DESC:TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] The present disclosure relates to security and monitoring systems and/or devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a system and method for tracking and monitoring location of users in a region of interest (ROI).

BACKGROUND
[002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] As just everything revolves around tracking, measuring, and analyzing metrics of some sort. It is how society, businesses, teachers, government, agencies, athletes, and employers, among others, measure baseline, performance, and productivity.
[004] An organization or institute may employ various types of systems, such as attendance management system, time management systems, docketing systems, personnel management systems, accounting systems, other systems, or any combination thereof, to maintain and track resources within the organization. Within service industries, such as janitorial services, maintenance service, construction, retail sales, security, or other service industries, it can be difficult to track and assess performance of their most important resources, mainly their employees.
[005] However, many devices and systems are known to monitor the position and movements of individuals. Employers use devices to monitor employees against diversion from work-related locations, and such devices may be installed in work vehicles, attached to accessories such as computers, or comprise other GPS enabled devices. In addition, in the case of house arrest, the offender must often carry a body-worn device to permit position monitoring. The monitoring of individuals may take either active or passive forms. An active system will compare its location with ongoing restrictions to detect violations. Such a violation may occur by either coming into broadcast range of a prohibited zone, leaving broadcast range of a confinement zone, or by actual location determination and mapping against both permitted and exclusion zones. Alternatively, passive devices may simply record and transmit location information for later or real time comparison with permitted and excluded zones at a remote system.
[006] With the development of mobile Internet, technological advances in low power and high-performance processing chip launch other wearable devices from conceptualization to commercialization has been more and more people's attention. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Olympus and many other technology companies have also entered the in-depth exploration of new areas, such as the Apple company produced a smart watch, Google company produced Google glasses, as well as intelligent headband appearing on the market, smart shoes, gloves and other handsets, they will dramatically change the appearance of the modern way of life. If there is a wearable device, such as watches, bracelets, necklaces, has a positioning function, employers can monitor employees in workplaces.
[007] Positioning the prior art mainly in the following two: one is based on GPS positioning, one is a base station based positioning of the mobile operator network. GPS-based positioning method is to send a position signal to the positioning of their background to achieve mobile positioning using GPS positioning module on the mobile phone; because the GPS positioning module has a larger volume, weight and power, will be applied in a wearable device causing wearable device too bulky, poor portability, defects such as a short life time. The base station positioning is to use the measure of the distance from the base station of the mobile phone to determine the phone's location, on the one hand the accuracy is low, the error may be more than one kilometre, the application cannot achieve the purpose of tracking and prevent lost in the wearable device; another aspects, base station location need to launch the mobile location services by the operator (LBS - location Based service), will produce the corresponding costs, increase the cost to consumers.
[008] Generally absent from the conventional tracking systems is the ability for real time or near real time tracking/ monitoring in real-time. However, there are various technologies available for tracking object but almost all technologies failed to track when there are not within the tracking range. For example, if GPS is tracking technology for tracking, the GPS tracking may fail if GPS signal is lost and hence may fail purpose of real-time tracking. Further, there are various individual technologies available for tracking object, but these technologies are dependent on only one tracking technology and hence may not serve the purpose of real-time tracking, thus there is a requirement of combining multiple tracking technologies in single device, which enables real-time tracking if any underlying technology fails. For example, if GPS tracking technology fails, and if tracking device has multiple options like Bluetooth or WI-FI or Zigbee or other tracking technology then in case of GPS failure the tracking device may use the alternate tracking option that is available. Furthermore, there are various technologies available for tracking object; however, there is no existing technology that combines an input received from different technology to give a continuous tracking in real-time. For example, if GPS technology fails and even if any alternate technology like WI-FI or Bluetooth there is no existing technology, which combines the input from the GPS or WI-FI or Bluetooth and still continuous tracking in real-time. In another example, if GPS technology fails and even if any alternate technology like WI-FI or Bluetooth there is no existing technology, which combines the input from the GPS or WI-FI or Bluetooth and provide a single tracking mechanism to an end user.
