emergency response efficiency is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Tags broadcast their unique identifiers at predetermined intervals rather than continuously. This periodic transmission provides sufficient data for maintenance dispatch and emergency response while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous real-time transmission. The system achieves timely response by processing these periodic updates efficiently.
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 enables precise location tracking of items and badges, optimizing facility operations, improving maintenance and emergency response efficiency, and enhancing security by ensuring authorized access to equipment.
Implementation Method 1
the tag comprises a power supply and a radio frequency transmitter, wherein the radio frequency transmitter is configured to broadcast the unique identifier
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods of identifying wearable tags or other items within a facility. The location of the identifiable item can be calculated by the system and used to improve the efficiency of the facility or to dispatch emergency help or maintenance to the location of the badge.