Patent Abstract:
A system providing Vehicle, Pallet, and personnel Tracking within buildings, vehicles such as, Trucks/Trailer, Buses, Trains, aircraft at a site or in a global network system. Using RFID transponder Gate readers in Building doorways, in Vehicles such as Tracks/Trailers gates or bus doors, to read Pallets, Packages, and Personnel equipped with RFID transponder and tamper proof RFID RF transceiver Tags. In a preferred embodiment of invention the RFID-RF transceivers containing GPS/GSM modem for locating of pallets or personnel with RF or GPS location system. Site Buildings and vehicles are equipped with compute interface unit, to communicate at time intervals with RFID-RF Tag transceiver units installed on pallets or personnel wristwatch, to indicate the presence of pallets or personnel at a site or in a vehicle. And Tamperproof RF, GPS/GSM or satellite modems installed on Vehicles, used to communicate with site station or to a monitoring station computer network (Server) with the collected data from said vehicle gate reader, for tracking and finding the location of a particular Vehicle, and It&#39;s cargo content or personnel information related to particular vehicle, at a remote or open site.

Full Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0001]    1. Field of Invention  
           [0002]    The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for tracking the location of Vehicles, such as Trucks/Trailers, buses, Aircrafts, Trains, containers, cargo, pallets/packages and personnel, and more particularly to an improved system and method for tracking the location of a plurality of Trucks/Trailers, buses, pallets/packages or personnel at a particular location or a site to ascertain the exact location at which any vehicle, and it&#39;s content is located, as well as to ascertain when the proper pallet/package or personnel is being dropt off or picked up at exact given address. Locations at which relatively large number of vehicles, pallets/packages and personnel are present, the problem of determining exactly where each vehicle, pallet/package or personnel is. And even whether or not a particular vehicle, pallet/package or personnel located at a particular location when the business has several different sites, vehicles, pallets/packages and personnel. This problem is particularly common to large and small Trucking companies, Railroad, freight companies, Delivery companies, rapid transit Public transportation, airlines, school bus service, Utility companies, Rental car agencies, Leasing companies, distribution wherehouses, Retail stores, office buildings, schools Etc. In addition, such businesses must also deal with the theft of vehicles and it&#39;s content, theft of goods in wherehouses, employee job attendance and schools must deal with child school attendance.  
           [0003]    A number of different methods have been used in the past to deal with the problem of tracking the location of a large number of vehicles; It&#39;s drivers, content delivery, or wherehouse pallets/packages along with employee attendance, or school bus and child school attendance. The oldest of these methods is by keeping an inventory register of each vehicle and it&#39;s content and it&#39;s delivery records in a paper journal of some kind, or more recently, in a hand held computerized database. Inventory register depend on each individual operator may move a pallet/package for any reason, recording that move, as well as the vehicle&#39;s new location. Ultimately, this system will not accurately reflect the location of all vehicles, pallets/packages and personnel simply because not all employees at a location will enter each move of vehicle, pallet/package, personnel or student.  
           [0004]    As might be expected, a variety of different approaches have been taken to attempt to solve the problem of monitoring large numbers of vehicles, pallets/packages and or personnel at a location or in a vehicle. These approaches vary widely, encompassing both increase security measures, proper global flow of distribution of goods, Fix and mobile inventory control, track vehicles with it&#39;s content and personnel. With regard first to increase security measures of particular application to vehicle it&#39;s content at a location or at a wherehouse site, the measures taken commonly include security fences or compounds, the use of video monitoring of area in which vehicles and cargo is stored, the use of motion sensor alarm in such areas, and the use of security guards to patrol such areas. While such approaches may reduce the incident of theft somewhat, they are not useful in the addressing the primary problem contemplated by the present invention, namely how to keep track of the location of number of vehicles, it&#39;s content, and securely deliver and pick up of pallets/packages at a given address. And securely monitor the presence of pallets/packages and personnel in a warehouse, Truck/trailer, retail stores schools, and in school buss. Etc.  
           [0005]    Electronic Tracking Tag, U.S. Pat. No. 6,144,301 to Frieden, discloses an Electronic Tracking Tag attached to various assets to assist in asset identification. Using a plastic visual label display Tag with a receiving cavity to mechanically lock an RFID transponder. The Tag body with the electronic transponder may be secured to the asset by screw. Alternatively, one or more flexible strap may extend in the tag body for strapping the tag body to the physical asset.  
           [0006]    Frieden Electronic tag, does not provide tamper proof pressure sensing tamper switch with protective metal “O” ring, neither utilizes optical conductivity sensing nylon strap for strapping the tag on to a pallet or object. One can easily remove said tag and remove the asset undetected.  
           [0007]    Radio tag system and method with improved tag interference avoidance U.S. Pat. No. 6,034,603 to Steeves, teaches a data transmission system includes a reader transceiver. The reader transmits an activation signal to a tag. The tag selectively transmits a response signal to reader at a specific time. The detector operates in a low-power standby state until the time it receives the activation signal.  
           [0008]    Steeves radio tag system with improved tag interference avoidance system, reads multiple tags within range of a set radius, and the tag operates all the time at low power standby mode until activation signal causes the tag to operate. Steeves system fails to locate the presence of an object in a area with many partitions, or example; where there are many building at a given site, within communication range of a site transceiver and tag units. The present art uses RFID Reader within building/partition or at vehicle entry/exit points. The Tag used in the art comprises of RFID transponder and RF transceiver. The object carrying RFID-RF transceiver tag upon interrogation with a magnetic field, (generated by RFID reader) powers on the tags RF transceiver circuitry, (tag using energy only when it&#39;s powered on) and transmits the tag RFID signal to the computer. The computer upon receipt of signal, logs coded tag data in a slut with a zone number, and creates a communicates with tag RF transceiver at time interval, to indicate particular tag presence within designated (zone) area in the building or partition. When tag is moved away from communicating range, the tag power shot&#39;s down. Thus tags using energy only when object is within an area where there is presence of gate reader with RF computer interface unit.  
           [0009]    Use of mutter mode in asset tracking for gathering data from cargo sensors, U.S. Pat. No. 5,686,888 to Welles, al et. Teaches goods are monitored while in transit using local area network of tracking assets. Electronic sensors are situated in proximity to the cargo. The sensors communicate with asset tracking unit affixed to the container. The tracking unit has the ability to relay the cargo sensor data to central station.  
           [0010]    Welles teaching sensors affixed to the container does not use tamper proof sensors. Which one can easily remove and defeats the purpose of usage. Sensor&#39;s transmitting periodically creates collision problem. And sensor&#39;s used in Welles system has to be programmed into tracking unit in order to poll sensor data. Additionally welles system cannot differentiates presence of a goods are around or within container. And finally Welles system does not generate an alarm system if goods removed from the vehicle without authorization entry and does not activate stolen tag RF transmitter to transmit an alarm condition signal, so one could locate an stolen asset.  
           [0011]    The present art uses tamper proof pressure sensing tag&#39;s with protective metal “O” ring, uses mounting screws or adhesive tape, and or tamper proof optical nylon conductive strap for strapping the tag to the goods, which eliminates sensor tampering. Since present art uses Transponder read unit in the vehicle or container doorway, When tag goes through vehicle doorway, automatically programs tag&#39;s ID into vehicle tracking unit, contrary to Welles method, and ascertains the good&#39;s location is being within the designated vehicle or container.  
           [0012]    Electronic anti-shoplifting system employing RFID tag, U.S. Pat. No. 5,874,896 to Lowe, et al. teaches an Electronic ant-shoplifting system monitors articles of merchandise. The transponder tags connected to articles of merchandise and tag exciter is positioned at exit. If customer carries an article through exit without removal authorization, the transponder tag is activated by generating a surveillance response signal that triggers an alarm.  
           [0013]    Tag&#39;s used in Lowe&#39;s teaching does not have RFID transponder with built-in RF transceiver with power on circuitry, to account real time presence of an object affixed with a tag in a shopping area. And tag&#39;s used in Lowe system does not use tamper sensing tags, One can removed the merchandise tag and walk away unnoticed, And one can move tagged merchandise out of a store, other then of tag exciter location without being noticed.  