[009] Additionally, there are various technologies available for monitoring object for a particular location; however, there is no existing technology, which can provide notification to an administrator or user to find and monitor person or object at the particular location. For instance, multiple workers work in a factory and none of them are allowed to trespass the particular boundary or area, however there is no consistence manual monitoring happening for the particular location or boundary. If one of the worker trespasses unauthorized area or particular boundary, then the administrator who is sitting at remote location would not be able to track him by just recording a tracking moment of the user. However, there is requirement in the art to provide a mechanism in such a manner that whenever there is a trespass then in real-time administrator gets notification that particular/ specific user has trespassed the particular boundary or unauthorized area.
[0010] Therefore, there is a need to provide a new, efficient, and technically advanced and improved safety and security system for tracking and monitoring locations of users accurately. Further, there is a need of a tracking system and method, which enables real-time tracking. Furthermore, there is a need of a tracking system and method that enables to combine inputs received from different communication technologies to give a continuous tracking in real-time.

OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0011] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfies are as listed herein below.
[0012] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a system with one or more wearable devices to track, communicate and alert users.
[0013] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a simple, secure and effective system and method to enable real-time tracking of multiple users in order to prevent suspicious activities.
[0014] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a tracking system and method to provide notifications to an administrator or user to find and monitor person or object at a particular location.
[0015] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a precise and efficient wearable device configured to determine whether the wearer is removing/tampering the device with enhanced safety and intelligence.

SUMMARY
[0016] The present disclosure relates to security and monitoring systems and/or devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a system and method for tracking and monitoring location of users in a region of interest (ROI) by implementing wearable devices and multiple embedded communication technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, location based service (LBS), radio-frequency identification (RFID) module, near field communication (NFC) etc.
[0017] An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a system for monitoring at least one user in a region of interest. The system includes: at least one wearable device that is attached to the at least one user present in the ROI, and the at least one wearable device includes a signalling unit that can generate a first set of signals at configurable time intervals; and a computing device that can be operatively coupled to the at least one wearable device through a communication network. The computing device includes one or more processors and a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to: track, using a tracking engine that is configured in the computing device, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals that are selected from the first set of signals; and generate, through the at least one wearable device, in real-time, a third signal when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
[0018] In an aspect, the computing device can be configured to: detect, through a tamper detection unit of the computing device, tampering of the at least one wearable device when the at least one user attempts to tamper the at least one wearable device; and generate a fourth signal upon detection of the tampering.
[0019] In another aspect, the at least one wearable device can include any or a combination of a Bluetooth low energy (BLE), Wi-Fi, near field communication (NFC) module, satellite navigation module, ZigBee, location-based service (LBS) and radio-frequency identification (RFID) module.
[0020] In another aspect, the satellite navigation module can include any or a combination of a global positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou, Galileo and Indian regional navigation satellite system (IRNSS).
[0021] In another aspect, the system can include one or more sensing devices that can be placed at a plurality of geographical locations in the ROI, and operatively coupled to the at least one wearable device and the computing device. The one or more sensing devices can be configured to sense the at least one wearable device based on generation of the first set of signals; and sense a presence of the at least one user in the ROI.
[0022] In another aspect, the one or more sensing devices can be any or a combination of a beacon device, camera, proximity sensor and motion sensor.
[0023] In another aspect, the computing device can include a display unit. The computing device can be configured to display, on the display unit, the tracked real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI. This can enable any remote user to track and monitor movements of the at least one user in the ROI.
[0024] In another aspect, the display unit can include any or a combination of a user interface and dashboard to assist the remote user in tracking and monitoring.
[0025] In yet another aspect, the computing device can be configured to group users present in the ROI into multiple groups to enable monitoring and tracking of each group of users separately. The ROI can be a particular location (such as home, office, shopping mall etc. other places) that can be selected by the user. The remote user can be allowed to pinpoint users in the ROI when the at least one user in the ROI does any suspicious activity. The remote user can communicate with the at least one user in the ROI.
[0026] Another aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a method for monitoring at least one user in a region of interest (ROI). The method includes steps of: generating a first set of signals at configurable time intervals, by using a signalling unit of at least one wearable device that can be attached to the at least one user present in the ROI; tracking, by using a tracking engine configured in a computing device, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals selected from the first set of signals; and generating, through the at least one wearable device, a third signal, in real-time, when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
[0027] In an aspect, the method can include steps of: detecting, through a tamper detection unit of the computing device, tampering of the wearable device when the at least one user attempts to tamper the at least one wearable device; and generating, by the tamper detecting unit, a fourth signal upon detection of the tampering.
