阅读说明：本技术 智能设备和智能追踪系统 (Intelligent device and intelligent tracking system ) 是由 林志坚 周家文 黄益航 郑庭伟 王贤龙 黄荣源 于 2017-12-12 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种智能设备,包括：对该智能设备获取的数据进行区块链处理的区块链应用模块,该智能设备用于将经区块链处理后的数据发送给区块链数据系统。一种智能追踪系统,包括所述智能设备以及区块链数据系统,该区块链数据系统包括若干区块链节点,每一区块链节点用于接收和存储所述智能设备发来的经区块链处理后的数据的副本。(kinds of intelligent equipment comprises a block chain application module for processing the data acquired by the intelligent equipment by block chains, wherein the intelligent equipment is used for sending the data processed by the block chains to a block chain data system, and kinds of intelligent tracking systems comprise the intelligent equipment and the block chain data system, wherein the block chain data system comprises a plurality of block chain nodes, and each block chain node is used for receiving and storing the copy of the data processed by the block chains and sent by the intelligent equipment.)

An intelligent device of type, comprising:

a block chain application module for performing block chain processing on the data acquired by the intelligent device,

and the intelligent equipment is used for sending the data processed by the block chain to a block chain data system.

2. The smart device of claim 1, wherein the smart device sends the blockchain processed data to the blockchain data system through at least of the internet, a cellular network, a bluetooth low energy wireless network, a satellite.

3. The smart device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the smart device further comprises a tag uniquely associated with the smart device for automatically and periodically transmitting a signal, the signal being a bluetooth low energy signal for transmission and reception over a bluetooth low energy network.

4. The smart device of claim 2 or 3, wherein the smart device further comprises a global navigation satellite system module for location tracking of the smart device via a global navigation satellite system.

5. The smart device of any further comprising an entity lock for releasably securing the smart device to an object, the entity lock being in electronic communication with the smart device.

6. The smart device of any , wherein at least portions of the data acquired by the smart device are provided to the smart device from at least sensors in communication with the smart device.

7. The smart device of any wherein the blockchain module is provided in of a micro-control chip of the smart device, a memory chip of the smart device, and a separate micro-processing chip within the smart device.

8, kinds of intelligent tracking system, characterized by, include:

the smart device of any of the preceding claims, and

a blockchain data system comprising a plurality of blockchain nodes, each of the blockchain nodes configured to receive and store a copy of blockchain processed data transmitted from the smart device.

9. The intelligent tracking system of claim 8, further comprising at least sensors in communication with the smart device, the at least sensors being configured to provide at least portions of the data acquired by the smart device.

10. The intelligent tracking system as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein each blockchain node of at least blockchain nodes of the number of blockchain nodes is maintained by different counterparties of the number of counterparties in a business transaction using the intelligent tracking system.

11. The intelligent tracking system of any of claims 8-10, wherein blockchain processed data in the blockchain data system is configured to be accessible only by authorized parties.

A trading financial platform of claim 12, , comprising the intelligent tracking system of any of claims 8 to 11, wherein the intelligent device is attached to a good involved in a transaction processed using the trading financial platform, the intelligent device being configured to automatically determine at least of the location and security of the good and to periodically blockchain process data of the good and send the blockchain processed data to the blockchain data system.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an intelligent device and an intelligent tracking system, and more particularly, to intelligent devices and intelligent tracking systems for logistics management and trade finance.

Background

Although such security and location tracking systems can be deployed in a form that successfully secures and tracks the transportation of goods and other assets by preventing physical tampering with the transported objects, there is still a possibility that the communication between the smart devices and the data system is electronically tampered and the information stored within the data system is altered.

Disclosure of Invention

According to , kinds of smart devices are provided, including a blockchain application module for performing blockchain processing on data acquired by the smart device, and the smart device is configured to send the blockchain processed data to a blockchain data system.

The smart device may be configured to send the blockchain processed data to the blockchain data system via at least of the internet, a cellular network, a bluetooth low energy wireless network, a satellite.

The smart device may also include an -only tag associated with the smart device for automatically and periodically transmitting signals that are bluetooth low energy signals for transmission and reception via the bluetooth low energy network.

The smart device may also include a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module to perform location tracking of the smart device via a GNSS.

The smart device may also include an entity lock for releasably securing the smart device to an object, the entity lock being in electronic communication with the smart device.

