Real-life examples of how RangerSensor Suite can be used

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Personal security 

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Whether it’s in a care home, on a construction site or in manufacturing, people can get into dangerous situations. The RangerSensor system is ideal for personal security. The stairs at home can present dangers just as easily as high scaffolding. 

Patients in care homes, particularly those with dementia, can wear or carry a RangerSensor with additional sensors fitted in problematic locations such as steps and doorways. Care staff will be alerted to a patient entering a predefined danger area. Essentially the sensors are a good safety precaution for all elderly people, not just dementia patients. Thanks to the way in which the RangerSensor can detect a drop to the ground, care staff can be alerted in case of a fall.

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The combination of RangerSensor as a fall or accident notification can also be Employees are faced daily with potential dangers on large industrial sites. It is therefore important that health and safety are looked after in the workplace. Conditions like temperature, air quality and lighting conditions can be monitored with the RangerSensor system and the evacuation protocol in case of emergencies can be triggered. If circumstances change, the system will raise the alarm and the problem can be addressed immediately. Air quality for underground workers, such as those involved in tunneling, can be monitored. 

If an organisation frequently uses external contractors, they can be tracked using the RangerSensor system and they can be prevented from accessing sensitive areas. By offering protection for external contractors the reverse is also true: the system means that they can quickly be found in emergencies, on large sites that they are not familiar with. 

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Parents can be offered a sensor system as a service by theme parks and shopping malls. The children are given a bracelet with a RangerSensor and the parents given the tracking and locating device, RangerSensor, so they can keep an eye on their offspring. If the children disappear in a crowd they can be located quickly.

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Protection and asset tracking 

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RangerSensor is excellent for protection and tracking of goods; warehouse companies can optimise their operations and find ways to improve efficiency. Thousands of different items are often kept in large warehouses and not always in the optimal location. Workers frequently have to search for items, which takes time and lengthens turnaround times. Using the RangerSensor system the necessary items can be located with centimetre-level accuracy. 

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Businesses can enable inventory management of their valuable goods and company vehicles. Simply fit them with a RangerSensor and you can tell at any point in time where particular goods are, how much stock is left and whether the items have left the premises. This is done by defining a virtual boundary using geofencing. In the same way you can determine whether goods have already been finished and left the site or in which stage of the production process they are. Additionally, the sensors can be used to monitor temperature, for example in warehouses and so prevent items from being incorrectly stored.

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Route analysis: customer and purchasing behaviour 

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The behaviour of customers in a shopping mall or supermarket can also be analysed with the help of the RangerSensor system. Large supermarket chains can fit their shopping trolleys with sensors. Further sensors are then arranged in the stores and these report the location of the trolleys. Organisations can gain valuable insights by analysing the data. You can tell which areas the customers spend the longest in. If that is the checkout area or the deli counter, this can be an indication that more staff are needed in these areas. The location of stores and placement of products can also be optimised in this way. Route analysis is useful not just for companies and those who deal with them but also for the organisers of major events and conferences and people running theme parks. The system can be used to reduce waiting times for attractions and can be practically implemented at airports: the analysed data can be used to optimise passenger flow and reduce the waiting times at security and at the gates.

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Process optimisation 

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In assembly lines, such as are common in car manufacturing, the supply and demand of materials needs to be balanced in order to prevent delays. In large manufacturing plants tugger trains comprised of several wagons or carts are used, with which the components are moved between assembly stations. Delays to the tugger trains lead to delays in assembly and can even result in assembly being halted, causing significant increases in operating costs for companies. If however the carts are fitted with RangerSensor devices you can determine where they are at any given time. 

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Long-term data analysis can help tease out the cause of any delays, address them promptly and thereby optimise the assembly process.

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Risk minimisation

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People can be at risk in many real-life situations, whether on construction sites or production lines. RangerSensor Suite is ideal for minimising this risk. 

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Employees in large industrial areas are confronted daily with numerous potential dangerous situations. It is therefore vital to make adjustments to ensure the health of workers. Environmental factors such as temperature, air quality, lighting conditions as well as evacuation procedures in case of emergencies can be controlled with RangerSensor. If certain parameters change, help can be promptly provided. In the case of work underground, air quality can be checked.

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People flow analysis - Customer and visitor behaviour/smart city

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Using the Sensors in the RangerSensor Suite it becomes possible to analyse the behaviour and the routes customers take in shopping centres or supermarkets. Organisations can benefit from these findings. You can find out like this, which areas customers spend the most time. If, for example, it is at the till then it could be a hint for the company that more staff are needed in this area. The layout of the shop and product placement can also be optimised by these additional findings. People flow analyses such as these aren’t just for retailers and businesses but also for the organisers of large events and trade shows and the managers of theme parks. RangerSensor Suite’s people flow analysis can also be practical in airports: the data received can help to optimise the flow of passengers and reduce delays at security and the gates. Analysis like this is important for the Smart City. Sensors help to monitor and control the traffic and to give users the option of using alternative routes or finding parking using an app.

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Navigation 

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Thanks to an option with a graphical display the RangerSensor Suite is also ideally suited to navigation tasks. For example, the RangerSensor system can be used to arrange a museum tour. First a route around the museum via various points of interest is arranged - these could be exhibition pieces or information boards. Then, when a visitor reaches each point, important information about the object is displayed on the screen. 

Hospitals and care homes can guide patients navigating round their premises in the same way. Important locations such as common rooms, toilets, drinks machines or special treatment rooms can be marked as points of interest. Patients and visitors can be guided by the RangerSensor to clinical appointments and back to their rooms.

Large university campuses, airports, train stations and conferences are all situations where the organisers might want to provide an indoor navigation system. Theme parks can use this method to entice visitors to the attractions with the shortest queues.