[0028] In an embodiment, the system within the scope of this application it is expressly envisaged that the various aspects, embodiments, examples and alternatives set out in the preceding paragraphs, in the claims and/or in the following description and drawings, and in particular the individual features thereof, may be taken independently or in any combination. Features described in connection with one embodiment are applicable to all embodiments, unless such features are incompatible.
[0029] Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the inventive subject matter will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like components.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0030] The diagrams are for illustration only, which thus is not a limitation of the present disclosure, and wherein:
[0031] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary module representation of a system for tracking and monitoring users in a region of interest (ROI) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0032] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary flow diagram representation of a method for tracking and monitoring users in a region of interest (ROI) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0033] FIG. 3 illustrates an overall architecture of the proposed system for tracking and monitoring users in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0034] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary representation of a wearable device of the proposed system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0035] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary implementation of the proposed system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0036] FIG. 6 illustrates a computer system in which or with which embodiments of the present invention can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0037] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0038] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0039] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, and firmware and/or by human operators.
[0040] Various terms as used herein are shown below. To the extent a term used in a claim is not defined below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in the pertinent art have given that term as reflected in printed publications and issued patents at the time of filing.
[0041] The present disclosure relates to security and monitoring systems and/or devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a system and method for tracking and monitoring location of users in a region of interest (ROI) by implementing wearable devices and multiple embedded communication technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, location based service (LBS), radio-frequency identification (RFID) module, near field communication (NFC) etc.
[0042] An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a system for monitoring at least one user in a region of interest. The system includes: at least one wearable device that is attached to the at least one user present in the ROI, and the at least one wearable device includes a signalling unit that can generate a first set of signals at configurable time intervals; and a computing device that can be operatively coupled to the at least one wearable device through a communication network. The computing device includes one or more processors and a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to: track, using a tracking engine that is configured in the computing device, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals that are selected from the first set of signals; and generate, through the at least one wearable device, in real-time, a third signal when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
[0043] Another aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a method for monitoring at least one user in a region of interest (ROI). The method includes steps of: generating a first set of signals at configurable time intervals, by using a signalling unit of at least one wearable device that can be attached to the at least one user present in the ROI; tracking, by using a tracking engine configured in a computing device, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals selected from the first set of signals; and generating, through the at least one wearable device, a third signal, in real-time, when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
[0044] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary module representation of a system for tracking and monitoring users in a region of interest (ROI) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0045] According to an embodiment, the system 100 can include one or more processor(s) 102. The one or more processor(s) 102 can be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s) 102 are configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory 104 of the system 100. The memory 104 can store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines, which can be fetched and executed to create or share the data units over a network service. The memory 104 can include any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory, and the like.
[0046] Various components /units of the proposed system 100 can be implemented as a combination of hardware and programming (for example, programmable instructions) to implement their one or more functionalities as elaborated further themselves or using processors 102. In examples described herein, such combinations of hardware and programming may be implemented in several different ways. For example, the programming for the units may be processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the hardware for units may include a processing resource (for example, one or more processors), to execute such instructions. In the present examples, the machine-readable storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processing resource, implements the various units. In such examples, the system 100 may include the machine-readable storage medium storing the instructions and the processing resource to execute the instructions, or the machine-readable storage medium may be separate but accessible to the system 100 and the processing resource. In other examples, the units may be implemented by electronic circuitry. A database 120 may include data that is either stored or generated as a result of functionalities implemented by any of the other components /units of the proposed system 100.
[0047] In an embodiment, the system 100 for monitoring at least one user in the region of interest (ROI) is disclosed. The system 100 includes: at least one wearable device 114 that can be attached to the at least one user present in the ROI; and a computing device 106 that can be operatively coupled to the at least one wearable device 114. The at least one wearable device 114 can include a signalling unit 116 that can generate a first set of signals at configurable time intervals. The computing device 106 can include the one or more processors 102 and the memory that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors 102. The memory 104 storing computer implemented instructions which when executed by the one or more processors 102 to: track, using a tracking engine 108 configured in the computing device 106, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device 114 and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals selected from the first set of signals; and generate, through the at least one wearable device 114, in real-time, a third signal when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
[0048] In an exemplary embodiment, the information corresponding to the predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations can be stored in the database 120 operatively coupled to the computing device 106. The predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations can also be changed on the fly as per user requirements.