At least portions of the data acquired by the smart device may be provided to the smart device from at least sensors in communication with the smart device.

The blockchain module may be provided in as a micro control chip for the smart device, a memory chip for the smart device, and a separate micro processing chip within the smart device.

According to a second aspect, intelligent tracking systems are provided, including the intelligent device of the above aspect, and a blockchain data system including a number of blockchain nodes, each blockchain node being configured to receive and store a copy of blockchain processed data sent from the intelligent device.

The intelligent tracking system may also include at least sensors in communication with the smart device for providing at least portions of the data acquired by the smart device.

Each blockchain node of at least blockchain nodes of the number of blockchain nodes may be maintained by different counterparties of the number of counterparties in a business transaction using the intelligent tracking system.

The data processed by the block chain in the block chain data system can be set to be only accessed by authorized parties.

According to a third aspect there is provided trade financial platforms including the intelligent tracking system of the second aspect wherein the intelligent device is attached to a good involved in a transaction processed by the trade financial platform, the intelligent device being arranged to automatically determine at least of the location and security of the good and to periodically blockchain process data of the good and send the blockchain processed data to the blockchain data system.

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In order that the invention may be fully understood and readily put into practical effect, there shall now be described by way of non-limitative example only exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The description makes reference to the following illustrative figures.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a smart device and a smart tracking system.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of blockchain data acquired by the smart device of the smart tracking system in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

Referring now to fig. 1 and 2, an exemplary embodiment of the smart device 10 and the smart tracking system 100 is described.

As shown in FIG. 1, an intelligent tracking system 100 (hereinafter "system 100") generally includes a blockchain data system 50 and at least intelligent devices 10 for communicating with the blockchain data system 50. the intelligent devices 10 may communicate with the blockchain data system 50 via the Internet, a cellular network such as GPRS, 3G, 4G, or NB-IoT, a Bluetooth low energy wireless network, or a communication means 90 such as a satellite.

The smart device 10 may be provided with a physical lock for releasably securing the smart device 10 to an object (not shown). The physical lock is preferably in electronic communication with the smart device 10 and is also preferably used to detect and record whether the smart device 10 is in a locked or unlocked state.

Alternatively, the smart device 10 may include a low cost active RFID beacon tag 20. the tag 20 continuously and periodically automatically transmits Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals, i.e., Industrial, scientific, medical (ISM) signals in the 2.4GHz short range radio frequency band that are transmitted and received via a Bluetooth Low energy wireless personal area network (BLE). The tag 20 has a long battery life, e.g., for up to five years without charging or replacing the battery.A tag 20 is preferably powered by a small lithium-ion battery.A message transmitted by the transmitted signal includes only a identification number for the smart device 10, but may also include any other electronically stored information that is actually needed, such as the date and time of each power-up and power-down of the smart device 10. the tag 20 typically has a transmitted signal range including a radius range of up to 50 m.in a preferred embodiment, the cost of the tag 20 is low enough to be commercially available for times for disposal or times for use.A tag 20 is preferably disposed within a housing of the above-described embodiment of the smart device 10.

Each transceiver 40 may take on of various forms including, but not limited to, a fixed device, a smart phone, a tablet, a handheld device, a wearable computing device, a wireless handset, a pager, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a gaming device, a media player, a headset computer, a wireless router, etc. each transceiver 40 may include a display and a touch sensitive surface and/or buttons for user input.

The receiving transmitter 40 may provide the user with options to select, controls to activate, and/or cursors or other indicators to direct, the receiving transmitter 40 may further accept data input from the user including a dial number or various parameter values for configuring operation of the smart device 10. the receiving transmitter 40 may also execute or more software or or more firmware applications in response to user commands, which configure the receiving transmitter 40 to perform various customized functions in response to user interaction.

Each receiver transmitter 40 has a software application 30 installed therein for managing information obtained from signals received from tags 20. for example, application 30 may be used to associate a unique identification number for smart device 10 contained in a signal received from tag 20 with the current location and identity of the receiver transmitter 40 itself. application 30 may be configured to be accessible by the Internet connectivity function of each receiver transmitter 40 from a digital distribution platform (e.g., an App Store^TMOr Google Play^TM) Downloaded to be installed into the receiver-transmitter 40.