           [0014]    Asset Location System. U.S. Pat. No. 6,069,570 to Herring, discloses an asset location system includes a pager, a control processor, a GPS receiver and a cell phone. During normal operation, the equipment on board the tracked asset is in a low power or sleep mode. Upon receiving a location queerer from a call center, a control processor is powered up. The latitude and longitude information is put in a transmittable form by a cellular phone modem to a monitoring station.  
           [0015]    Herring system using a pager to receive queerer from a call and a cellular phone modem for transmitting data is not economically practical, one has to consider a minimum monthly service fee to be paid by user for pager and cell communication, makes usage of prior art not to appealing to end user. And since prior art does not use a tamper resistive GPS/Cell modem, the GPS unit can be easily removed and defeat it&#39;s purpose. According to the invention, the new art uses a low power consumption two-way pager for receiving queerer and responding to said queerer through pager network, thus eliminating the unnecessary monthly fee for cell service. In addition the method used in the art uses a GPS/modem and an RF transceiver affixed to a cargo, communicating with a site computer interface unit, when said cargo unauthorized removal from the site (wherehouse or a trailer) said where house computer will automatically initiate an RF signal to power up said GPS/modem from its sleep mode, so stolen cargo could be located. And finally, the new art teaches unauthorized removal of temper sensing GPS/modem tag from cargo, will initiate an alarm signal to a monitoring station..  
           [0016]    Method and Apparatus for Providing a Personal locator, Access control and asset Tracking service using an building telephone network U.S. Pat. No. 5,363,425 to Muffi, et al. describes a system where users carry an ID badges containing an RF transmitters can be located across the telephone network for receiving incoming calls. The receiver units in or near telephone sets instruct the system of the identifying of the user located near the telephone set. In addition tags are used on assets, which communicates with receiver units near telephone sets in a building for tracking asset movement across the building. Muffi tag&#39;s does not provide Metal “O” ring protection around the tamper sensor switch; neither provides optical nylon conductive belt body worn or asset mount tags. Muffi tamper sensing asset tags easily can be removed by sliding a flat object (knife. Envelop opener) beneath the tag and hold the pressure sensor switch and deffeat it&#39;s purpose, and personnel ID tags can be easily removed . And usage of building phone line limits the personnel and asset monitoring to building application only.  
           [0017]    Personnel Monitoring Tag. U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,037 Guthrie, et al. discloses a method for accounting for plurality of persons based on random interval monitoring system to report information regarding the presence of both desired and undesired condition affecting a person. The method includes a first step of transmitting information signal based upon random times from individual tag worn by person corresponds to whether a tag is being worn and to certain activity of person, by use of pressure and motion sensor.  
           [0018]    Guthrie et al. tags does not contain combination of RFID and RF transceivers. The tag&#39;s RF transceiver does not automatically activate by entry way magnetic interrogation, neither uses tag receiver push to weak up activation switch, and the tag mounting strap used in the Guthrie art is not of optical conductive nylon. The communication technique used in the Guthrie system cannot identify location of a tag in a specific room or a patrician in a building or even in trailers due to fact RF transceivers used in the Guthrie method could easily overlap each other. And long-term random transmission from large number of tags in an area will create a communication collision due to fact long term tag transmitter RTC will change, and additionally when new personnel tag appearance in the system easily causes collision. And usage of spread spectrum communication in a site with large number of tags it has it&#39;s limitation, and spread spectrum technique consumes higher energy and its expensive, means requires larger size battery which increases tags size and cost. Again pressure sensor switch and the strap used in Guthrie teaching could be defeated by sliding a flat object under the tag for holding the tamper switch, and conductive strap could be jumped by poking with an sharp edged external conductive material and cut the belt and enlarge the overall diameter of the strap and then tag can be easily removed.  
           [0019]    Global Security System. U.S. Pat. No. 5,497,149 to Fast, describes a system for determining the position of an object to be protected using a local or global positioning system and issuing messages to a monitoring center at predetermined times and or a times when the object to be protected is under an alert condition, such as being outside an allowed position zone during a defined time period.  
           [0020]    Fast method does not apply for person or object mount GPS/modem or pager transceiver unit to power up and transmit object location information when an object leave a designated site such as a building or a vehicle at any given time. The present invention GPS tag unit uses a modem or a pager and in addition an RF transceiver unit to communicate with a site RF transceiver devise. When RF transceiver within GPS unit does not communicate with site transceiver unit due to object carrying the GPS devise departs from said site. Or RFID tag within the GPS unit passes the doorway RFID reader without given computer operator entry. The GPS unit will power up and automatically transmit its lactation data to a monitoring station server.  
           [0021]    Decentralized tracking and routing system wherein packages are associated with active tags. U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,517 to Theimer, et al. describes in freight tracking and touting system, each package is provided with a tag physically attached. The tag includes a radio or infrared transceiver. Location transceivers broadcast signals representative of their location. The microprocessor, in response to receiving a desired destination signal, emits a signal commanding external equipment to take the package so that it remains at the desired location. The tags are also capable of electronically queried, or can emit distress signal when they do not reach a particular location at a particular time.  
           [0022]    Theimer system although is useful in determining a package destination. But the location transceiver does not send package information from a distribution center to a Vehicle or an aircraft mount GPS based unit in order to track package location, prompt delivery or pick-up, based on (longitude altitude) exact given address, neither use tamper resistive Tags to avoid package theft.  
           [0023]    Asset monitoring system and associated method illustrated. U.S. Pat. No. 5,917,433 to Keollor et al. describes asset monitoring system providing remotely located central station with information relating to a container, both during tethered periods in which the energy reservoir of asset monitoring electrically is connected to an external power source, such as a truck. Or using untethered mode during when trailer energy source is disconnected. The controller includes power management means for placing the asset monitoring in an active mode during tethered periods and energy conservation mode during untethered periods.  
           [0024]    Although Keollor energy serving method is useful, so as the trailer door sensors, however it does not provide secure asset monitoring. Keoller teaching does not provide tamper sensing GPS/modem transceivers unit, which upon tamper detection immobilizes the vehicle (truck/trailer) and transmit GPS tamper detection signal to a monitoring station. And additionally does not provide trailer door electronic lock mechanism which enables a remotely operated (key fob) unit for operator to be able to open trailer door at a given (Longitude/latitude) address. And finally Keollor teaching does not provide Electronic RFID trailer gate readers to electronically log in and out pallets or packages there shall for trailer content cannot be monitored.  
           [0025]    Security for Transport Vehicles and Cargo. U.S. Pat. No. 5,969,595 to Schipper et al. teaches a method and apparatus for providing security vehicles and for cargo transported on a vehicle. A cargo unit carries a transceiver or transmitter that transmits a selected signal which is examined as to signal intensity, signal coding and or time of receipt. If the receiving signal violates a selected condition, vehicle location is compared with an approved cargo location. If the vehicle is not near the cargo destination, or if no selected signal received at the receiver, an alarm signal is transmitted, to a monitoring station which may include the vehicle location, and to a selected cargo transceiver unit to activate a become signal. The method further comprising the steps of locking said cargo unit when said vehicle leaves a selected location or to unlock the cargo carrying volume only at least one of the following locations is within selected distance from one approved cargo destination.  
           [0026]    Schipper et al. is perhaps the most detailed of such apparatus for providing secure cargo transport on a vehicle illustrates both the benefit and the limitation of such system. While the Schipper et al. system is highly useful and represents a significant improvement in the art, it does not address the problem addressed by the present invention namely no tamper sensing GPS/modem unit being used which upon tamper detection immobilizes the vehicle and report to central station. No vehicle (trailer, Railcar) Electronic gate lock being used which opens only by operator key-fob, at given vehicle address location (longitude latitude). No vehicle gate Tag RFID reader is been provided to ascertain cargo being within the vehicle, and no use of RFID Reader, which automatically power up the tags upon entry to communicate with vehicle transceiver unit for real time presence authentication. The cargo tags are not equipped with pressure sensing protective “O” ring tamper switch, neither uses tags with tamper sensing optical nylon conductive strap for mounting the tags on cargo. The Schipper system cannot secure the vehicle and its cargo content, thus one easily can remove the vehicle mount GPS/modem unit and drive away with the vehicle and steal the cargo content without being tracked. The cargo tags can be removed and dropped near or within the vehicle, and cargo can be taken away without being tracked. Unlocking of cargo container by distance at an approve destination used in Schipper teaching, cannot secure the cargo at an approved destination. One will assume in a approved destination center, upon cargo arrival the cargo lock opens near warehouse distribution center. Any one at distribution center can open the cargo door detach the tags and remove the cargo without being noticed or detected. In the new art since only driver can open the cargo gate at authorized location, there for only authorized personnel have access the cargo, and the new art is capable of tracking driver/loaders information.  