[0049] In an embodiment, the computing device 106 can be configured to: detect, through a tamper detection unit 110 of the computing device 106, tampering of the at least one wearable device 114 when the at least one user attempts to tamper the at least one wearable device 114; and generate a fourth signal upon detection of the tampering.
[0050] In an embodiment, the at least one wearable device 114 can include any or a combination of a Bluetooth low energy (BLE), Wi-Fi, near field communication (NFC) module, satellite navigation module, ZigBee, location-based service (LBS) and radio-frequency identification (RFID) module.
[0051] In an exemplary embodiment, the satellite navigation module can include any or a combination of a global positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou, Galileo and Indian regional navigation satellite system (IRNSS).
[0052] In an exemplary embodiment, the system 100 can include one or more sensing devices 118 that can be placed at a plurality of geographical locations in the ROI. The one or more sensing device can be operatively coupled to the at least one wearable device 114 and the computing device 106. The one or more sensing devices 118 can be configured to sense the at least one wearable device 114 based on generation of the first set of signals; and sense a presence of the at least one user in the ROI.
[0053] In an exemplary embodiment, the one or more sensing devices 118 can be selected from any or a combination of a beacon device, camera, proximity sensor and motion sensor.
[0054] In an embodiment, the computing device 106 can include a display unit 112. The computing device 106 can be configured to display, on the display unit 112, the tracked real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device 114 and the at least one user in the ROI. This can enable any remote user associated with the computing device 106 to track and monitor movements of the at least one user in the ROI.
[0055] In an exemplary embodiment, the display unit 112 can include any or a combination of a user interface and dashboard.
[0056] In an embodiment, the computing device 106 can be configured to group users present in the ROI into multiple groups to enable monitoring and tracking of each group of users either individually or collectively.
[0057] In an embodiment, the ROI can be a particular location (such as home, office, shopping mall etc. other places) that can be selected by the user.
[0058] In an embodiment, the computing device 106 can be configured to allow the remote user to pinpoint users in the ROI when the at least one user in the ROI does any suspicious activity. The remote user can communicate with the at least one user in the ROI using the computing device 106 and the at least one wearable device 114 respectively in order to send alarm or notification to the at least one user. The alarm or notification can be through generation of audio signals, light signals etc.
[0059] In an exemplary embodiment, the “unit”, “engine” and “device” disclosed in the present disclosure can include one or more transceivers, filters, amplifiers, signal conditioners, encoders, decoders, A/D converters, D/A converters, microcontrollers, processors, microprocessors, integrators, differentiators, microcomputers, memory devices, various well known communication modules, input/output transducers, computing devices, feedback controllers, modulators, demodulators, noise/interference suppressing modules, transmitting antennas, receiving antennas etc. that are known in the art. The “unit”, “engine” and “device” can implement various network/communication protocols to enable data transfer among the multiple units.
[0060] It would be appreciated that although the proposed system 100 has been elaborated as above to include all the main units, it is conceivable that actual implementations are well within the scope of the present disclosure, which can include without any limitation, only a part of the proposed units or a combination of those or a division of those into sub-units in various combinations across multiple devices that can be operatively coupled with each other, including in the cloud. Further, the units can be configured in any sequence to achieve objectives elaborated. Also, it can be appreciated that proposed system 100 can be configured in a computing device or across a plurality of computing devices operatively connected with each other, wherein the computing devices can be any of a computer, a laptop, a smart phone, an Internet enabled mobile device and the like. Therefore, all possible modifications, implementations and embodiments of where and how the proposed system 100 is configured are well within the scope of the present invention.
