Description:FORM 2
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 of 1970)
As amended by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005
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As amended by the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2016

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See Section 10 and Rule 13)

TITLE
“SMART HUB FOR JEWELLERY MANAGEMENT”
APPLICANT(S)

Name Nationality Address
Azure Software Private Limited India C/o Dr Kallol Mallick, Module 533, SDF building, Block - GP, Sector V, Salt Lake, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata – 700091, West Bengal, India
Dr Subir Kumar Chaudhuri India C/o Dakshini Harmony Apartment, Sri Sai Nagar, PO Kanchanbagh – 500058, Hyderabad, India
Mr Suvankar Sen India C/o Senco Gold Limited, "Diamond Prestige", 41, A.J.C. Bose Road, 10th Floor, Kolkata- 700 017, West Bengal, India

The following specification particularly describes the nature of the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.

TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention described herein, relates tracking and management of Jewellery and more particularly to a system and method for identification, tracking, storage and audio-visual display of Jewellery using Vertical Smart Rack and Horizontal Smart Table to improve the User Experience and as well as evaluate the performance of sales person in high-value Jewellery transaction.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Jewellery management plays a crucial role in the jewellery industry, encompassing a range of activities involved in the efficient and effective handling of jewellery products, inventory, sales, and customer interactions. The management of jewellery requires careful attention to detail, precise record-keeping, and robust systems to ensure smooth operations and profitability for jewellery businesses.

Traditionally, jewellery businesses relied on manual record-keeping methods, which were time-consuming, prone to errors, and lacked real-time visibility. However, the advent of technology and software solutions brought a transformation in jewellery management practices. Dedicated jewellery management systems emerged, offering comprehensive tools and functionalities to streamline various aspects of jewellery business operations. These systems leveraged combination of technologies such as barcode scanning, radio-frequency identification (RFID), mobile applications, to provide efficient and centralized management solutions.

However, there has been a long felt need to design a system which can assist salesperson in selling of the Jewellery by improving the User Experience and at the same time evaluate the performance of sales person in high value Jewellery transaction.

Therefore, in light of the aforementioned drawbacks and several other inherent in the existing solution available for jewellery management, there exists a need to provide a smart system which assists salesperson in storing of the Jewellery Sets securely; enhances the Users experience who are buying the Jewellery as well as track the performance of sales representative.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, the primary object of the invention is to design and develop an efficient jewellery tracking and management system for store and display of jewellery.
Another object of the invention is to provide at least three Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) and one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) configured with Ultrasonic sensors, Antenna and Nodes for rapid identification, tracking, storage and audio-visual display of jewellery.
Another object of the invention is to provide a method for identification, tracking, storage and audio-visual display of jewellery exiting Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) and displayed on Horizontal Smart Table (HST) via communication device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts, in a simplified format, that are further described in the detailed description of the invention. This summary is neither intended to identify key or essential inventive concepts of the invention nor is it intended for determining the scope of the invention.