           [0027]    Programmable Vehicle Monitoring and Security System having access verification Devices U.S. Pat. No. 5,986,543 to Johnson teaches a security system having two ways communication with a central monitoring station. Control communication connected to intrusion detection devises. The control unit in response to detection of an intrusion establishes a communication leak with monitoring station. The control and communication devise is operable to receive commands from a handset electrically connection.  
           [0028]    Johnson disclosure of a detecting intrusion is a useful art, however since Johnson does not use tamper detection GPS/modem unit, neither tamper sensing cellular or GPS antenna. One can disconnect or break the GPS or cell antenna found in Johnson system or access the vehicle disconnect the GPS modem and drive away with the vehicle. In the present art upon tamper detection the GPS/modem unit will immobilizes the vehicle and sends tamper detection signal to a monitoring station, with information containing to immobilized vehicle last known location. Which helps authorities easily locate the vehicle.  
           [0029]    Method for retrieving vehicular collateral U.S. Pat. No. 6,025,774 to Forbes describes a method of securing vehicle for a loan. The method provides for installing a transmitter within the vehicle, the transmitter is capable of transmitting location data regarding the vehicle. A data link is established from a base terminal to the transmitter of the vehicle. The loan status is being monitored for default from a monitoring station. Upon occurrence of the default, the location of the vehicle is determined, and the vehicle is confiscated.  
           [0030]    Forbes method is very useful but not dependable for securing vehicle loan. If one forfeits the loan and had no intention to return the vehicle, could easily defeat the GPS antenna or the entire GPS/Cellular modem and drive away with the vehicle. Even ship the vehicle out of the country without being tracked.  
           [0031]    It is accordingly the primary objective of the present invention that it provide an secure Electronic vehicle, cargo, and personnel tracking information system which will track the present location of each of plurality of vehicles, pallets, and personnel at a location such as, for example, On the road, railways, Trailers, trucks, aircraft, buses, in warehouses, retail stores, offices, homes, schools. Etc.  
           [0032]    It is a related objective of the present invention that the monitoring of vehicles, cargo, and personnel location at the location be performed completely automatically via GPS/modem, pager or satellite and RF wireless data communication, with use of computer network, intranet or internet. It is a further objective of the electronic vehicle, cargo, personnel tracking information system of present invention that it be capable of automatically determining when each vehicle arrive and departs from a site and be able determine which cargo, or personnel (passenger, student) securely got pick up or delivered by a vehicle at a given site address. It is a further objective of the invention that is capable to determine when each cargo or personnel entered or exit a site and provide real time secure presence inventory or attendance count, at mobile or fixed sites. It is further objective of present invention to provide security by immobilizing vehicle upon equipment tamper, use site and vehicle gate RFID readers, provide electronic vehicle (Truck/Trailer) gate lock unlock operated by driver remote key fob responsive only at given address, and tamper resistive communication devises on vehicles, cargo, and personnel. It is further the objective of the invention to determine vehicle driver and loader authentication and access recording. And finally to track and locate stolen vehicle and cargo or lost or kidnapped personnel.  
         SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
         [0033]    In the present invention The Electronic Vehicle, cargo and personnel Monitoring system wherein a vehicle is capable of electronically login it&#39;s product content (pallets, products) ID. Its driver or passenger(s) ID in to an on board vehicle CPU and said CPU will communicate with an RF signal containing information to said vehicle, cargo (product) and Driver/passenger, with a base station(s) computer or computer network which indicates the presence or absence of a vehicle at a site, it&#39;s cargo Content and it&#39;s driver/passenger ID at a predetermine site, Comprising:  
           [0034]    A Base or site station computer connected to a RF Transceiver unit to communicate with a vehicle mount RF Transceiver CPU, and cargo Tags or driver/passenger tags.  
           [0035]    A vehicle Mount tamper proof RF transceiver CPU with an RFID tag reader installed within the vehicle doorway, in which when tagged object goes through vehicle door, the tag read unit will read the tag and send said tag information to vehicle RF transceiver unit, and vehicle Transceiver unit communicates with base or site station computer unit, with information relating to Vehicle content, such as vehicle cargo and driver/passenger equipped with a RFID tags.  
           [0036]    In a preferred embodiment an RFID transponder with RF tamper proof transceiver tag units installed in or outside of cargo with adhesive tape, mounting screws or an optical nylon (string) conductive strap, to communicate in time interval with vehicle mount transceiver CPU unit and base station computer transceiver unit.  
           [0037]    A RFID Tamper proof transceiver tag unit with an optical nylon conductive strap is mounted on a person wrist or ankle to communicate with vehicle mount transceiver CPU unit and base station computer interface transceiver unit.  
           [0038]    The system operates as follows:  
           [0039]    A product or a person carrying an RFID tag its data information is logged manually or by a tag read unit and downloaded into a base station PC. Which will indicate a particular product or person(s) presence (part of inventory) at a site, for example. A Factory, where house, retail store, School site, ext. The site gate(s) is equipped with RFID tag read unit connected to said site computer interface transceiver unit, when a product or a person carrying RFID tag passes through said gate. The gate read unit reads the ID tag and said site computer indicates particular product or person departure from said site. (No longer part of inventory). If the product or person passes through said gate without computer-authorized access code the computer would generate an alarm signal to the operator and autodials to a central monitoring station or to a pager system indicating a security violation.  
           [0040]    A vehicle (Truck, trailer, Aircraft, Railroad car, bus etc.) is equipped with a RF transceiver CPU when said vehicle arrives at a particular site, sending RF signals periodically containing information of a particular vehicle to said site PC or by means of a use of a switch, such as. A push button switch, Ignition switch, or door switch or emergency brake switch, when applied by the operator the site computer interface unit receiver receives the signal from the particular vehicle. The site station computer unit indicates the presence of a particular vehicle at that particular site. Or upon receipt of signal, the computer creates a communication slot (transmitting air time) in its database Memory to communicate at time intervals (once a minute) with said particular vehicle transceiver CPU unit with an RF signal containing data information of the particular vehicle RF transceiver CPU, to verify particular vehicle presence at a particular site. Additionally the vehicle is equipped with an RFID Tag read unit(s) example: mounted at vehicle doorway(s), or gate(s) connected to vehicle mount RF Transceiver CPU. When a product or a person carrying RFID tag unit(s) enters the particular vehicle, The vehicle RFID Tag read unit reads the Tag ID of the particular product(s) or person(s) and logs the information data in to the vehicle CPU, and the CPU transmits the particular vehicle, product or person(s) tag ID to said site computer interface unit, and said site computer interface signals to said Vehicle CPU with a RF coded signal indicating to driver acknowledgment of Wright product or driver/passenger entered the particular vehicle and stores said information in a central Server.  
           [0041]    In a preferred embodiment of the invention the vehicle CPU upon receiving signals from site computer transceiver, transmits the vehicle CPU. ID, product and or person(s) ID information data to the site computer interface unit, which indicates a particular vehicle ID, containing particular product(s) and particular person(s) at a particular site at a set time and date. The base station computer interface unit gives live update to the operator(s) periodically by communicating, example: (once a minute) with the vehicle transceiver CPU unit to confirm the presence of a particular vehicle and it&#39;s content at a particular location.  
           [0042]    If a product or a passenger boarded in a wrong vehicle, the site station upon communicating with the vehicle CPU. The computer initiates a alarm signal, and sends a signal to the vehicle CPU, which generates a audible alarm signal indicating to the driver, boarding of a wrong product or passenger into that particular vehicle. When the vehicle departs and is out of communication range. The base station computer indicates the absence of the particular vehicle at that particular site. If unauthorized (without computer access code) departure of vehicle take place from said site and said vehicle transceiver CPU becomes out of communication range or said communication becomes interrupted 2 interval times with the site computer transceiver unit, the site computer initiates a security violation signal and sends said data information to monitoring station.  
