IT202100021032A1 - Communication system with increased sensitivity - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

Attached to a patent application for INDUSTRIAL INVENTION having the title

?Sensitivity communication system? increased?

The present invention relates to a sensitivity communication system? increased.

The ?Augmented Senses? (AS) ? a methodology that extends the mode? of communication between systems through the use of physical phenomena not detectable by human beings.

This technology is based on the integration of sensors, IoT (Internet of Things) and wearable electronics, growing fields recently fueled by some really interesting innovations.

Specifically, for example, these are assisted driving technologies related to safety and sustainable forms of transport (scooters, bicycles, wheelchairs, etc.), so that even more users? vulnerable people can benefit in the context of urban commuting.

This technology can be otherwise? apply to other cases, such as outdoor sports (snowboarding, rock climbing, etc.) where users need to be very careful about what? they are doing and not be distracted by technological interactions.

In general, the term AS refers to systems capable of communicating with each other using physical phenomena that cannot be perceived by the human senses.

With the term proximity communication? instead it means the communication between two devices close to each other (typically from a few mm to a few meters).

The main techniques used to create a proximity communication? I am:

? Bluetooth;

? Beacons (using bluetooth technology);

? QR Code;

? NFC (Near Field Communication);

? Geofencing.

Each of these techniques has advantages and disadvantages, for example the QRCode requires the user to perform an action and the communication flow? unidirectional (the user can read the information of the QRCode but cannot send information to the QRcode).

Geofencing, on the other hand, does not have many uses indoors because it is it is based on GPS location.

Among the most widely adopted techniques, those based on Bluetooth (Beacon) and NFC are more widespread.

The main problem with Beacon and NFC technologies is that they require an initial investment for the purchase and installation of specific devices such as beacons and/or NFC antennas.

Furthermore, in the case of use of NFC technology, only users with NFC devices can access the services.

Proximity communication? has found intensive use in the case of proximity marketing, i.e. marketing that plans to send information, discounts, promotions, etc. to user devices when those users are in close proximity? of a predetermined source, usually located in a point of sale that wants to send advertising messages to potential buyers who are in the vicinity of this point of sale.

From the above it is therefore noted that a proximity system? business suit ? a system that allows two devices of a communication system to communicate with each other by establishing a two-way communication, as occurs for example with Bluetooth technology).

Currently, as indicated above, the realization of bidirectional solutions requires a specific hardware investment.

Purpose of the present invention? therefore to propose a communication system to sensitivity? augmented that allows a communication of proximity? bidirectional between two devices, and which is at the same time simple to construct, thus overcoming the problems of the prior art.

This and other purposes are achieved with a sensitivity communication system? augmented whose characteristics are defined in claim 1.

Particular embodiments form the subject of the dependent claims, the content of which? to be understood as an integral part of this description.

Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear from the detailed description which follows, carried out purely by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the attached drawings, in which:

- figure 1 shows a figurative diagram of a system according to the present invention.

In summary, the system of the present invention is based on the use of physical quantities not perceptible by human beings.

In particular, sound waves of frequencies inaudible to the human ear are used as a method of transmitting information between two systems. The same result can be achieved using light signals.

In figure 1 ? shown is a figurative diagram of a system according to the present invention comprising a transmitter device T and a receiver device R.

As soon as the receiver R is within a certain distance D of the transmitter T, the receiver R automatically receives a message sent by the transmitter T.

The transmitter T, in an example not part of the present invention given by way of explanation, is equipped with a Beacon device and pu? radiate around s? a Bluetooh signal in mode? continues. This signal is acquired by the receiver R when it is within the distance D where the Bluetooth signal ? present.

However, this mechanism provides that the transmitter T installs one or more? beacon devices, which have different costs based on the strength of the transmitted signal.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, on the other hand, for sending signals between the transmitter T and the receiver R, physical quantities which cannot be recognized by humans are used, such as for example light signals or audio waves of particulars.

For example, light signals are ultraviolet or infrared signals, and waves are infrasound or ultrasound.

Advantageously, the transmitter T sends an audible message 10 inaudible to the human ear 12 which, perceived by a microphone 14 associated with the receiver R, is decoded and interpreted in a per se? known.

The system according to the present invention does not require dedicated equipment but coding and decoding software with an audio reproduction/acquisition system. Such encoding software ? by itself known.

The system can be applied for example in the field of home automation to put different devices in communication through environmental microphones.

In a variant of the invention, with the same principle with which a digital signal is converted into a sound wave inaudible to the human ear, the same can be done by converting a digital signal with a light wave not visible to the human eye but perceivable by a third party system.

Of course, the principle of the invention remaining the same, the embodiments and the details of construction can be widely varied with respect to what ? been described and illustrated purely by way of non-limiting example, without thereby departing from the scope of protection of the present invention defined by the attached claims.

Claims (3)

1. Sensitivity communication system? augmented comprising a transmitter (T) and a receiver (R), in which as soon as the receiver (R) is within a predetermined distance (D) from the transmitter (T), the receiver (R) ? configured to automatically receive a message sent by the transmitter (T), said message comprising physical quantities not recognizable by the human being. 2. System according to claim 1, wherein said physical quantities comprise a sound message inaudible to the human ear. 3. System according to claim 1, wherein said physical quantities comprise a light signal not visible to the human eye.