It is noted that for every rx/sender 40, when it is within of any number of smart devices 10, it is used to automatically receive signals from a corresponding number of tags 20 provided in those smart devices 10. specifically, no pairing between the rx/sender 40 and the tx/tag 20 is required for the tx/sender 40 to receive signals from the tags 20. the rx/sender 40 may further include an antenna and front end unit, a baseband processing unit, a microphone, headphones and/or speakers, a headphone port, an input/output interface, a removable memory card, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, an infrared port, a vibrator, a keyboard, a touch screen with a touch sensitive surface, a touch screen controller, a camera controller, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, an accelerometer (e.g., a single or multiple axis accelerometer), a gyroscope, etc.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 1, the smart device 10 may further include a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module 140 for determining its position via the global navigation satellite system, receiving GNSS signals via the global navigation satellite system, calculating coordinates and transmitting its current position coordinates to the blockchain data system 50. in this manner, the system 100 may use GNSS as alternative to the tag 20 and receiver-transmitter 40 for the blockchain data system 50 to directly track the position of the smart device 10.

Since by optionally providing GNSS functionality and communication network functionality and BLE functionality of smart device 20 within system 100, system 100 may be configured to transmit information from one or more recipient transmitters 40 to blockchain data system 50 in any of of automatic and user-initiated manners, or both, when one or more recipient transmitters 40 are within -broadcast range of a corresponding number of tags 20 provided within any number of smart devices 10, it will be appreciated that system 100 may be variously and appropriately configured to accommodate the needs of different application domains in the security and safety industry while ensuring a minimized failure rate of location tracking (e.g., failure caused when there are no recipient transmitters 40 of GNSS function within -broadcast range of tags 20 available to transmit tag 20 location information).

The smart device 10, in addition to being able to communicate with the blockchain data system 50 and provide location information for the smart device 10, the smart device 10 is preferably also used to obtain and maintain data suitable for provision to the blockchain data system 50. this information obtained by the smart device 10 may include any information relating to the state of the object to which the smart device 10 is attached or its environment (e.g., when the smart device 10 includes a security and security device for security and location tracking of the object) and/or any information relating to the smart device 10 itself. for example, the object may need to be tracked during transportation for secure transportation from to another , and need to ultimately confirm whether a container, midrange bulk container, carton, package, etc. is being shipped to the correct recipient. the data obtained and stored by the smart device 10 is preferably time stamped.

The data acquired and stored by the smart device 10 may include information such as the location of the smart device 10 (corresponding to the location of the object to which the smart device 10 is attached), the physically locked/unlocked state and/or tampered state of the smart device 10 (obtained through known smart locking functionality that may be provided within the smart device 10 itself), the temperature, humidity, freshness of the object or its environment (obtained through or more suitable sensors 70 provided in communication with the smart device 10), and whether the object is in use or in a folded state (obtained through or more accelerometers 70 provided in communication with the smart device 10 in a suitable manner) when the object is a mid-sized bulk container.

To protect the integrity of the data acquired by the smart device 10 from the sensors 70 and to facilitate the security of the data as it is transmitted and distributed to the blockchain data system 50 and within the blockchain data system 50, the blockchain data system 50 may be configured as a distributed ledger that receives and stores data that has completed blockchain processing prior to transmission from the smart device 10 to the blockchain data system 50. accordingly, the smart device 10 is provided with a blockchain application module 160 that is configured to perform blockchain processing on the data acquired by the smart device 10 to link all data blocks together by hash-linking and time-stamping to form a blockchain 200 of constant data blocks, as will be described in detail below at step with reference to fig. 2. the blockchain application module 160 may be configured as either an embedded module within an existing chip (e.g., a micro-control chip or a memory chip) of the smart device 10 or as a separate micro-processing chip within the smart device 10.

As shown in the schematic diagram of fig. 2, the blockchain application module 160 within the smart device 10 performs a blockchain process on the data in the smart device 10 by first automatically generating -only founding (genesis) blocks (block 0) that uniquely identify a particular smart device 10, the generation of the founding blocks includes creation and initialization of the founding blocks, and is preferably performed when the smart device 10 is first activated (e.g., by the manufacturer and activated). the generation of the founding blocks (block 0) includes generating a hash of block 0 by a hash algorithm such as SHA-256. after block 0 is generated, the smart device 10 is then captured as a new block (block 1) from data segments acquired from or more sensors 70 provided within the system 100, and the block 1 is linked with block 0 by embedding the hash of block 0 into the hash of block 1 and generating the hash of block 1, and the block 0 is then linked with the smart device 10 is then linked with the existing block 200 by hashing the block 200, and the current hash of the block 200 is generated by embedding the hash of the existing block 10 into the block 200, and generating the current hash of the block 200 by embedding the hash of the existing block 200, and generating the hash of the current hash of the block 10 by hashing the block 10.