           [0043]    In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the vehicle uses a tamper sensing RF transceiver CPU, GPS cellular modem or 2-way pager with tamper sensing antenna. The units are equipped with pressure sensing tamper switch on its case; the tamper switch mount case side is being installed against the vehicle body or window. The vehicle Transceiver CPU or GPS/modem and the antenna unit is communicating with digital data with said vehicle Fuel Pump or starter relay circuitry, to operation the vehicles Fuel Pump or Starter. When an unauthorized attempt is being made to remove or disconnect the vehicle RF transceiver, GPS/modem or antenna. The RF transceiver or GPS/modem processor sees sending (or sending intermittent) digital data to the vehicle Fuel pump or starter relay, thus slowing down the vehicle speed and immobilizing the vehicle or immobilizing the vehicle starter circuitry, and transmit a RF or cellular or pager “tamper” signal to a monitoring station, containing information to the particular vehicle unit with a “tamper” detection signal along with location information. Same process takes place when the vehicle RF Transceiver CPU and GPS/modem or antenna cable is being interupted by an unauthorized person or when units gets abused or damaged, becomes inoperative.  
           [0044]    When the vehicle arrives a predetermined destination to unload it&#39;s product(s), the vehicle CPU communicates with an RF signal with the particular site computer transceiver unit, the site computer upon receiving said signal logs the particular vehicle ID presence into that site computer and sends a unique RF coded signal to the vehicle CPU which will generate a signal to vehicle door locks mechanism to open, by use of drivers key fob, and permit driver to unload particular product at that particular site. Each one of said product carrying RFID Tag departing from said vehicle is scanned by said vehicle gate tag RFID read unit and said information is log in to vehicle CPU unit. The logged data is transmitted into a site computer interface by means of RF communication, which indicates a particular product drop off at that particular site. If unscheduled product drop off at the wrong site takes place the site computer will create an alarm warring signal and sent a RF signal to the vehicle CPU that will notify the driver by means of an alarm signal.  
           [0045]    When a bus arrives a predetermined destination to unload its passenger(s), the person carrying RFID tag departs (exit) from the vehicle is scanned by the vehicle door Tag RFID read unit and said information is log in vehicle CPU. The logged data is transmitted into said site computer by means of RF communication and the site computer upon receipt of said vehicle signal, signals bus CPU unit and to a base station computer unit to confirm the vehicle dropped the right person(s) at the right site.  
           [0046]    When the vehicle arrives a predetermined destination to load product(s) or person(s)  
         EXAMPLE  
         [0047]    Storefront, House Etc. the vehicle CPU communicates with the particular site computer transceiver unit, the site computer upon receiving said signal logs the particular vehicle ID presence into that site computer which indicates by a Audio visual signal the presence of a particular vehicle at a particular site. When a product(s) or person carrying RFID Tag unit enter the vehicle, the vehicle Tag reader unit upon reading each of said Tag unit, Tag read unit being connected to the vehicle transceiver CPU, the CPU transmits a RF signal containing information both to said vehicle ID and said product or person Tag ID, into the site computer transceiver unit. When the site computer transceiver unit receives the signal, transmits the vehicle&#39;s ID and the product or person ID information to a central station computer and sends a RF Data signal to the vehicle Transceiver CPU, which upon receipt of signal produces confirmation signal to the driver indicating the boarding of a right product or person at a site.  
           [0048]    In a preferred embodiment of the invention each one of said tamper proof RFID transponder Tags additionally is equipped with a RF transceiver unit powered by a battery. When a product (pallet) or person carrying said RFID/RF Transceiver tag, enters a site (building) equipped with RFID Tag Read unit at it&#39;s gate(s) or door(s) Etc. the tag reader reads entered tags and sends the information to the site computer. The computer upon reading the tags RFID Information, the computer creates a particular slot (communication air time) in it&#39;s data base memory, to communicate at time intervals (once a minute) with said tag transceiver with a RF signal, to indicate presence of a particular Tag unit at that particular site, at a set time. The product RFID RF Transceiver is equipped with a pressure sensing tamper switch and is installed in or out side of a product, the tamper sensing switch side being faced to the product, and mounted on by use of double sided adhesive tape, or magnet or mounted by screw(s) Etc. Additionally a conductive strap could be utilized over under and across a product (pallet) connected to The RFID RF transceiver tags to avoid product (pallet) temperament. And additionally an RFID RF transceiver unit is mounted with a conductive strap on a person wrist or ankle to be monitored. If unauthorized removal of any tag occurs, the tag tamper switch senses removal of tag from the product or person. And if the conductive strap is being cut, in both cases the tag RF transceiver unit transmits a tamper signal. The site computer transceiver and Vehicle CPU unit upon receiving said signal, issues a tamper alarm signal to monitoring station to alert security personal. If a product or a person exit the Site through a gate with computer controlled clearance code, the RFID RF transceiver unit when goes out of site communication range, within predetermine time the RFID RF transceiver stops transmitting time interval signal to save energy. If unauthorized attempt is been made (without computer clearance) to remove the product (Pallet) or the person walks away from the site gate, the site gate Tag read unit upon reading the product or person RFID-RF Transceiver signals, the site computer indicates a security violation, and the computer transceiver unit initiates a security violation RF coded signal to the particular product RFID-RF Transceiver Tag unit, which upon receipt of said security violation signal, starts transmitting a RF signal containing information to the particular product with security violation code. In another embodiment of invention, if a product or person becomes (without computer clearance) out of computer communication range or communication between the site computer and a particular RFID Transceiver Tag becomes interrupted (after 2 communication attempts) The site computer will initiate an alarm signal, and sends a signals to a central station, via public phone or paging network. For quick recovery a hand held, patrol car or chopper mount RF scanner unit used to locate stolen product.  
           [0049]    Séance a vehicle CPU unit requires a product unloading clearance signal from a site computer transceiver, If and when a vehicle gets car jack or driver decides to unload some or all of its product(s) or pallets in a an authorizes location site, without receiving clearance signal. When said product passes through said vehicle gate Tag read unit, the vehicle CPU sends a RF signal to the particular product RFID-RF Transceiver tag, and tags RFID RF transceiver unit upon receiving the signal, transmits an RF signal containing information to said particular RFID-RF tag along with security violation code. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the vehicle (truck/trailer) gates open (for loading or unloading product) with the use of electronic gate locks (Solenoid Dead bolt) the gate lock will lock or unlock only after receiving a gate open or close RF signal from a particular base station or site computer transceiver unit. If an unauthorized attempt being made to open the gate without base station signal, the vehicle CPU transceiver unit will transmit an RF signal containing information of that particular vehicle with a security violation code to a base station or monitoring station computer.  
           [0050]    It is an objective of the present invention to utilize a GPS/modem or pager unit to communicate with a monitoring station or a site station, to be able to monitor vehicle location, its driver authentication and personnel (passengers, students) information, by connecting said vehicle GPS unit to a vehicle gate or door entryway installed RFID tag reader, which log in and out tagged cargo or personnel within said vehicle. It is another objective of the present invention to provide proper flow of product and personnel distribution, by comparing product and personnel tag data read by vehicle GPS RFID reader unit, with the destination data stored in vehicle GPS unit. If product or personnel being scanned by the vehicle RFID reader as they exiting the vehicle, and if the personnel or product RFID tag scanned information does not match the given product, personnel address stored within the GPS unit database, that of to the actual physical location of vehicle by longitude/latitude, the vehicle GPS unit will send an alarm signal to driver, within predetermine time if the driver does not return the wrong tagged product or personnel back into truck/trailer or bus, then the GPS modem unit will transmit an security violation to a monitoring station.  
