US 11,669,640 B1
Method of providing data integrity
Jeffrey S. Gibson, Fort Smith, AR (US)
Assigned to SB&G Innovations, Inc., Fishers, IN (US)
Filed by Jeffrey S. Gibson, Fort Smith, AR (US)
Filed on May 25, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/990,582.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/510,769, filed on May 25, 2017.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/64 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10237 (2013.01); G06K 19/045 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device having a physical housing, at least one microprocessing computerized unit (MCU) including an internal clock, at least one sensor originating source component, at least one measuring sensor, at least one voltage regulator with a voltage regulator switch to control activation of said at least one sensor originating source component and said at least one measuring sensor; at least one power initiating RFID tag providing an initiating voltage for sensing by the voltage regulator; at least one component to receive formatted data from said MCU and transfer received data to an external reader, said component being either i) a data receiving and transferring RFID tag to transfer such data to an external RFID reader, or ii) a data receiving and transferring NFC tag and antennae to transfer such data to an external NFC reader, said NFC tag being compliant with and utilizing the ISO/IEC 15693 standard; and, optionally, at least one power supply;
wherein said at least one sensor originating source component and said at least one measuring sensor are configured appropriately and aligned for emission of a beam or like result directly towards said sensor for measurement of a subject measurable article, level, dimension, condition, and the like; wherein said MCU is connected to said at least one measuring sensor to permit transmission of data from said at least one measuring sensor to said MCU; wherein said MCU includes a flash memory component that is formatted to receive data transmitted from said at least one measuring sensor; wherein said MCU includes a program to format said data transmitted from said at least one measuring sensor for proper transmission to and write on capability on said data receiving and transferring RFID tag or said NFC tag; wherein said data receiving and transferring RFID or NFC tag is programmed to receive a data call from a suitable external reader device, said data call and programmed status permitting transfer of the data received from said MCU to said external reader; wherein said voltage regulator is located in proximity to said power initiating RFID tag to sense RFID activation upon receipt of a data call from said external reader; wherein said power supply, if present, continuously provides electrical power to said at least one sensor originating source component, said at least one measuring sensor, and, possibly, said MCU; wherein said voltage regulator activates said at least one sensor originating source component and said at least one measuring sensor upon activation through sensing said power initiating RFID activation, thereby acting as a switch to permit transmission of power from said power supply to said at least one sensor originating source component and said at least one measuring sensor; wherein said at least one measuring sensor generates data from the emission leading therefrom said at least one sensor originating source component to said at least one measuring sensor; wherein said data generated by said at least one measuring sensor automatically transmits to said MCU; wherein said MCU is programmed to receive said data and to deactivate said at least one measuring sensor and said at least one sensor originating source component at a set time interval in relation to said internal clock, thereby limiting the actual amount of data transmitted by and received from said at least one measuring sensor; wherein said MCU stores all transferred information from said at least one measuring sensor within its flash memory; wherein said MCU automatically formats and transfers all received and stored information to said data receiving and transferring RFID or NFC tag thereby reading on said data receiving and transferring RFID or NFC tag such information; wherein said MCU is programmed to stop receipt of information from said at least one measuring sensor and power down both said at least one sensor originating source component and said at least one measuring sensor in evenly timed intervals, whereupon said MCU transfers said information to write upon said data receiving and transferring RFID or NFC tag; wherein said data receiving and transferring RFID or NFC tag sends all received information from said MCU to said external reader upon each data call; wherein said suitable external reader transfers all received information from said at least one RFID or NFC tag to a storage database; and wherein the total size of said housing is low-profile.