PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL MOBILE OBJECTS

摘要

The invention integrates hardware and software for sensing, communications, data storage and control into a protection module that is sufficiently small and inexpensive to be attached directly to individual objects, such as musical instruments, and the inventory of stores and museums. Sensors monitor environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity, and accelerometers alert owners to unwanted motion, such as theft or misuse. Sensed data is stored locally and transmitted wirelessly to nonproprietary data receivers, such as smart phones or tablets that generate alerts. In some embodiments the data is forwarded to cloud servers for storage and analysis. Bluetooth communication between the attached module and the data receiver allows large spaces, such as stores and showrooms containing many attached modules to be protected. In some embodiments accelerometers enable finger-tap-controlled recording of musical performance and tuning of the instrument relative to tonal frequencies stored in the module.

主权项

1. A protection system for individual moveable objects comprising a module that communicates wirelessly with a nonproprietary data receiver wherein
said module comprises a printed circuit board that integrates multiple sensors, memory, wireless-communication hardware and a microprocessor that executes software controlling the acquisition, storage and communication of sensor data wherein said sensors measure at least temperature, humidity and motion changes, and wherein said module is powered by a battery resident in said module, and wherein said wireless communication transfers sensor data using the Low Power Bluetooth protocol to a nearby data receiver, and wherein the weight of said module is rendered less than 25 grams by the use of low-power, short-range Bluetooth class 2 wireless communication and by maintaining the module in low-power-consuming “sleep mode” unless and until said module is “awakened” by the detection of motion or at a predefined timing interval.