           [0051]    It is another objective of the present invention that provides an electronic dead bolt lock to lock said truck/trailer or bus door(s), which will activate by receiving a signal from a driver key fob unit, only when vehicle mount GPS unit arrives a given address that matches the address information entered in the GPS data logger (longitude/latitude) In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the vehicle uses a tamper sensing RF transceiver CPU, GPS cellular modem or 2-way pager with tamper sensing antenna. The units are equipped with pressure sensing tamper switch on its case; the tamper switch mount case side is being installed against the vehicle body or window. The vehicle Transceiver CPU or GPS/modem and the antenna unit is communicating with digital data with said vehicle Fuel Pump or starter relay circuitry, to operation the vehicles Fuel Pump or Starter. When an unauthorized attempt is being made to remove or disconnect the vehicle RF transceiver, GPS/modem or antenna, the tamper switch triggers the CPU or GPS/modem. The RF transceiver or GPS/modem processor sees sending (or sending intermittent) digital data to the vehicle Fuel pump or starter relay, thus slowing down the vehicle speed and immobilizing the vehicle or immobilizing the vehicle starter circuitry, and transmit a RF or cellular or pager “tamper” signal to a monitoring station, containing information about a particular vehicle unit with a “tamper” detection signal along with location information. Same process takes place when the vehicle RF Transceiver CPU and GPS/modem or antenna cable is being cut or disconnected by an unauthorized person or when units gets abused or damaged, becomes inoperative.  
           [0052]    In the present invention in order to monitor the product and person with an unlimited distance monitoring capability for long period of time, each one of said RFID-RF transceiver Tag unit additionally contains a GPS/cell modem, pager, or a satellite communication unit, which is installed on the product (pallet) or person. The GPS/cellular modem or pager or satellite unit is being in power off mode in order not to use energy. When any of said product or person carrying departs without computer clearance from said site or vehicle. The site being equipped with RFID gate read unit and RF transceiver unit, when the tag passes through the gate reader, the tag gets energies from reader generated magnetic field, which will power up the RF transceiver, and the RF transceiver upon receiving security violation code will power on the GPS/modem unit. And both the GPS and RF transceiver will transmit an emergency stolen good signal. In addition if transceiver Tag read unit or goes out of communication range of said site computer or vehicle RF transceiver. The site computer or vehicle transceiver will initiate a security violation signal to said RFID RF transceiver tag which upon receipt of said signal power up said tag GPS/cellular modem or pager, which upon power up will transmit GPS based product(s) or person(s) location information along with said RFID Tag information to a monitoring station.  
           [0053]    Additionally all said RF communication between said vehicles and said base station can utilized use of a mobile phone, 2-way pager, UHF/VHF, or satellite communication means.  
           [0054]    Finally if the location of a particular product(s) or person(s) on a site (warehouse, factory, school) is desired. In the present invention plurality of or transponder read unit are installed at an assigned spots at a predetermine location at a site, if and when any one of said products or person carrying said RFID Tag unit comes close into communicating range (within 2 meters) said transponder read unit communicates with said RFID tag unit and transmits said RFID tag information to said site PC and said PC logs the data information and displays location of said product or person on its monitor. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention plurality of short rang (1-5 meter) low power RF proximity transmitters unit powered by a battery are installed at a assigned spot(s) at a predetermined location at a site, transmitting periodically (every 12 Seconds.) with a unique identification code. A product (pallet) or person carrying RFID-RF Transceiver Tag, when said product or person carrying said RFID Transceiver unit receive a RF signal from said site computer transceiver unit, said RFID Transceiver unit being within communication range of said proximity transmitter unit (within predetermined time of 12 sec.) will read said proximity transmitter unit ID code data and transmits a RF signal containing information for both said proximity unit and said product or person RFID Transceiver unit, and when said site computer transceiver unit receives said signal will indicate said product or said persons presence along with its location at a site.  
           [0055]    Additionally each one of said RFID-RF transceiver unit could have a built in push button, able reading a particular spot proximity transmitter ID data by user pressing said button and RFID Transceiver upon reading said proximity transmitter ID, transmits a signal containing both proximity transmitter and RFID-RF transceiver data information to a site transceiver PC. Which will indicate the presence of a product or person with its location at a site.  
       
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0056]    [0056]FIG. 1A. Illustrates a site station wherehouse equipped with Gate RFID reader, an RF transceiver connected to a computer with GPS map software.  
         [0057]    [0057]FIG. 1B. Illustrates view of warehouse floor plane, equipped with plurality of proximity RFID transponder readers, proximity RF transmitters, proximity RFID and RF transmitters and pallets equipped with RFID tags, pallets with RFID transponder and RF transceiver, Pallets with RFID transponder and RF transceiver with GPS/cellular modem or 2 way pager. And a computer interface unit.  
         [0058]    [0058]FIG. 1C. Illustrates a vehicle (Truck), equipped with gate RFID tad reader, a vehicle gate lock solenoid, vehicle RF transceiver unit, vehicle GPS antenna with GPS/cellular modem, and a driver RFID reader.  
         [0059]    [0059]FIG. 1D. Illustrates a RFID transponder.  
         [0060]    [0060]FIG. 1E. Illustrates a pallet with an RFID transponder tag.  
         [0061]    [0061]FIG. 2A. Illustrates a Vehicle (Bus) Equipped with vehicle RFID tag reader, vehicle RF transceiver, and a GPS modem and a personnel (student)  
         [0062]    [0062]FIG. 2B. Illustrates a house site with RF transceiver and a digital and voice auto-dialer.  
         [0063]    [0063]FIG. 2C. Illustrates a site (School) equipped with RFID gate and door readers, and a site RF transceiver interface connected to a computer containing GPS map  
         [0064]    [0064]FIG. 3A. Illustrates a tamper sensing wrist tag with built in RFID transponder and RF transceiver with optical nylon conductive strap and strap connector latch.  
         [0065]    [0065]FIG. 3B. Illustrates tamper sensing cargo or personnel use GPS/modem with optical nylon conductive belt.  
         [0066]    [0066]FIG. 3C. Illustrates strap inner view  
         [0067]    [0067]FIG. 3D. Illustrates tamper sensing RFID-RF transceiver tag with mounting adhesive tape, side view.  
         [0068]    [0068]FIG. 3E. Illustrates tamper-sensing pallet RFID-RF transceiver tag rapped with conductive strap.  
         [0069]    [0069]FIG. 3F. Illustrates a tamper sensing RFID-RF transceiver mounted on the bottom of a pallet.  
         [0070]    [0070]FIG. 3G. Illustrates bottom view of tamper sensing RFID-RF transceiver tag with pressure sensing taper switch surrounded by tamper resistive metal “O” ring.  
         [0071]    [0071]FIG. 3H. Illustrates a bottom view of a temper sensing vehicle RF transceiver, RFID read unit and GPS/modem unit with temper sensing GPS, cellular antenna and digital data read immobilizer CPU.  
         [0072]    [0072]FIG. 4 Block Diagram  
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
       [0073]    The electronic vehicle and cargo tacking information system of the present invention is illustrated in FIG  1 B. Where a Site station warehouse  20  is equipped with RFID gate read antenna  24  with a site station RFID read CPU, which is connected to say site station computer  26 . A RFID tag  19  with a unique code mounted on a pallet  21 , said unique code is programmed in to said site station computer  26 . When a site station computer  26  operator registers an invoice or bill of lading enters the pallet content an RFID  21  tag ID number into the site computer  26  system. Along with vehicle RF transceiver number FIG. 1A, 36, which will represent vehicle  30  ID number, and the pallet  21  destination address with site computer number (picture not shown). When the pallet departs through the gate  23  of the site station  20 , the gate RFID reader will energies the pallet RFID tag  21  by means of magnetic field, and the pallet mount tag  21  transmits it&#39;s ID code data, and the gate RFID antenna  24  transmits said data through said station RFID reader  22  into site station computer  26 . Which will indicate the departure of said particular pallet  21  from its inventory system.  
