Wireless Access Device Object Tracking via Image Buffering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing and tracking assets in large organizations with diverse equipment is challenging due to frequent movement and difficulty in locating devices, leading to potential loss and increased costs in existing asset management systems.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for object management that includes determining events related to assets using image information from shooting devices, with a wireless access device receiving and buffering image data and transmitting it to a management server upon request, allowing for efficient tracking of assets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If RFID tags or barcodes are attached to each device for asset management, then device identification capability is improved, but tracking reliability deteriorates when devices are moved to different places
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera as an intermediary device to capture images of assets. Instead of relying solely on RFID tags or barcodes that may be obscured or lost when devices move, the camera captures visual evidence of the asset's location and state, providing reliable tracking information even when the asset is moved to different places or when tags are not visible.
2Loss of information
If wireless sensors such as BLE tags or Wi-Fi tags are attached to devices for tracking, then asset location tracking capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the camera serve multiple functions: it captures images for asset tracking, stores them locally, and transmits them to the server. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate wireless sensors like BLE tags or Wi-Fi tags, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining asset location tracking capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system is self-sufficient by incorporating local storage capability and automatic image transmission to the server. It independently manages the tracking process without requiring additional wireless sensor infrastructure, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining tracking functionality.
3Measurement precision
If image information is continuously captured and stored for asset tracking, then tracking accuracy is improved, but data storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera pre-captures images and stores them locally before any tracking query is needed. This preliminary action ensures that image data is readily available when required for tracking, improving tracking accuracy without requiring continuous data transmission or large-scale centralized storage infrastructure.
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AI summary
This disclosure relates to communication technique that fuses a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support higher data transfer rates than a 4G system and, a system thereof. This disclosure can be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, or the like). The present invention discloses a feature related to a method of a server for managing objects in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the object management method of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of determining whether a preset event for an object to be managed located in a reference zone is occurred; a step of obtaining image information corresponding to the reference zone, in case that the preset event is occurred; and a step of providing the obtained image information with a notification corresponding to the preset event.