Patent ID: 9576491
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06K,G07C,G08B,G08G

Claim:
1. A system for tracking school buses [ 99 ] and school children to enhance the safety of the school children and provide real-time information on a location of the school children and school buses [ 99 ] to teachers and administrators and parents [ 120 ], the system comprising: a. one or more client microprocessors, each located on a computer-readable medium, whereby the client microprocessors are configured to receive data transmitted by a Main Station microprocessor over a network [ b. at least one instance of a client software component [ c. a school bus microprocessor [ d. at least one instance of a school bus software component, hosted on and execute by the school bus microprocessor [ e. the radio network component [ whereby the radio network component [ f. at least one Global Positioning System (“GPS”) component [ g. the biometric scanning component [ whereby the biometric scanning component [ 104 ] identifies and tracks the boarding of the school children corresponding to a unique biometric identification (ID) of each of the schoolchildren; wherein for each school bus [ 99 ], when the system is in use, the school bus microprocessor [ 103 ] is activated, wherein the biometric ID of each student entering the school bus [ 99 ] is scanned using the biometric scanning component [ 104 ], wherein the GPS component [ 100 ] is activated to allow the system to track the location of the school bus [ 99 ], wherein information about the number of and identity of school children on the school bus [ 99 ] and the location of the school bus [ 99 ] is transmitted from the school bus microprocessor [ 103 ] to the Main Station microprocessor via the radio network component [ 101 ], which permits the Main Station [ 111 ] to transmit and receive information from the school bus [ 99 ], wherein said information about the number of and identity of school children on the school bus [ 99 ] and the location of the school bus [ 99 ] is re-transmitted, over the network [ 113 ], from the Main Station microprocessor [ 111 ] to one or more of the client microprocessors, whereby the system, in real-time, generates and tracks information about the location of the school bus [ 99 ] and school children for monitoring of said information by teachers and administrators [ 117 ] and parents [ 120 ] thereby enhancing the security and safety of school children.