In accordance with an embodiment, the present invention discloses a Smart Hub (100) for detecting, identifying, tracking, verifying, and displaying audiovisual content of identified jewellery items, comprising: at least three Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) (102) with 5-6 compartments in each said VSR, each compartment configured with at least one Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104), at least one Passive RFID or PRFID tag (106), and at least one VSR Antenna (108); at least one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) (110) equipped with an Ultrasonic sensor with Switch (112) and a Horizontal Smart Table Antenna Assembly (114); at least two VSR Node (116) configured with a processor (202), a Daughter Board (204), an RFID card (206), and a Wifi Card (208) for communicating with the server (400) via Router (300) ; a HST Node (118) configured with a processor (202), a Daughter Board (204), an RFID card (206), and a Wifi Card (208) for communicating with a communication device (500) via server(400) and a router (300); and a server (400) configured to receive data from the VSR and HST nodes, identify missing jewellery items, retrieve audiovisual data from a database, and transmit the retrieved data to the communication device (500) for display.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting, identifying, tracking, verifying, and displaying audiovisual content of identified jewellery items is disclosed. The method includes placing jewellery items into at least one compartment of Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) (102) configured with an Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104), PRFID Tag (106) and VSR Antenna (108). The method further include detecting disturbance in the VSR compartment using the USS (104) and transmitting disturbance location area, distance, and timestamp data to a server (400) via a VSR Node (116); attaching PRFID tag to each jewellery item and transmitting RFID data to the server via the VSR Node for independent identification of jewellery with timestamps. Further, the method includes transferring the received RFID data to the server for identification of missing jewellery items with timestamps, when jewellery items are placed onto at least one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) (110) equipped with an Ultrasonic sensor with Switch (112) and a Horizontal Smart Table Antenna Assembly (114). Further, the method includes detecting disturbances in the HST using the Ultrasonic sensor and verifying PRFID Tags with timestamps for jewellery exiting from the VSR (102) and placed on the HST (110), matching identified jewellery items on the HST with jewellery items from the VSR for confirming jewellery status, including sale status, with timestamps, retrieving corresponding audiovisual data (410) from server for identified jewellery items and displaying the retrieved audiovisual data on a communication device (500) located near the HST.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood when the following detailed description is read with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like characters represent like parts throughout the drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 illustrates a schematic block diagram of the system for displaying jewellery on Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) and Horizontal Smart Table (HST) with configuration of sensors and nodes, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 illustrates a system for identification, tracking, storage and audio-visual display of jewellery, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 3 illustrates another schematic block diagram of the system for detecting disturbance in jewellery location area with timestamp, identifying missing jewellery with timestamp from server, tracking the jewellery, verifying it and displaying corresponding audio-visual data from server by computing data received from sensors, nodes via router, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 4 illustrates the system data flow in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 illustrates the system software architecture with Server and one Node in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 illustrates a detailed process flow depicting a method for detecting, identifying, tracking, verifying and displaying audio-visual content of identified jewellery, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

Further, skilled experts will appreciate that elements in the drawings are illustrated for simplicity and may not have necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, Fig. 4 illustrate the method in terms of the most prominent steps involved to help to improve understanding of aspects of the present invention. Furthermore, in terms of the construction of the device, one or more components of the device may have been represented in the drawings by conventional symbols, and the drawings may show only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present invention so as not to obscure the drawings with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having benefit of the description herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated system, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates. Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of the ordinary skilled in the art to which this invention belongs. The system, methods, and examples provided herein are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting.
For example, the term “some” as used herein may be understood as “one” or “more than one” or “all.” Therefore, the terms “one,” “more than one,” “more than one, but not all” or “all” would fall under the definition of “some.” It should be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the terminology and structure employed herein is for describing, teaching, and illuminating some embodiments and their specific features and elements and therefore, should not be construed to limit, restrict, or reduce the spirit and scope of the present disclosure in any way.
For example, any terms used herein such as, “includes,” “comprises,” “has,” “consists,” and similar grammatical variants do not specify an exact limitation or restriction, and certainly do not exclude the possible addition of one or more features or elements, unless otherwise stated. Further, such terms must not be taken to exclude the possible removal of one or more of the listed features and elements, unless otherwise stated, for example, by using the limiting language including, but not limited to, “must comprise” or “needs to include.”
Whether or not a certain feature or element was limited to being used only once, it may still be referred to as “one or more features” or “one or more elements” or “at least one feature” or “at least one element.” Furthermore, the use of the terms “one or more” or “at least one” feature or element do not preclude there being none of that feature or element, unless otherwise specified by limiting language including, but not limited to, “there needs to be one or more...” or “one or more element is required.”
Unless otherwise defined, all terms and especially any technical and/or scientific terms, used herein may be taken to have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person ordinarily skilled in the art. Further, the term ‘system’, ‘hub’, ‘Smart Hub For Jewellery Management’ and ‘SHFJM’ has been used interchangeably in the specification. Reference is made herein to some “embodiments.” It should be understood that an embodiment is an example of a possible implementation of any features and/or elements of the present disclosure. Some embodiments have been described for the purpose of explaining one or more of the potential ways in which the specific features and/or elements of the proposed disclosure fulfil the requirements of uniqueness, utility, and non-obviousness.