         [0074]    A Vehicle  30  is equipped with RFID gate read antenna  40  with a RFID read CPU  32 , which is connected to a vehicle RF transceiver CPU  36 . having a driver RFID read antenna  37  is connected to said vehicle RFID read CPU  32 . A driver  27  wearing a RFID wrist mount transponder or a tag with a unique ID code, enters the vehicle  30 , upon turning the ignition key on, said vehicle RFID tag read CPU  32  will read said driver RFID tag  24 , and sends the driver ID information data to the vehicle RF transceiver CPU  36 , which stores the driver authentication information in the RF transceiver CPU data base. And the vehicle RF transceiver CPU FIG. 3H starts sending digital data through vehicle harness. Said data is being pick up by the vehicle immobilazer CPU  128 , which upon receipt of data will energies the vehicle starter or fuel pump relay  129 , driver now could operate the vehicle  30 . In a preferred embodiment in order to operate the vehicle fuel pump, it necessary the vehicle RF transceiver CPU  36  to provide constant data flow, through said vehicle wires to said immobilizer CPU  128 , other wise the vehicle  30  immobilizer CPU will shut down the vehicle fuel pump relay  129 .  
         [0075]    When the vehicle  30  arrives near said site station  20 , upon driver pressing vehicle RF transceiver  36  transmit, or by turning the vehicle in park position (which will activate transmit switch), the vehicle RF transceiver  36  will transmit an RF signal containing information to said vehicle  30 . Said site station RF transceiver  28  receives said signal through the site station RF antenna  25 , and dawn-load said vehicle  30  ID and driver  27  ID information in its computer data base  26 , and indicates the presence of said particular vehicle  30  at that particular site  20 , and transmit a RF signal through site station RF transceiver  28  into said vehicle RF transceiver  36 , so driver  27  by use of a remote key-fob, transmits a signals into the vehicle RF transceiver CPU  36 , to unlock vehicle gate lock solenoid  26 . The site station computer operator based on driver and vehicle information can prepare the particular vehicle and particular cargo bill of lading (invoice).  
         [0076]    When the vehicle gate  41  is opened, the vehicle gate switch  33  sends a signal to the vehicle RFID read CPU  32 , which energies vehicle gate read antenna  40  with a magnetic field. When a particular pallet with RFID tag  21  is loaded in the truck  30 , the vehicle RFID gate reader antenna  40  upon interrogating the pallet tag  21  and loader tag  24 , sends the pallet tag ID  21  data and the driver tag ID  24  data to the vehicle RFID read CPU  32 , which upon process sends the information to the vehicle RF transceiver CPU  36  to transmit said vehicle ID  36 , driver ID  24  and pallet ID  21  information into said site station computer  26 , indicating which vehicle  30 , driver (Loader)  27  and which pallet  21  is located within the particular vehicle  30 , which matches the given bill of lading instruction into the site computer  26 .  
         [0077]    When the vehicle  30  arrives at a given cargo destination site (picture not shown), after logging the vehicle  30  presence at the site computer, it receives gate open signal from said site computer interfaced RF transceiver, when the driver  27  moves the pallets out of vehicle  30 , the vehicle RFID read CPU  32 , reads driver and pallet ID and sends the data via vehicle RF transceiver  36  into said site computer. Since the system runs on intranet or internet data base, the destination site computer will accept the delivered pallets, as logged in data base, as part of incoming inventory. If a pallet  21  was not destined to said particular site station, the site computer will generate an alarm signal, indicating wrong package arrival at the site, in which the site computer sends an RF signal to vehicle RF transceiver unit  36 , which upon receipt of said signal notifies driver  27  to reload the pallet  21  back into truck inventory.  
         [0078]    In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the new art provides tamper sensing RFID tags with a unique code, having connected to a built-in RF low power transceiver with the same unique code, powered by a battery. The tag FIG. 3D. FIG. 3G. and FIG. 3F. Is equipped with reset switch  84  and pressure sensing tamper switch, protected by a Metal “O” ring  94 . The tags  80 ,  90 , are mounted on pallets  100  or product  81 , by mounting tamper sensing switch side against the pallet  100  or product  81 , with the use of screws  92 , adhesive tape  83 ,  93 , or magnet  93 .  
         [0079]    In another teaching of the new art, the tag is mounted on a pallet FIG. 3E. By use of tamper sensing conductive strap  111  strapped around the pallet  110 .  
         [0080]    And the new art provides for driver (Loader) Personnel  27  a tamper sensing wrist mount watch style RFID transponder  24 ,  50  with a unique code with a built-in RF transceiver  53  using the same code, equipped with a reset push button switch  58  FIG. 3A. attached to an optical nylon conductive strap  56  to mount the tag  50  with mounting connector  57 . When a pallet  100 ,  110  or a personnel  27  carrying a tag  101 ,  112 ,  24  goes through a site station  20  gate  23 , the gate RFID read antenna  24 , generated magnetic field, which charges the RFID tags  101 ,  112 ,  24  built-in capacitor, the capacitor discharges the RFID tag  101 ,  112 ,  24  transmits its uplink data, and simultaneously powers on the tags built-in RF transceiver circuitry for a predetermine time (30 sec.). When the site station  20  computer receives said pallet or personnel transponder RFID data  101 ,  112 ,  24 , it creates a time slot in its computer database  26  for said particular tag units  101 ,  112 ,  24 , and starts communicating with an RF signal with said tag units transceiver at time interval, through said site station RF transceiver  28 , indicating the real time presence of said pallets  101 , 112  and personnel  24  at the particular site station location. In some application site station  20  my not be equipped with RFID gate  24 ,  22  readers, therefore RFID-RF transceiver  80 ,  50  entering a building cannot be power on by gate RFID reader  24 ,  22 . In order to power up the tags RF transceiver  80 ,  50 , the art provides additional, tag-reset switch  84 ,  58  which is designed to manual power up tag&#39;s RF transceiver, by user pressing the reset button  84 ,  58  for 5 second.  
         [0081]    IF a pallet  100 , carrying a RFID-RF transceiver tag  101 , or a personnel wrist transceiver  50  located inside site station  20 , if said tag  101 ,  50  built-in battery goes low, said tag  101 ,  50  transmits at given time interval with an additional low battery code, to said site RF transceiver unit  28 , which upon receipt of said code, sends the received data into said side station computer  26 , which will notify the computer operator with a tag maintenance requirement notification.  
         [0082]    IF a pallet,  100  carrying an tamper sensing RFID-RF transceiver  90  is removed from said pallet  100 , the pressure sensing tamper switch  91  signals to the tag  90  RF transceiver, and the transceiver will initiate a tamper signal to said site RF transceiver  28 , which upon receipt of signal will sent the tamper code data to said site computer interface  26  to notify operator of particular pallet tag tamper occurrence. The art teaches the same, when unauthorized removal of tag  112 ,  50  is performed by detaching  57  or cutting the tag strap  56 ,  111  without prior tag removal authorization  
         [0083]    If a pallet  100  with a RFID-RF transceiver tag  101 , or a personnel carrying RFID-RF transceiver tag  24 , is removed or walked away from said site  20  (not through the site gate) without removal authorization code entry into said site station computer  26 , when the pallet  21  goes out of site station RF transceiver  28  communication range, the site station computer will generate a security violation signal containing information to said particular pallet  21 .  
         [0084]    In a preferred embodiment of the invention said RFID-RF transceiver tag  90  mounted on a pallet  101  is additionally is equipped with a HI power 27 Mhz RF transmitter connected to said tag RF transceiver  90 . When an unauthorized cargo departs from site  20 , either through the site station gate  23  or gets removed out of the site station RF transceiver  28  communicating range. The site station RF transceiver  28  will issue an unique RF signal to said pallet tag  101 , which upon receipt will activate the built-in HI Power transmitter to transmit at time interval signal containing information relating to said pallet tag ID  101  with stolen code. Which helps security personnel to locate within 2 miles radius the stolen cargo by use of hand held monitor (picture not Shown).  
         [0085]    If and when a cargo carrying an RFID-RF tag  101  or personnel tag  24  set by site computer  26  operator, to depart from the site station. The cargo carrying tag  101  and personnel tag  24  upon exit said site station gate, the gate RFID reader  24 ,  22  reads the RFID tag data and sends the data to site station computer  26 , and the computer  26  sends an RF signal to said departing tag RF transceiver  101 ,  24  to shut down it&#39;s RF transceiver power. IF the site station  20  is not equipped with gate RFID reader, when a cargo gets removed or personnel  27  becomes out of said site station  20 . And the tag(s)  101 ,  24  goes beyond RF communicating range; the tag(s)  101 ,  24  will not communicate at time interval (more then 10 minutes) with the site station computer  26 , the tag (s)  101 ,  24  RF transceiver will power down automatically.  
