US 12,307,876 B2
System, method, and apparatus for detecting and alerting of inmate usage of cafeteria
David Segal, Palm Harbor, FL (US); Chris Defant, New Port Richey, FL (US); Jeremy Nelson, Spring Hill, FL (US); and Fulviu Borcan, Clearwater, FL (US)
Assigned to Detection Innovation Group, Inc., New Port Richey, FL (US)
Filed by Detection Innovation Group, Inc., New Port Richey, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,190.
Prior Publication US 2025/0037567 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G08B 21/22 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/22 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10366 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of alerting when an inmate traverses a food line of a correctional facility more than a predetermined number of times, the method comprising:
locking a body-worn device to the inmate, an RFID being embedded within the body-worn device;
positioning an RFID reader at the food line in the correctional facility;
reading a value of the RFID by the RFID reader when the RFID is in proximity of the RFID reader, indicative of the inmate obtaining a meal;
transmitting a record containing the value of the RFID to a computer system;
the computer system receiving the record containing the value of the RFID and storing an RFID reader location, the value of the RFID, and a timestamp in a memory of the computer system; and
when the computer system receives each record containing the value of the RFID and the RFID reader location, the computer system searches the memory for prior records containing the value of the RFID and the RFID reader location to determine when the inmate has passed through the food line more than once in a pre-determined time period.