The blockchain data system 50 generally includes a number of blockchain nodes 52 (shown as black dots in fig. 1) each for receiving and storing most recently updated licensed copies of the blockchain 200 to which only belongs for the smart device 10. each node 52 is different and is generally maintained by a different trader or stakeholder involved in a business transaction using the intelligent tracking system 100. for example, for a business transaction in trade finance, each trader or stakeholder may include or more of a financial institution, an insurer, a command center, a logistics company, etc., and each may maintain nodes 52 of the blockchain data system 50 depending on the blockchain data system 50 design requirements for that particular business transaction.

Preferably, all new data segments to be blockchain processed and distributed to the blockchain data system 50 are first authenticated and approved by a preset number (preferably most) of the nodes 52 within the blockchain data system 50. by blockchain processing data obtained by the smart device 10, it can be detected whether any data alleged to be from the smart device 10 is counterfeit or has been tampered with, because each data segment that is actually obtained by the smart device 10 has been cryptographically linked to previously obtained data within the blockchain 200 to which only the node belongs of the smart device 10, and therefore to attempt to tamper with any data segment, all blocks within the blockchain 200 must be recomputed and copied to a preset number (e.g., at least 50%) of the nodes within the blockchain data system 50, which is not only mathematically unrealizable, but any such attempt must be made by others to pay attention to, and it is likely that once an unauthorized change has occurred on a node within the blockchain 200, other nodes will detect and can certainly not only deny such attempted security of the obtained data segment change by a hacker device 10, thereby making it impossible to detect and secure any such attempted data changes.

Because the blockchain 200 is distributed in a distributed manner by replication at each node within the blockchain data system 50, the system 100 can increase transparency, trust, processing speed, and reduce overhead when securely storing data obtained by the smart device 10 because the blockchain 200 also serves as a transaction book, and by replicating the blockchain 200 to each node within the blockchain data system 50, it can be ensured that no single party can fully host the data obtained by the smart device 10, but at the same time, many involved parties can review transactions.

Accordingly, the blockchain data system 50 is preferably configured to allow only those parties who have been properly licensed or authorized to access the data of the blockchain data system 50 via any client device 60, for example, to perform functions such as transaction review and querying the status of objects protected by the smart device 10. where the last known location and other relevant information of an object may be obtained from the blockchain data system 50 and displayed on the client device 60. the blockchain data system 50 may be configured to allow an authorized user to view the movement history of the object recorded on the case prior to viewing the blockchain data system 50 on the client device 60. it should be noted that any recipients 40 may also be available as client devices 60.

The data points provided by the supply chain are stored and distributed within the blockchain data system 50 by the intelligent devices 10 to allow platform users to reduce financial risk (e.g., fraud, credit, operational risk) by ensuring that the entity supply chain matches document data and financial data in the trade process, and during shipment of goods, or more sensors 70 provided within the system 100 and or more intelligent devices 10 attached to the goods can automatically determine goods data (e.g., location data, security data, and other data such as environmental data, temperature, humidity, biosensor data) and automatically send them to the data system 50 after block chain processing of these data periodically, moreover, arrival of goods at various predetermined stop points during shipment can constitute data which is captured by the or more intelligent devices 10 and similarly automatically sent to the data system 50 by the intelligent block chain .

Although illustrative embodiments of the present invention have been described aboveIt will be understood by those skilled in the technology concerned that many variations in details of design, construction and/or operation may be made without departing from the present invention. For example, while the communication network between the smart device and the data system is exemplified above as the Internet, GPRS, cellular networks (e.g., 3G, 4G, NB-IoT), or satellite, LTE-M, 5G, etc., may also be employed, for example,

2.5GHz wireless, 5GHz wireless, TV white space and other wireless communication. Although the above describes the implementation of the smart device as a security and security device for protecting and tracking the location of an object, the smart device may also include a mobile device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, etc.