         [0086]    Additionally the site warehouse  10  is equipped with partitions with doorways or partitions sections equipped with RFID tag readers  12 ,  13 ,  14  herein described as zone “A” “B” “C”. When a pallet  17  or personnel  24  enters the partitioned warehouse site, the Tag RFID reader  19  reads the pallet  17  or personnel tag ID  24  and sends the information into said site warehouse computer  11 , indicating a particular tag or personnel entrance in said warehouse  10  partitions  12 .  
         [0087]    In a preferred embodiment the pallet  16  or personnel RFID tag  24  having RF transceiver upon entering the warehouse partition  13 , after tag being read by said warehouse computer  11 . The computer  11  identifies the tag zone, in this case zone “B” and communicates through said site RF transceiver  15  with said pallet  16  or personnel RF transceiver tag on a real time bases indicating the presence of the particular pallet  16  or personnel  24  in a partition at a site.  
         [0088]    The art provides a unique GPS based tag equipped with modem/pager and an RF transceiver. The tag  60  is equipped with a phone or pager antenna  66  and a GPS antenna  67  within the tag using a tamper sensing strap  61  for mounting the tag by raping the strap around a pallet or a personnel, said strap material being of conductive rubber and or a having a optical nylon string  62 , which is connected to said tag by a use of mounting pin post  63 . said tag having a conductive and or optical emitter collector points  64 ,  65  Which the emitter and the collector communicates with an infrared signal through said strap or use for as a conductivity point to complete the conductive circuit. Lose of conductivity signal and or IR signal. causes tag to transmits an tamper signal. In another embodiment the pallet  18  is equipped with a GPS/cellular  
         [0089]    Modem or a 2 way pager tag, being present in a site warehouse partition  14 , when a pallet  18  is moved out of said warehouse site  10  without warehouse computer  11  authorized access entry, and the pallet tag  18  goes through the gate reader  24 ,  19 , the RFID tag powers on the built-in RF transceiver, the reader  24 ,  19  upon reading the tag ID, sends the information into said site warehouse computer  11  which initiates a signal to said pallet tag  18  RF transceiver to activate said pallet&#39;s HI power transmitter and GPS/cellular modem. To help locate the cargo with both GPS and RF signals, by use of a site computer  11  or by hand held RF monitor (picture not shown). Wherever GPS signal is not available, such as under building, parking structures etc. the security personnel relies on locating the stolen cargo by hand held RF monitor.  
         [0090]    In another embodiment of invention, if the warehouse site  10  is not equipped by a gate RFID reader unit  24 ,  19 . When a pallet within the warehouse is to be removed from set site  10 , a computer  11  generates an RF command to said particular departing tag  18  which upon receipt of signal, will power down the pallet tag&#39;s  18  RF transceiver circuitry, and the pallet can be moved safely out of the site.  
         [0091]    If pallet  18  is moved out of the warehouse site  10 , without going through gate reader  24 ,  19 . The pallet  18  carrying RFID-RF transceiver with built-in GPS modem becomes out of site warehouse RF transceiver  15  communication range. The pallet tag  18  RF transceiver will power up the built-in HI power RF transmitter and the GPS/modem. Which transmits a HI power RF signal and a GPS location signal to helps security personnel to locate the cargo  18  both with GPS and RF monitoring devises.  
         [0092]    The art can be used to monitoring personnel  27  by use of RF  24  and GPS combined  29 . Such example. A personnel  27  carrying a tamper proof GPS/modem, 2 way pager or satellite unit  29  with a built-in RF receiver, in which only the pager receiver is operative at a very low power stand by mode, and a temper detection wrist RFID-RF transceiver  24  communicating with a site RF transceiver unit  28  at time interval, indicating real time the presence of a personnel  27  at a site. When the personnel  27  departs from said site, the side RF transceiver  28  no longer receives RF signal from the personnel&#39;s wrist transmitter  24 , the site computer  26  initiates an RF signal through said site RF transceiver  28  into said personnel GPS/pager receiver  29  to power up the GPS unit and it&#39;s onboard receiver unit, which upon power up, start receiving RF signals at time interval from said personnel wrist transmitter  24 , and logs said received data in it&#39;s memory.  
         [0093]    Simultaneously the personnel GPS unit  29  receiver receives satellite location data. The built-in pager unit upon receiving interrogations or at preset time or real time transmits signals containing information to said particular personnel  27  location information. When the personnel  27  returns back to the site  20 , personnel wrist tag  24  establishes communication with the site computer  26 , which upon receipt of said signal will transmit a signal to power down said GPS/pager unit  29  along with built-in RF receiver.  
         [0094]    The invention relates same to when pallet  100 ,  110 , or personnel  24  enter the vehicle  30 , the vehicle gate  41  is open the vehicle RFID tag reader  32 , energizes the antenna  40 . When the pallets  100  or personal  27  go through said vehicle gate reader  32 ,  40 , the pallet RFID transponder powers on the tags RF transceiver, and the vehicle RFID tag reader  32 ,  40  reads tag ID and sends the read ID data to vehicles RF transceiver CPU  36 , which upon receipt will create a communication slot in its data base, and sends short range RF signals to establish communication with the tags  100 ,  110  ,, by logging on a real time bases the presence of certain pallets or personnel within the vehicle.  
         [0095]    If and when a product carrying an RFID-RF transceiver tag  21  , is being unloaded from a truck  30  at a site  20 . The vehicle gate reader  40 ,  32  reads the tag ID, and sends the read tag data to vehicle RF transceiver unit  36 , which upon receipt will transmits an RF signal containing information to said tag  21  data, into said site station transceiver  28 , which upon receipt of said signal, will download the information into site computer  26  data base. Indicating a particular cargo  21  drop off near the site  20 , and sends a confirmation RF signal back to said vehicle RF transceiver CPU  36 , which upon receipt of signal, transmits a RF signal to said unloaded tag  21  to power down the tags RF transceiver. If the wrong pallet  21  being unloaded by driver  27  at a site  20 , the site computer  26  upon receipt of said tag ID information from said vehicle transceiver CPU  36 , the site station computer  26  initiates a signal, into said vehicle transceiver unit  36  to ring an alarm signal to the driver  27 , warning the driver removal of wrong cargo from vehicle  30  at the site. If the driver  27  does not comply, the vehicle RF transceiver  36  will not initiate a power down RF signal to the wrong cargo tag  21 , the tag being equipped with an HI power transmitter, at predetermined time, the tag  21  start automatically transmitting at time interval a stolen cargo alarm signal, which helps authorities or security personnel to locate the stolen cargo by use of hand held RF monitor unit.  
         [0096]    In a preferred embodiment the pallet tag  18  additionally is equipped with GPS/cellular modem or 2 way pager, during an unauthorized removal of pallet from said vehicle  30 , said pallet tag unit  18  upon passing the vehicle gate reader  32 ,  40  will power on the tags GPS/Cellular modem, pager. The built-in GPS/modem receiver logs the satellite positioning signals in it&#39;s data base and transmits said pallet tag  18  ID information along with GPS location information. This will expedite to locate the stolen pallet by a monitoring station computer  26  equipped with GPS map.  
         [0097]    In a more preferable embodiment of the invention the vehicle is equipped with a tamper sensing GPS and cellular antenna,  31 ,  130  a tamper sensing GPS/Cellular modem or 2 way pager unit  38 ,  120  which is connected the a vehicle RF tamper sensing RF transceiver unit  36 ,  120  and the vehicle Gate RFID reader  40 ,  32 . Additionally the GPS and the RF transceiver unit  120  is communicating through vehicle harness  126  by use of encryption data with vehicle immobilizer CPU  128 . The vehicle RF transceiver  36  also connected to the vehicle gate electronic solenoid deadbolt  34 , to open and close said vehicle gate by use of driver key fob.  