Use of the phrases and/or terms including, but not limited to, “a first embodiment,” “a further embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “one embodiment,” “some embodiments embodiment,” or other variants thereof do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments. Unless otherwise specified, one or more particular features and/or elements described in connection with one or more embodiments may be found in one embodiment, or may be found in more than one embodiment, or may be found in all embodiments, or may be found in no embodiments. Although one or more features and/or elements may be described herein in the context of only a single embodiment, or in the context of more than one embodiment, or in the context of all embodiments, the features and/or elements may instead be provided separately or in any appropriate combination or not at all. Conversely, any features and/or elements described in the context of separate embodiments may alternatively be realized as existing together in the context of a single embodiment.
Any particular and all details set forth herein are used in the context of some embodiments and therefore should not necessarily be taken as limiting factors to the proposed disclosure. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of a system consisting of three Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) (102) with 6 compartments for displaying jewellery and one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) (110) with configuration of sensors, PRFID Tags, Antennas and nodes, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram depicting an environment for implementation of a system 100 for identification, tracking, storage and audio-visual display of jewellery on a communication device (500) associated with atleast three Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) (102) and a Horizontal Smart Table (HST) (110) through Server (400) via Router (300), according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 3 illustrates another schematic block diagram of the system 100 for detecting disturbance in jewellery location area with distance and time stamp in VSR (102) through Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104) which consists of one transmitter and one receiver, independently identifying missing jewellery with timestamp based on RF transmission from Antenna (108) through Reader – Tag -Reader link of PRFID system, tracking the identified jewellery on Horizontal Smart Table (110), verifying the jewellery on HST with VSR on same day or earlier through server and displaying corresponding audio visual data for the identified jewellery from server by computing data received from sensors, nodes via router, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to Figure 1 and 2, a system (100) for detecting, identifying, tracking, verifying and displaying audio visual content of identified jewellery is provided. The system (100) comprises of atleast three Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) (102) with 5-6 compartments, each compartment configured with atleast one Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104), atleast one PRFID tag (106), atleast one Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) Antenna (108) and atleast one Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) Node (116); atleast one Horizontal Smart Table (110) (HST) configured with an Ultrasonic sensor with Switch (112), a Horizontal Smart Table Antenna Assembly (114), and atleast one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) Node (118), a router (300), server (400) and atleast one communication device (500).

As shown in Figure 1 and 2, the atleast one vertical smart rack (VSR) (102) consists of 5-6 compartments for placing high-value jewellery item, wherein each compartment is configured with at least one Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104), more preferably one in each compartment, atleast one PRFID tag (106) more preferably one in each compartment and attached to the jewellery, atleast one Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) Antenna (108), more preferably one in each compartment. Each VSR (102) is also equipped with atleast one Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) Node (116), more preferably minimum two for each VSR (102). The PRFID tag is attached to the jewellery and comes out along with the jewellery.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the atleast one horizontal smart table (HST) (110) comprises of an Ultrasonic sensor with Switch (112), a Horizontal Smart Table Antenna Assembly (114), and one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) Node (118).
As shown in Figure 3, the VSR node (116) is configured with processor (202), Daughter Board (204), RFID card (206) and Wifi Card (208) for communicating and retrieving corresponding Audio-Visual Data from the database in server (400) for identified jewellery. Further, HST node (118) is configured with processor (202), Daughter Board (204), RFID card (206) and Wifi Card (208) to correspond with communication device (500) through server (400) via router (300).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the jewellery items are placed into Vertical smart rack (VSR) in such a way as to remain connected with the VSR node (116). Further, Ultrasonic Sensor system (104) with one transmitter and receiver are connected for detection of disturbance location area with distance and time stamp.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, as soon as the jewellery is disturbed from its compartment in VSR (102), the USS (104) sends a signal to VSR node (116). The VSR node computes the data and send the details namely disturbance location area with distance time stamp of the jewellery to server (400) via router.

The PRFID tags (106) are also attached to each jewellery in any defined storage for independent identification of jewellery with timestamp based on RF transmission from antenna (108) via VSR Node (116) through RFID card (206). The reflected RF Data from multiple PRFID tags are received by VSR Node (116) through RFID card (206) and further transferred via router to server for identification of missing jewellery with timestamp from VSR (102).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the system detects disturbance location area with distance time stamp of the jewellery on the HST (110) and verifies the PRFID tag (106) with time stamp for jewellery exited from VSR (102) and placed on HST (110) through HST node (118).

