Tracking a moving entity
AssigneeTelecom Italia S.p.A.
InventorAntonio Manzalini
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Abstract
A tracking system for tracking the movement of a moving entity is provided. The tracking system comprises a tracking device configured to move together with the moving entity and provide data associated with the movement of the moving entity, and a detection module configured to, on the basis of the data associated with the movement of the moving entity, perform a detection process to detect an anomaly in the data, the detection process comprising a machine learning algorithm. The tracking system is further configured to, in case the anomaly is detected, issue an alert message to be processed at a control station.
Claims20
A tracking system for tracking movement of a moving object, the tracking system comprising:
- a tracking device comprising a processor, a transceiver, and a controller, wherein the tracking device moves together with the moving object and provides data associated with movement of the moving object, and wherein the processor is configured to:
- based on the data associated with the movement of the moving object, perform a detection process to detect an anomaly in the data, the detection process comprising a machine learning algorithm, wherein the machine learning algorithm is trained by computing a difference between an actual position of the moving object and an expected position of the moving object, for a number of predetermined time windows, and at one or more discrete sampling times,
- in case an anomaly is detected, issue an alert message;
- and
- using the transceiver, send the alert message to a control station;
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- control, by the control station, in response to receiving the alert message, the movement of the moving object by adjusting a route associated with the moving object.
A tracking device for tracking movement of a moving object, wherein the tracking device moves together with the moving object and comprises a processor, a transceiver, and a controller, wherein the processor is configured to:
- based on data associated with movement of the moving object, perform a detection process to detect an anomaly in the data;
- in case an anomaly is detected, issue an alert message;
- connect the tracking device with a mobile communication network;
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- using the transceiver, send the alert message, via the mobile communication network, to a control station,
- wherein the detection process comprises a machine learning algorithm, wherein the machine learning algorithm is trained by computing a difference between an actual position of the moving object and an expected position of the moving object, for a number of predetermined time windows, and at one or more discrete sampling times;
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- control, by the control station, in response to receiving the alert message, the movement of the moving object by adjusting a route associated with the moving object.
A method for tracking movement of a moving object, the method comprising, at a tracking system comprising a tracking device comprising a processor, a transceiver, and a controller, wherein the tracking device moves together with the moving object:
- providing data associated with movement of the moving object;
- performing a detection process to detect an anomaly in the data, the detection process comprising a machine learning algorithm, wherein the machine learning algorithm is trained by computing a difference between an actual position of the moving object and an expected position of the moving object, for a number of predetermined time windows, and at one or more discrete sampling times;
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- in case an anomaly is detected:
- issuing an alert message, by the processor, to be processed at a control station;
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- sending the alert message to the control station using the transceiver, wherein the control station, based on receiving the alert message, controls the movement of the moving object by adjusting a route associated with the movement of the moving object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.