         [0098]    A pallet  21  located at a site station waiting to be loaded on a vehicle  30 , the site station warehouse computer  26  operator, upon entry of said pallet  21  content, tag, and destination information into said site computer  26 , which upon send commend, will transmit the particular pallet tag  21 , product content information and destination information into said vehicle GPS unit CPU  38 , through a cellular modem or 2 way pager. The vehicle GPS CPU  38  logs said information in its database. When the vehicle  30  arrives the logged address destination (longitude/latitude) the vehicle GPS unit  38  gives a signal, to the vehicle RF transceiver unit  36 , which upon receipt of said signal will allow driver  27  key fob generated RF signal to open the gate lock solenoid  34  of said vehicle, at the given address. And the driver  27  precede prompt delivery of pallet. The delivery information can be polled via the cellular modem from any given site station computer network, intranet or Internet system. Since the vehicle RF transceiver  36  at time interval communicating with vehicle pallet tags, said information could be polled by computer operator at a site  26 , to help site station  20  be able monitor a mobile vehicle  30  and it&#39;s content at any given location, and be able to know estimated time of arrival of cargo, and monitor real time content of a vehicle.  
         [0099]    On a none designated address location, if driver  27  decides to open vehicle gate solenoid lock  34  by use of given key fob, example “to steel the cargo”, the vehicle RF transceiver  36  will not respond to given signal to activate vehicle door solenoid  34 . First the vehicle RF transceiver  36  must receive vehicle GPS unit  38  signal, which is produced only if the vehicle physical location is at the given address location.  
         [0100]    The GPS antenna  31 , and GPS/phone antenna  130  is equipped with a pressure sensing tamper switch  133  with a protective “O” ring  134  on the mounting side, the mounted side is against the vehicle inner or outer body or glass. Additionally the GPS antenna and modem antenna  31 ,  130 ,  131 ,  132  has built-in processor  135 , producing encryption data, said data is transmitted through said antenna wire  136  into said GPS unit  120 . The GPS unit is equipped with a data processor  124  to process the incoming encryption codes. The GPS unit  120  is connected to vehicle harness  126  which is used to sends the encryption data through vehicle harness to a vehicle immobilizer CPU  128 , which is equipped with a data read processor  137 , which upon receipt of data will enable the vehicle starter or fuel pump  129  or vehicle/trailer brakes.  
         [0101]    If the vehicle GPS/Cell antenna  130 , or GPS/modem  120  is being removed, the pressure sensing switch  121  is tripped, and if an attempt is made to disconnect the harness or cut the harness wires  126 ,  136  to the GPS/modem or GPS antenna. The GPS antenna  31 ,  130  and the GPS/modem  38 ,  120  unit will no longer transmit encryption data flow into the vehicle immobilizer CPU  128 , the vehicle  30  becomes inoperative, such example; The vehicle starter will be disabled  129 , the fuel pump will be gradually shut off  129 , and vehicle (truck/trailer brakes will be gradually engaged.  
         [0102]    The art has other application, such that to provide safety personnel (student) FIG. 2A. Transportation and tracking, buy use of vehicle mount RF transceiver  142  unit with a built-in counter counting electronically entered or exit personnel, which is connected into vehicle door mount RFID tag read unit  143 ,  144 . The vehicle RF transceiver unit  142  communicates with house RF transceiver/autodiler units  171 ,  172 , and communicate with a school RF transceiver units  166 . In addition the vehicle GPS/modem  141  contains information to personnel  146  ID tag  145  along with pick up or drop of address information. The GPS unit is connected into the vehicle mount door RFID tag read unit  143 ,  144 , which will read RFID tag  145  worn by student, driver  147 , and communicate with vehicle RF transceiver  142  and GPS unit  141 .  
         [0103]    Each student  146  wearing a wristwatch style RFID tag  145  or a badge in a house. A vehicle (bus)  140  sending RF time interval coded signal related to particular house unit&#39;s code, representing a rout. When a house transceiver unit  171 ,  172  receives a particular bus  140  RF signal, the house transceiver unit  171 ,  172  will produce a musical chem. indicating particular bus arrival, with assigned rout information. The student (s)  146  exit the house and enter the bus  140 . Upon entry, the bus gate reader  143 ,  144  reads the individual tag ID and sends the information to vehicle RF transceiver  142  and GPS/modem unit  141 , upon receipt of personnel ID signal, the vehicle RF transceiver  142  transmits a RF signal containing information to said vehicle ID  140 , Driver ID  147  and student ID  146 , into said home RF transceiver unit  171 ,  172 , which upon receipt of signal, will send the information through phone line  150  into school computer  164 , and autodials preprogrammed phone numbers and plays back prerecorded voice massage, to parent (s) or guardian (s)  153  office  151  phone  152  or mobile phones, indicating a particular student have departed from the house  170 . The vehicle GPS unit  141  upon receipt of said student RFID read signal will review the location address (Longitude/latitude). If picked up student ID matches of GPS unit pre stored address and student data, the picket up student, bus, driver and location information is send via a cellular, UHF/ or pager network into a school computer  164 , or store said pick-up information in it&#39;s data base, and download the data upon a polling requested from a monitoring site  164 . If the entered personnel ID does not match given bus GPS CPU unit  141  data, the GPS unit  141  signals to the driver  147  indicating person entering the vehicle is not assigned for the particular vehicle route.  
         [0104]    The vehicle  140  upon arrival to school  160 , the student (s) will depart from the vehicle  140 , the vehicle door read unit  143 ,  144  reads the departing student tag (s) ID numbers with counter indication, and each departing student ID will be checked out of the vehicle RF transceiver unit  142 , and download the departing student ID information via an RF  142  signal into school computer interface  166 ,  164 , which indicates the presence of student dropped off at the particular school site  160 .  
         [0105]    The vehicle GPS unit  141  will log in it&#39;s memory the departing students ID, time and location, for future polling references.  
         [0106]    Since each one of said school (s)  160  are equipped with school gate  167  or classroom door  165  RFID reader  161 ,  162 . When a student  146  enters the school gate  167  or classroom  165 , the Gate or door reader  161 ,  162  will read student ID and log into school computer  164  school attendance of the student.  
         [0107]    In a preferred embodiment of the invention each student wrist RFID tag  145  has a built-in RF transceiver, which upon entry of school gate  167  or particular classroom door  165  the wrist RF transceiver  145  will communicate with the school computer  164  at time interval to ascertain real time presence of student at a particular school.  
         [0108]    When student depart from school  160 , the school Gate or classroom door reader (s)  161 ,  162 ,  163  reads the student RFID tag  145 , and the read data is transmitted to the school computer  164  indicating student departure from school, at a given time and date. If and when student enters the bus  140 , the bus door reader  144  will read student ID and sends said information into bus RF transceiver unit  142 , which upon receipt transmits an RF signal containing information to said Bus ID, driver ID, and student ID to said school computer  164 , which upon receipt will register the event. And the vehicle GPS/modem unit  141  logs such event for future polling needs by monitoring site or transmits said data.  
         [0109]    When the bus is near by a student dropping address (Home)  170 , the bus RF transceiver  142  is transmitting its identification signal, when the home transceiver unit  171 ,  172  picks-up the signal, the home transceiver  172  will sound a chime sound indicating bus arrival. Upon bus arrival at given home site  170 , the student  146  carrying tag departs from vehicle  140 , the door reader  144 ,  143  reads the student wrist tag ID  145 , and sends it to vehicle RF transceiver unit  142 , which upon receipt transmits an RF signal containing information to said student ID, driver ID, and the bus ID to said particular site home  170  receiver unit  171 ,  172 . The home transceiver unit  171 ,  172  upon receipt of said signal, sends the information through phone line  150  into school computer  164 , and autodials into a pre-programmed phone numbers and plays back pre-recorded voice message to the answering party  153  answering the phone  152 , notifying the person (parent)  153  the safe arrival of student at home. The vehicle GPS units  141  compares the student ID  145  with a given address  170  in it&#39;s data logger memory, if given address  170  matches student ID, it logs the event in its memory or reports it to school computer via vehicle wireless modem. If the departing student ID  145  does not match the location address  170 , the vehicle GPS unit  141  will warn the driver  147  with an audiovisual or vibrating signal. The school computer  164  could be connected to an intranet or operate on the Internet. Additionally with the use of Internet, bus arrival or departure could be monitored in office, home computers, laptops and PDA by parents, student, school administrative and dispatch centers.

Technology Classification (CPC): 6