EP0357309A2
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Personnel monitoring system
Assignee: BI Inc
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Filing: 1989-08-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-08-21
Abstract
Abstract A personnel monitoring system (30) includes a transmitting or transponding unit (44) that is worn or carried by the individual being monitored, and which periodically, or upon request, transmits a uniquely encoded signal (42) that identifies the person being monitored, as well as information about the condition or activities or the person being monitored as sensed by sensors (43), coupled to the transmitting unit (44). The system also includes a field monitoring device (FMD) (40), that is positioned near the person being monitored, or at a location where the person being monitored should be found and a central processing unit (CPU) (34), that automatically, or by request, receives and interprets data from the FMD. A communication link between the FMD and the CPU may be by way of existing telephone lines (36) or other telecommunicative links.
Inventors
- 👤 Gary T. Carroll
- 👤 Vincent D. Stinton
- 👤 George J. Pilmanis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 08:39
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B21/00; G08B21/02; G08B21/0202; G08B21/0205; G08B21/0211; A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/05; A61B5/053; A61B5/0531; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/28; G08B21/0222; G08B21/028; G08B21/0286; G08B21/0288; G08B21/04; G08B21/0438; G08B21/0453; G08B25/00; G08B25/009; G08B26/00; G08B26/007; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
A Personnel monitoring system (30) for monitoring the compliance of a designated individual with a prescribed activity comprising sensing means (43) carried by the individual in a tag (44) for sensing whether the individual is engaging in said prescribed activity; transmitting means (84) carried by the individual and coupled to said sensing means for transmitting a unique identifying signal (42) that indicates whether the occurrence of said prescribed activity has been sensed since said unique identifying signal was last transmitted; local receiving means (40) for receiving and preliminarily processing said identifying signal, including logging the time periods during which each unique identification signal is received; remote processing means (34) for interrogating said local receiving means on a regular basis and for receiving therefrom the preliminarily processed and logged data relating to said identifying signal received by said local receiving means since said remote processing means was last interrogated by said remote processing means, and for further processing and interpreting said preliminarily processed and logged data; and report generating means (34, 36, 48, 50) within said remote processing means for generating a report that indicates the time periods during which the individual engaged in the prescribed activity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
A Personnel monitoring system (30) for monitoring the compliance of a designated individual with a prescribed activity comprising sensing means (43) carried by the individual in a tag (44) for sensing whether the individual is engaging in said prescribed activity; transmitting means (84) carried by the individual and coupled to said sensing means for transmitting a unique identifying signal (42) that indicates whether the occurrence of said prescribed activity has been sensed since said unique identifying signal was last transmitted; local receiving means (40) for receiving and preliminarily processing said identifying signal, including logging the time periods during which each unique identification signal is received; remote processing means (34) for interrogating said local receiving means on a regular basis and for receiving therefrom the preliminarily processed and logged data relating to said identifying signal received by said local receiving means since said remote processing means was last interrogated by said remote processing means, and for further processing and interpreting said preliminarily processed and logged data; and report generating means (34, 36, 48, 50) within said remote processing means for generating a report that indicates the time periods during which the individual engaged in the prescribed activity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said local receiving means (40) includes means for receiving a unique identification signal (42) from each of a plurality of transmitting means carried by a plurality of individuals being monitored, each of said plurality of transmitting means having a respective sensing means associated therewith for sensing whether a prescribed activity has occurred relative to the particular individual carrying the sensing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
158 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in Claim 2, wherein said local receiving means (40) includes a receiving circuit (94) for receiving and holding said unique identifying signal; a microprocessor circuit (91) coupled to said receiving circuit for processing said received unique identifying signal as directed by a program stored in a first memory circuit (41), said processing including the generation of a data word that represents the informational content of said unique identifying signal, and said processing further including the generation of an address word that represents a location where said data word is to be stored; and said first memory circuit (41) comprising a removable memory circuit that is coupled to said microprocessor circuit and that is configured for storing program instructions that direct said microprocessor circuit (91) how it is to process said unique identification signal, whereby said first memory circuit (41) can be readily replaced with another memory circuit containing a different processing program.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said local receiving means (40) is telecommunicatively coupled to said remote processing means (34) by way of a telephone line (36).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3, wherein said local receiving means (40) is telecommunicatively coupled to said remote processing means (34) by way of a cellular telephone link.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A Personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3, wherein said local receiving means (40) is telecommunicatively coupled to said remote processing means (34) by way of an RF modem.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3, wherein said local receiving means (40) is telecommunicatively coupled to said central processing means (34) by way of a cable television link.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any preceding claims, wherein said prescribed activity that is sensed by said sensing means (43) identifies whether the individual has consumed drugs.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said prescribed activity that is sensed by said sensing means (43) identifies whether the individual is in a horizontal position.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said prescribed activity that is sensed by said sensing means (43) identifies whether the individual is physically active.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said prescribed activity that is sensed by said sensing means (43) identifies whether the individual is sleeping.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said sensing means (43) includes means for measuring the skin temperature of said individual.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said sensing means (43) includes means for measuring the heart rate of said individual.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said sensing means (43) includes means (77) for measuring changes in the diameter of a limb (75) of said individual.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said sensing means (43) includes means for measuring the relative content of skin perspiration of said individual.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said sensing means (43) includes means for electronically measuring a fingerprint of said individual.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
40 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein said sensing means (43) includes means for electronically measuring the breath content of said individual to determine if said individual has been drinking alcoholic beverages.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
61 words
A personnel monitoring system as claimed in any preceding claim, including a plurality of software program submodules adapted to be transferred to said remote processing means (34), each one of said software program submodules comprising a control Program that can be selected for use by said central processing means (34) for the purpose of controlling the system for a particular application.
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