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US 12,562,040 B2Granted
System and method to detect device during ambient sensors
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorShailendra Singh
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Abstract
A system for detecting tampering of an item during transit from a source to a destination. The system includes a processor which receives a plurality of measurements of the environment surrounding the item during transit and detects at least one anomaly in the plurality of measurements. When the at least one anomaly is detected, it is compared with the expected measurement at the location and/or time and if the comparison shows a degree of difference that is greater than a predetermined threshold that indicates the item may have been tampered with during transit, the system and method performs an action to disable the item.
Claims20
A system for detecting tampering of an item during transit from a source to a destination, the system comprising:
- a memory configured to store:
- ambient sensor data associated with the item;
- a first expected measurement associated with the item at a first predetermined timestamp during the transit;
- a second expected measurement associated with the item at a second predetermined timestamp during the transit;
- and
- a third expected measurement associated with the item at a third predetermined timestamp during the transit;
- and
- a processor operably coupled to the memory and configured to:
- receive from the item, ambient sensor data, wherein the ambient sensor data comprises:
- a first measurement of an environment surrounding the item at the first timestamp;
- a second measurement of the environment surrounding the item at the second timestamp;
- and
- a third measurement of the environment surrounding the item at the third timestamp;
- wherein the first measurement, the second measurement, and the third measurement measure at least one of an amount of light in the environment surrounding the item or an amount of sound in the environment surrounding the item;
- detect at least one anomaly in the ambient sensor data, wherein the at least one anomaly occurs when the first measurement is different from the first expected measurement at the first predetermined timestamp, the second measurement is different from the second expected measurement at the second predetermined timestamp, or the third measurement is different from the third expected measurement at the third predetermined timestamp;
- in response to detecting the at least one anomaly, determine a degree of difference between any of the first measurement and the first expected measurement, the second measurement and the second expected measurement, and the third measurement and the third expected measurement;
- and
- perform an action to disable the item when the determined degree of difference is greater than a predetermined threshold indicating that the item has been tampered in transit from the source to the destination.
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A method for detecting tampering of an item during transit, comprising:
- receiving from the item, ambient sensor data, wherein the ambient sensor data comprises:
- a first measurement of an environment surrounding the item at a first predetermined timestamp during the transit;
- a second measurement of the environment surrounding the item at a second predetermined timestamp during the transit;
- and
- a third measurement of the environment surrounding the item at a third predetermined timestamp during the transit;
- wherein the first measurement, the second measurement, and the third measurement measure at least one of an amount of light in the environment surrounding the item or an amount of sound in the environment surrounding the item;
- retrieving from a memory:
- a first expected measurement associated with the item at the first predetermined timestamp;
- a second expected measurement associated with the item at the second predetermined timestamp;
- and
- a third expected measurement associated with the item at the third predetermined timestamp;
- detecting at least one anomaly in the ambient sensor data, wherein the at least one anomaly occurs when the first measurement is different from the first expected measurement at the first predetermined timestamp, the second measurement is different from the second expected measurement at the second predetermined timestamp, or the third measurement is different from the third expected measurement at the third predetermined timestamp;
- in response to detecting the at least one anomaly, determining a degree of difference between any of the first measurement and the first expected measurement, the second measurement and the second expected measurement, and the third measurement and the third expected measurement;
- and
- performing an action to disable the item when the determined degree of difference is greater than a predetermined threshold indicating that the item has been tampered in transit from a source to a destination.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive from an item, ambient sensor data, wherein the ambient sensor data comprises:
- a first measurement of an environment surrounding the item during a transit at a first predetermined timestamp;
- a second measurement of the environment surrounding the item during the transit at a second predetermined timestamp;
- and
- a third measurement of the environment surrounding the item during the transit at a third predetermined timestamp;
- wherein the first measurement, the second measurement, and the third measurement measure at least one of an amount of light in the environment surrounding the item or an amount of sound in the environment surrounding the item;
- retrieve from a memory:
- a first expected measurement associated with the item at the first predetermined timestamp;
- a second expected measurement associated with the item at the second predetermined timestamp;
- and
- a third expected measurement associated with the item at the third predetermined timestamp;
- detect at least one anomaly in the ambient sensor data, wherein the at least one anomaly occurs when the first measurement is different from the first expected measurement at the first predetermined timestamp, the second measurement is different from the second expected measurement at the second predetermined timestamp, or the third measurement is different from the third expected measurement at the third predetermined timestamp;
- in response to detecting the at least one anomaly, determine a degree of difference between any of the first measurement and the first expected measurement, the second measurement and the second expected measurement, and the third measurement and the third expected measurement;
- and
- perform an action to disable the item when the determined degree of difference is greater than a predetermined threshold indicating that the item has been tampered in transit from a source to a destination.
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