[0061] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary flow diagram representation of a method for tracking and monitoring users in a region of interest (ROI) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0062] In an aspect, the method 200 as elaborated hereunder can be described in general context of computer executable instructions. Generally, computer executable instructions can include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, procedures, modules, functions, etc., that perform particular functions or implement particular abstract data types. The method 200 can also be practiced in a distributed computing environment where functions are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, computer executable instructions may be located in both local and remote computer storage media, including memory storage devices.
[0063] According to an embodiment, the method 200 can include steps of: at a step 202, generating, by using a signalling unit of at least one wearable device attached to at least one user present in the ROI, a first set of signals at configurable time intervals; and at a step 204, tracking, by using a tracking engine configured in a computing device, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals selected from the first set of signals.
[0064] In an embodiment, the method 200 can include steps of: at a step 206, generating, through the at least one wearable device, a third signal, in real-time, when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
[0065] In an embodiment, the method 200 can include steps of: detecting, through a tamper detection unit of the computing device, tampering of the wearable device when the at least one user attempts to tamper the at least one wearable device; and generating, by the tamper detecting unit, a fourth signal upon detection of the tampering.
[0066] In an exemplary embodiment, the method 200 can include steps of: sensing, by one or more sensing devices, he at least one wearable device based on generation of the first set of signals; and sensing, by the one or more sensing devices, a presence of the at least one user in the ROI.
[0067] In an exemplary embodiment, the method 200 can include a step of displaying, on a display unit of the computing device, the tracked real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI.
[0068] FIG. 3 illustrates an overall architecture of the proposed system for tracking and monitoring users in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0069] Although the present subject matter is explained considering that the proposed system 312 is implemented as an application on a server 310, it may be understood that the proposed tracking system 312 may also be implemented in a variety of computing systems, such as a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a notebook, a workstation, a server, a network server, a cloud-based environment and the like.
[0070] In an embodiment, the proposed tracking system 312 can be operatively coupled to a website and so be operable from any Internet enabled computing device. Examples of the computing devices 314 may include, but are not limited to, a portable computer, a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, and a workstation. The computing devices 314 are communicatively coupled to the proposed tracking system 312.
[0071] As shown in Fig. 3, users 302-1, 302-2, 302-N (can be collectively or individually referred as 302) can wear wearable devices 304-1, 304-2, 304-N (can be collectively or individually referred as 304). The wearable device 304 can track location of the users or wearers 302. The wearable device 304 can be worn by a child and having wearable technology, wearable, fashionable technology, wearable devices, tech togs, or fashion electronics embedded in them. The wearable device 304 can be smart electronic devices (electronic device with microcontrollers) that can be worn on the body as implant or accessories. In an embodiment, the wearable devices 304 of the users 302 can be operatively connected to the sensing devices 306-1, 306-2...306-N (can be collectively or individually referred as 306). The sensing devices can be configured to sense presence of the users 302 and sense whether the wearable device 304 is attached to the user 302 or not.
[0072] In an embodiment, the wearable device 304 of the user 302 can be operatively connected or coupled to the proposed tracking system 312 through a network 308.
[0073] In an embodiment, the wearable device 304 can be configured with multiple embedded communication technologies or tracking technologies. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication technologies or tracking technologies can be selected from any or combination of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth low energy (BLE), location based service (LBS), radio-frequency identification (RFID), and near field communication (NFC).
[0074] In an embodiment, the admin 316 (hereinafter interchangeably referred as “administrator” or “user”) can track or monitor the wearer 302 through the wearable device 304 by using a user interface (such as dashboard, etc.) of the computing device 314 or computing device 314 or an admin computer 314. In another aspect, the admin 316 can create or form a group of wearers and track them either individually or collectively.
[0075] In one implementation, the network 308 can be a wireless network, a wired network or a combination thereof. The network 308 can be implemented as one of the different types of networks, such as intranet, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), the internet, and the like. Further, the network 308 may be either a dedicated network or a shared network. The shared network represents an association of the different types of networks that use a variety of protocols, for example, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and the like, to communicate with one another. Further, the network 308 can include a variety of network devices, including routers, bridges, servers, computing devices, storage devices, and the like.
