Systems and methods for event monitoring using aerial drones

摘要

A radio frequency identification (RFID) network and methods for even monitoring in a closed environment includes distributing RFID readers across the environment. Readers have unique reader identifiers and communicate with a computer system. These identifiers and reader locations are stored. The location of subjects bearing passive RFID tags is acquired by reading the unique subject identifiers off the tags and associating these RFID tags with the reader identifiers of the readers making the readings. A subject data store includes the location data of the subjects obtained by the RFID readers and electronic addresses of the subjects. An instruction set data store comprising sets, each set corresponding to one of a plurality of events, is also maintained. In accordance with the instruction set data store, in response to an event, different event messages are sent to different subjects and an aerial drone is dispatched.

主权项

1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) network for monitoring events in a closed environment, the network comprising a plurality of RFID readers distributed across the environment and a response computer system, wherein
each respective RFID reader in the plurality of RFID readers includes a unique reader identifier and is in communication with the response computer system; and the response computer system comprises:
a memory;
one or more processors;a sensor data store, stored in the memory or addressable by the response computer system, the sensor data store including, for each respective RFID reader in the plurality of RFID readers, a location in the closed environment of the respective RFID reader and the unique reader identifier of the respective RFID reader; andinstructions, stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the response computer system to:receive indication data, the indication data encompassing the detection of the proximity of a respective subject in a plurality of subjects bearing a passive RFID tag to a respective RFID reader in the plurality of readers, including (i) a unique subject identifier read off a passive RFID tag in the possession of the respective subject by the respective RFID reader and (ii) the reader identifier of the respective RFID reader;maintain a subject data store, the subject data store comprising a record for each respective subject in the plurality of subjects that includes (i) a location of the respective subject in the closed environment or an indication that the respective subject is not in the closed environment, (ii) an electronic address associated with the respective subject, and (iii) a unique subject identifier associated with the respective subject, and (iv) a class label in a plurality of class labels; andmaintain an event instruction set data store, each respective event instruction set in the event instruction set data store corresponding to an event in a plurality of events, wherein a first event instruction set in the instruction event set data store corresponds to a first event and includes a first message that is sent to a first subset of subjects in the plurality of subjects responsive to the first event, wherein the first subset of subjects are selected from the plurality of subjects on the basis that they are (a) localized to a first portion of the closed environment or (b) associated with a first class label in the plurality of class labels corresponding to the first message, and the instructions further cause the response computer system to, in response to receiving an indication that the first event has occurred, execute a method comprising:
obtaining an identity of each respective subject in the first subset of subjects in accordance with the first event instruction set;obtaining, for each respective subject in the first subset of subjects, the electronic address associated with the respective subject from the subject data store;communicating the first message to the respective electronic address of each subject in the first subset of subjects; anddispatching one or more aerial drones to execute a surveillance protocol, a containment protocol, or a rescue protocol within the closed environment.