The Identified jewellery on HST (110) is matched with VSR (102) on the same day or earlier including its sale status in server (400) for confirming the jewellery along with its source on HST top with time stamp.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the system finds the corresponding Audio visual data from the database in the server (400) for identified jewellery. The same will be displayed on the communication device (500) which is placed near HST (110).

VSR/HST NODE – ROUTER - SERVER – COMMUNICATION DEVICE Connectivity

Referring to Figure 2 and 3, the server performs the function of serving VSR (102), HST (110) and communication devices (500) for data communication, control and display. The server interacts with processors (202) located within the VSR Node (116) and HST Node (118), enabling near hard real-time operation of the system (100).

This system (100) connects the VSR (102) and HST (110) to communication devices (500), such as tablets, through the server and router. The data is recursively fetched inside the node via serial UART protocol to a Wi-Fi card, and for wireless communication, an HTTP protocol is used to connect to the router and server software.

The recursive data, which includes timestamp sequences, assists the application software on the server (via the router) in locating specific jewellery that is missing from the VSR, even after sales, using RFID identity. Furthermore, this data aids in identifying matching jewellery on the HST with the missing RFID identified jewellery from the VSR. Confirmed identities are used to access audio-visual (AV) data from the server's database, displaying this information on communication devices (500).

The four primary functions namely identity, matching, confirmed identity for accessing AV data, and AV display are executed by a backend Python-based application software in the server, supported by an in-built database. Wireless HTTP protocols facilitate communication between the server and router, as well as between the nodes and the router, as illustrated in the system data flow diagram shown in Figure 4.

Referring to Figure 5, the integrated software architecture showcases the connectivity between a single node and server, providing a quick understanding and comprehensive view of the entire software framework. This architecture supports frontend software interfacing with Python-based backend software on the server and integrates with a MariaDB database for the embedded system node firmware.

The embedded system node connects with a server, as detailed in the "SHFJM System Software Architecture with Server and One Node," which includes 12 modules (4 modules for each Node, 8 modules for Server which contains 4 modules for Frontend, 3 modules for Backend and 1 module for MariaDB Database) as illustrated in Figure 5. This configuration performs for all functions of the SHFJM system.

Referring to Figure 1, 2 and 3, the entire software of the system (100) is divided between embedded software C++ based in the 7 nodes ( six VSR (116), one HST (118) as illustrated in Fig 1) for command, controls, data collection, communication resident in 4 modules, with USS (106), both External (114) and Internal (108) Antenna, PRFID Tag (106) functions along with WIFI ( 208) functions in all the 7 nodes as illustrated in Figure 1, 3 and 5. The remaining 8 modules are supported by Python based Backend S/W in 3 modules (Python for Language, Flask for framework in Python for core algorithm with logics and HTTP for Communication Protocol), Frontend S/W in 4 modules (HTML for Language and Basic setup Network, CSS for Designing Website, JAVA Script for Functionalities and AJAX for Front end to Back end) and 1 module MariaDB for Database.

SERVER Overview:
The backend of server is configured with Python-based application software with an in-built database that stores recursive VSR and HST data for identity confirmation. If no missing jewellery is found in the VSR, the system accesses AV data from the MariaDB database to match HST data with previous days' RFID database for identity confirmation. This data is then used to display Audio Visual information of the identified jewellery on communication device placed near the HST, as shown in Figures 4 and 5.

Figure 6 illustrates a detailed process flow depicting a method 500 for detecting, identifying, tracking, verifying and displaying audio-visual content of identified jewellery, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
At step 502, the method 500 include detecting disturbance in jewellery location area with time on Virtual Smart Rack (VSR) through Ultrasound Sensor System (104). This may happen when a User OR sales officials take the jewellery out of VSR.
At step 504, the method 500 include identifying jewellery missing from Virtual Smart Rack (VSR) through server via VSR Node and Router
At step 506, the method 500 include independently identifying jewellery through Passive PRFID Tags based on RF transmission from external monostatic antenna via reader tag reader link of Passive RFID (PRFID) system.
At step 508, the method 500 include detecting disturbance location area on Horizontal Smart Table (HST) and confirming PRFID based identity for jewellery on HST via HST node.
At step 510, the method 500 include verifying and matching details of jewellery on HST with VST on same day or earlier including sale status through Server.
At step 512, the method 500 include fetching corresponding Audio-Visual data from Database in Server for identified jewellery.
At step 514, the method 500 include displaying audio-visual data on communication device nearer to Horizontal Smart Table (HST).