[0076] As discussed, the computing device 314 (which may include multiple devices in communication in a hard-wired or wireless format) may include at least one of the following: a mobile wireless device, a smart phone, a mobile computing device, a wireless device, a hard-wired device, a network device, a docking device, a personal computer, a laptop computer, a pad computer, a personal digital assistant, a wearable device, a remote computing device, a server, a functional computing device, or any combination thereof. While, in one preferred and non-limiting embodiment, the primary computing device 314 is a smart phone (which may include the appropriate hardware and software components to implement the various described functions), it is also envisioned that the computing device 314 be any suitable computing device configured, programmed, or adapted to perform one or more of the functions of the described system.
[0077] The computing device 314 can be a computer that executes an activity tracking application (APP). The computing device 314 can take on any form, so long as it can process information, load and execute an application, and can communicate wirelessly with the activity tracking device. For example, purposes, the computing device 314 can be a computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop, a desktop, a watch computer, glasses computer, or any device having access to memory and processing power. In certain embodiments, the wearable device 304 may track one or more motions of an employee throughout the day.
[0078] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary representation of a wearable device of the proposed system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0079] As shown in FIG.4, the wearable device 414 can be configured with plurality of communication technology. The communication technology can be selected from any or combination of a Bluetooth 402, wireless fidelity (WI-FI) 404, near field communication (NFC) 406, global positioning system (GPS) 408, ZigBee 410 and RFID 412.
[0080] In an exemplary embodiment, the satellite communication can be used as communication technology. The satellite communication is one of the wireless technologies, which is widely spread all over the world allowing users to stay connected virtually anywhere on the Earth. The Satellites used in this mode of communication, communicate directly with the orbiting satellites via radio signals. Portable satellite phones and modems have more powerful broadcasting abilities than the cellular devices as they have high range, apart from being more expensive in terms of cost, than their counterparts.
[0081] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary implementation of the proposed system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0082] In an embodiment, the sensing devices (not shown in FIG. 5) can be located in the particular location which user wants to track. For example, if the employers want to track employees then he can locate sensing device in workstation, cafeteria, conference room etc. The sensing devices can sense a location of the one or more users/wearers 502-1, 502-2, 502-3, 502-4, 502-5, 502-N (can be collectively or individually referred as 502).
[0083] In an embodiment, the sensing devices can be connected wired or wirelessly with one or more wearable devices 504-1, 504-2, 504-3, 504-4, 504-5, 504-N (can be collectively or individually referred as 504) and computing device 512 of the admin 514. For example, the sensing devices can sense the location of the user 502-1 through wearable device 504-1and send the same information to the computing device 512.
[0084] In an exemplary embodiment, the camera (not shown in fig) can be located in the cafeteria of the office and the camera capture user 1 502-4 and user 2 502-2. The camera can send the information to the tracking system 310. After tracking the location, the display or user interface of the computing device 512 can display the location of the users 502-2 and 502-4 in the cafeteria so the admin 514 can track them.
[0085] In another exemplary embodiment, the conference room can have proximity sensor so based on sensing the location of the user, the admin 514 can be notified on the user interface of the computing device 512.
[0086] As shown in FIG. 5, the user 3 502-3 can be located in the conference room. The user 1 502-1 and user 5 502-5 can be located in a room 506.
[0087] In an exemplary embodiment, if the admin 514 can pinpoint or locate a particular wearer 502 (for some suspicious activity). For example, if the user 502 trespasses any unauthorized area and as the admin 514 detects that the user has trespassed the unauthorized area. As the admin 514 wants to talk to him, he selects the wearer’s wearable device 504 by using his admin dashboard on his computer 512, and as a consequence said chosen device 504 can be configured to start generating an audible alarm or glowing.
[0088] In an embodiment, the wearable device 504 may further include a battery, a microphone, a speaker, a display or touch screen, random access memory (RAM), a tri-axis accelerometer, an altimeter, a flash storage, a tri-axis magnetometer, a tri-axis gyroscope, a global positioning system (GPS unit), a digital altimeter circuit, an input/output (I/O) interface, such as a universal serial bus (USB) port, a light emitting diode (LED), or any combination or variations thereof.
[0089] In an embodiment, the wearable device 504 typically includes a communications interface that allows the wearable device to communicate with other computing devices, either directly (e.g., via a wire connection protocol such as USB and/or a wireless protocol such as Bluetooth) or via one or more networks (e.g., via the Internet). For example, the wearable device 504 may include a wireless transceiver capable of communicating with one or more cellular networks. Alternatively, or in addition to, the wearable device 504 may include a wireless transceiver capable of communicating with one or more other networks or external devices. For example, the wearable device 504 may include a wireless transceiver configured to communicate via the IEEE 802.11 standard (Wi-Fi) to connect to network access points coupled to one or more networks (e.g., local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs) such as the internet, etc.). In this respect, network may be any one or combination of networks interconnecting various network accessible devices including, but not limited to, any one or combination of LANs, WANs, the internet, private networks, personal networks, etc.
[0090] In an embodiment, the wearable device 504 may include one or more sensors that monitor any one or combination of activities. For example, the wearable device 504 may include an odometer configured to monitor user locomotion to obtain activity data indicative of the distance travelled by the user using human locomotion. According to some embodiments, an odometer includes one or more inertial sensors (e.g., accelerometers, gyroscopes, etc.) configured to sense accelerative movement, for example, steps taken by the wearer. Such step counters are common and readily available consumer activity tracking devices, providing activity data in the form of a step count and/or as a distance travelled by the user derived from the step count (e.g., using an average stride length or an actual stride length of the individual obtained as an input by the user or computed using other means).
[0091] In an embodiment, the wearable device 504 can include electronic components enclosed inside the wearable device 504, which include a wireless connection module that enables connection with the computing device 514.
[0092] It may be appreciated that, the wearable device, wearable, fashionable technology, wearable devices, tech togs, or fashion electronics are smart electronic devices (electronic device with micro-controllers) that can be worn on the body as implants or accessories.
[0093] In an embodiment, the wearable device 504 can be a ring or fit band or wristband or smart helmet and like.
[0094] It should be appreciated that the wearable device 504 may include any one or combination of sensors, measurement devices, or other technologies capable of tracking activity, as the techniques described herein are not limited for use with any particular type of activity tracking device or any particular type of activity. As discussed above, activity tracking devices configured to monitor more than one type of activity may use the different metrics obtained together to provide a richer set of activity data.
[0095] FIG. 6 illustrates a computer system in which or with which embodiments of the present invention can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0096] As shown in FIG. 6, computer system includes an external storage device 610, a bus 620, a main memory 630, a read only memory 640, a mass storage device 650, communication port 660, and a processor 670. A person skilled in the art will appreciate that computer system may include more than one processor and communication ports. Examples of processor 670 include, but are not limited to, an Intel® Itanium® or Itanium 2 processor(s), or AMD® Opteron® or Athlon MP® processor(s), Motorola® lines of processors, FortiSOC™ system on a chip processors or other future processors. Processor 670 may include various modules associated with embodiments of the present invention. Communication port 660 can be any of an RS-232 port for use with a modem-based dialup connection, a 10/100 Ethernet port, a Gigabit or 10 Gigabit port using copper or fibre, a serial port, a parallel port, or other existing or future ports. Communication port 660 may be chosen depending on a network, such a Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), or any network to which computer system connects.
[0097] Memory 630 can be Random Access Memory (RAM), or any other dynamic storage device commonly known in the art. Read only memory 640 can be any static storage device(s) e.g., but not limited to, a Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM) chips for storing static information e.g., start-up or BIOS instructions for processor 670. Mass storage 650 may be any current or future mass storage solution, which can be used to store information and/or instructions. Exemplary mass storage solutions include, but are not limited to, Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drives or solid-state drives (internal or external, e.g., having Universal Serial Bus (USB) and/or Firewire interfaces), e.g. those available from Seagate (e.g., the Seagate Barracuda 7200 family) or Hitachi (e.g., the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000), one or more optical discs, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage, e.g. an array of disks (e.g., SATA arrays), available from various vendors including Dot Hill Systems Corp., LaCie, Nexsan Technologies, Inc. and Enhance Technology, Inc.
[0098] Bus 620 communicatively couples processor(s) 670 with the other memory, storage and communication blocks. Bus 620 can be, e.g. a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) / PCI Extended (PCI-X) bus, Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), USB or the like, for connecting expansion cards, drives and other subsystems as well as other buses, such a front side bus (FSB), which connects processor 670 to software system.