The comprehensive description encompassing all functional details mentioned above, including server functions, has been verified and validated by an independent and certified agency for Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V). The description emphasizes on the system or hub as installed in different Show Rooms.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above but encompasses all embodiments within the scope of the following claims.
, Claims:We claim:
1. A Smart Hub (100) for detecting, identifying, tracking, verifying, and displaying audiovisual content of identified jewellery items, comprising:
a. at least three Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) (102) with 5-6 compartments, each compartment configured with at least one Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104), at least one PRFID tag (106), and at least one VSR Antenna (108);
b. at least one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) (110) configured with an Ultrasonic sensor with Switch (112) and a Horizontal Smart Table Antenna Assembly (114);
c. at least two VSR Node (116) in each said VSR (102) configured with a processor (202), a Daughter Board (204), an RFID card (206), and a Wifi Card (208) for communicating with the server (400) via router (300);
d. a HST Node (118) in said HST configured with a processor (202), a Daughter Board (204), an RFID card (206), and a Wifi Card (208) for communicating with a communication device (500) through server via router (300); and
e. a server (400) configured to receive data from the VSR node (116) and HST node (118), identify missing jewellery item, retrieve audiovisual data from a database, and transmit the retrieved data to the communication device (500) for display.
2. The Smart Hub (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the VSR Node (116) further comprises a daughter board configured to store timestamped data received from the USS (104) and the PRFID tags (106) for subsequent retrieval and analysis.
3. The Smart Hub (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the HST Node (118) further comprises a daughter board configured to communicate with the communication device (500) and display information related to the identified jewellery items.
4. The Smart Hub (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server (400) further comprises a database management system configured with front end and back end to store and manage audiovisual data associated with the identified jewellery items retrieved from the database and node.
5. The Smart Hub (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the router (300) is configured to facilitate communication between the server (400), the VSR Nodes (116), the HST Node (118), and the communication device (500) over a network.
6. A method for detecting, identifying, tracking, verifying, and displaying audiovisual content of identified jewellery items, the method comprising the steps of:
a. placing jewellery items into at least one Vertical Smart Rack (VSR) (102) configured with an Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104), at least one PRFID tag (106), and at least one VSR Antenna (108);
b. detecting disturbances in the VSR compartments using the USS and transmitting disturbance location area, distance, and timestamp data to a server (400) via a VSR Node (116);
c. attaching PRFID tags to each jewellery item and transmitting RFID data to the server via the VSR Node for independent identification of jewellery with timestamps;
d. transferring the received RFID data to the server for identification of missing jewellery items with timestamps;
e. placing jewellery items onto at least one Horizontal Smart Table (HST) (110) equipped with an Ultrasonic sensor with Switch (112) and a Horizontal Smart Table Antenna Assembly (114);
f. detecting disturbances in the HST using the Ultrasonic sensor and verifying PRFID tags with timestamps for jewellery exiting from the VSR and placed on the HST;
g. matching identified jewellery items on the HST with jewellery items from the VSR for confirming jewellery status, including sale status, with timestamps;
h. retrieving corresponding audiovisual data from a database in the server for identified jewellery items; and
i. displaying the retrieved audiovisual data on a communication device (500) located near the HST.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Ultrasonic Sensor System (USS) (104) comprises at least one transmitter and receiver configured to detect disturbances in the VSR compartments and the HST (110) with distance and time stamp.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the PRFID tags (106) are attached to each jewellery item stored in the VSR (102) for identifying and tracking the movement of jewellery items.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication device (500) is a tablet device configured to display the audiovisual content of the identified jewellery items retrieved from the server (400).
10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server (400) is further configured to perform data analysis on the detected disturbances and RFID data to identify patterns or anomalies in the movement of jewellery items.