[0099] Optionally, operator and administrative interfaces, e.g. a display, keyboard, and a cursor control device, may also be coupled to bus 620 to support direct operator interaction with computer system. Other operator and administrative interfaces can be provided through network connections connected through communication port 660. External storage device 610 can be any kind of external hard-drives, floppy drives, IOMEGA® Zip Drives, Compact Disc - Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), Compact Disc - Re-Writable (CD-RW), Digital Video Disk - Read Only Memory (DVD-ROM). Components described above are meant only to exemplify various possibilities. In no way should the aforementioned exemplary computer system limit the scope of the present disclosure.
[00100] Thus, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes illustrating systems and methods embodying this invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may be carried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicated logic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by the entity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular named.
[00101] As used herein, and unless the context dictates otherwise, the term "coupled to" is intended to include both direct coupling (in which two elements that are coupled to each other contact each other)and indirect coupling (in which at least one additional element is located between the two elements). Therefore, the terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are used synonymously. Within the context of this document terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are also used euphemistically to mean “communicatively coupled with” over a network, where two or more devices are able to exchange data with each other over the network, possibly via one or more intermediary device.
[00102] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.

ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[00103] The present disclosure provides a system with one or more wearable devices to track, communicate and alert users.
[00104] The present disclosure provides a simple, secure and effective system and method to enable real-time tracking of multiple users in order to prevent suspicious activities.
[00105] The present disclosure provides a tracking system and method to provide notifications to an administrator or user to find and monitor person or object at a particular location.
[00106] The present disclosure provides a precise and efficient wearable device configured to determine whether the wearer is removing/tampering the device with enhanced safety and intelligence.
,CLAIMS:1. A system for monitoring at least one user in a region of interest (ROI), the system comprising:
at least one wearable device attached to the at least one user present in the ROI, wherein the at least one wearable device comprises a signalling unit that generates a first set of signals at configurable time intervals; and
a computing device operatively coupled to the at least one wearable device through a communication network, the computing device comprises one or more processors and a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
track, using a tracking engine configured in the computing device, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals selected from the first set of signals; and
generate, through the at least one wearable device, in real-time, a third signal when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computing device is configured to:
detect, through a tamper detection unit of the computing device, tampering of the at least one wearable device when the at least one user attempts to tamper the at least one wearable device; and
generate a fourth signal upon detection of the tampering.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable device comprises any or a combination of a Bluetooth low energy (BLE), Wi-Fi, near field communication (NFC) module, satellite navigation module, ZigBee, location-based service (LBS) and radio-frequency identification (RFID) module.
4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the satellite navigation module comprises any or a combination of a global positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou, Galileo and Indian regional navigation satellite system (IRNSS).
5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprises one or more sensing devices placed at a plurality of geographical locations in the ROI, and operatively coupled to the at least one wearable device and the computing device, and wherein the one or more sensing devices configured to sense the at least one wearable device based on generation of the first set of signals; and sense a presence of the at least one user in the ROI.
6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the one or more sensing devices are selected from any or a combination of a beacon device, camera, proximity sensor and motion sensor.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a display unit, the computing device is configured to display, on the display unit, the tracked real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI.
8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the display unit comprises any or a combination of a user interface and dashboard.
9. A method for monitoring at least one user in a region of interest (ROI), the method comprising steps of:
generating, by using a signalling unit of at least one wearable device attached to the at least one user present in the ROI, a first set of signals at configurable time intervals;
tracking, by using a tracking engine configured in a computing device, real-time geographical location of the at least one wearable device and the at least one user in the ROI respectively based on processing of a second set of signals selected from the first set of signals; and
generating, through the at least one wearable device, a third signal, in real-time, when at least one of the second set of signals is determined to be representative of a latitude and longitude coordinate location that is beyond a predefined range of latitude and longitude coordinate locations that the at least one user is authorized in the ROI.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the method comprises steps of: detecting, through a tamper detection unit of the computing device, tampering of the wearable device when the at least one user attempts to tamper the at least one wearable device; and generating, by the tamper detecting unit, a fourth signal upon detection of the tampering.