Bluvision

Real-Time Locating System

[RTLS]

Real-Time Locating System [RTLS] solutions provide organisations with visibility into the precise, real-time location of an asset (personnel or equipment), thereby increasing operational efficiency and optimising workforce. Despite its benefits, there has been resistance to its widespread adoption due to the limitations in accuracy, cost of sensors/tags and the complex infrastructure requirements.

Bluvision’s cloud-based RTLS solution provides superior accuracy, requires minimal hardware and comes with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership [TCO] in the market today, making it the BETTER, FASTER & CHEAPER solution.

The Better RTLS Solution

Accuracy: Bluvision’s SaaS-based RTLS uses a combination of Bluetooth LE and Bluvision’s proprietary location engine to determine specific location of assets (employees, equipment and inventory). By combining smart firmware on the beacons that transmit custom messages, smart firmware on BLE/WiFi gateways and advanced algorithms on the cloud, we are able to achieve sub-two meter accuracy. The accuracy can be maintained even in large, open spaces with a lot of metal objects, people, and RF noise.

Micro Geofences: Our cloud solution, has various RTLS components built into it that promises unprecedented accuracy and range. One of the key features of the solution is the ability to create unique geofences with ease. Enterprises can, not just monitor when an asset enters the geofences, but are also capable of recording history of movement and dwell-time of these assets that enable predictive analysis.

Scalability: Further, enterprises can remotely manage their sensor beacons and BLE/WiFi gateways through the cloud which immediately allows for the solution to be scalable – an inherent requirement for large, global enterprises looking to track assets.

The Faster RTLS Solution

Fast and quick to implement: Other solutions require massive installation expenditure in terms of servers, cables, antennas etc. Bluvision’s cloud-based solution does not require wired hardware. The installation entails plugging in of AC-powered BLE/WiFi gateways and attaching the sensor beacons to assets being tracked. Our “install and go” solution gives enterprises the ability to quickly manage thousands of devices/assets and gain visibility into their precise location, at scale.

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The Cheaper RTLS Solution

Minimal hardware: Using BLE devices (considering over a billion Bluetooth devices were sold last year) allows us to drive down the cost while still being able to deliver amazing on-chip capabilities. Our solution requires minimal hardware (BLE sensors and Bluetooth/WiFi gateways) saving enterprises the costs involved in the expensive infrastructure setup of antennas, servers, cable, etc. As a cloud-based solution, we do not require server configuration and can get the data to the cloud using existing WiFi.

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Condition Monitoring

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Many manufacturing, warehouse and distribution facilities focus on condition monitoring or predictive maintenance solutions for the larger motors, drives and gearboxes but fail to take into consideration mission-critical equipment like smaller motors, bearings, rollers, conveyors, water pumps, etc. By and large, the maintenance for these happens on an inefficient, planned schedule at best, or only after the damage is done, at worst. An unplanned motor failure can cause a line-down situation ranging anywhere from a couple of hours to several days, resulting in downtime. While unplanned maintenance is more disruptive and expensive than routine scheduled maintenance, the best condition monitoring solution is one which predicts failure or presents the deterioration rate for any equipment that has the potential to cause downtime, in time to react. Bluvision’s Advanced Condition Monitoring uses machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to predict failure on any motor or mechanical equipment, weeks or months before the failure happens.

Predicting the future begins with history

The sensors in BEEKs Industrial BLE beacon, collects historical vibration data and establishes a motion fingerprint of each individual motor or mechanical device. These fingerprints are collected over a short period of time where the monitored asset is operated normally and is run through all possible stages of operation. (Eg: Motor off/motor at low speed/motor at high speed, etc.)

Recognising the patterns

Bluvision’s Condition Monitoring is based on multiple events and not just when a single anomaly is detected. While evaluating the new RMS and peak-to-peak values against the training stage, policies and alerts can be created for:

• When the actual motion of a motor is different than its fingerprint. Alerts are created when the new value exceeds the modeled values.
• When the motion level is growing – trend over time. Alerts are created when there is a trend line of exceeding values over time.

How we do it differently

Bluvision’s solution, apart from being equipment agnostic, requires minimal hardware – sensor beacons to mount on the equipment and BluFi – WiFi gateways. Each gateway can manage hundreds of sensor beacons concurrently. Our Bluzone cloud allows for user-defined alerts and for fleet management so users can check status and health of thousands of beacons at the same time.

Our Condition Monitoring solution studies the motion in all 3-axis – x, y and z. More precisely, we use RMS (Root Mean Square), peak-to-peak, which provides the entire range of motion. The machine learning calculations are performed within the individual beacons with only peak-to-peak data (Low speed @ 10 Hz and high speed @ 800 Hz) transmitted to the cloud, thereby saving battery and ensuring the user doesn’t have to go through tons of unnecessary data to analyze and detect an anomaly.

Predict the failure of motors or any mechanical equipment

Most importantly Bluvision’s equipment agnostic solution is designed to understand the motion and predict the failure of any mechanical device providing factories and enterprises the ability to optimize operational and process flow with avoidable downtime.

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Workplace Optimisation

Making the workspace, work for you!

The need to understand how space is being utilized and occupied become imperative as companies strive to create the best work environment for their employees while also maximising efficiency. With the adoption of flexible workspace strategies such as hot desking, agile working and activity-based working, companies seek visibility into every aspect of workspace usage including assigned areas like desks and non-assigned areas like conference rooms, meeting areas, etc., to gauge the effectiveness of space utilisation and to provide a productive work atmosphere. Bluvision’s Workplace Optimisation solution is a comprehensive indoor location-based solution that provides real-time visibility and historical occupancy heat maps by workplaces, zones, and desks in a single dashboard thereby, facilitating the facility managers to make the workspace work for them.

What is Workplace Optimisation Solution (WPO)?

The Workplace Optimisation solution is built on Bluvision’s cloud-based platform for Real-Time Location Solutions (RTLS) and analytics. The solution provides occupancy levels across various workplaces with historical insights into top utilised areas, along with information into the current occupancy rate. This location data can assist with:

• Space Utilisation/Room Occupancy: Access occupancy levels across various workspaces, floors and zones with insights into top utilised areas by historical usage.
• Workforce optimisation: Based on the strategic utilisation insights from above, real-time employee location data can assist with tactical decisions that enhance collaboration and employee productivity.
• Mustering: Account for every employee in real-time in case of emergency promoting employee safety and adhering to evacuation best practices.
• Security: Monitor secure areas with dynamic and virtual geofences. Bluvision BLE Badges can be integrated with HID access control solutions for secure access along with indoor location capabilities.
• Wayfinding: Enhance visitor and employee experience by providing digital signage and wayfinding.

Space Utilisation/Room Occupancy:

Between the cost of having underutilised real estate space, and the cost to outfit that space, enhanced space management can reap huge potential savings for organisations. Not just in terms of optimised space utilisation, but also in terms of energy usage and increased facility asset management. With the trend of today’s flexible workplace transformation, facility managers need sophisticated capabilities to forecast space usage. Using Bluvision’s historical utilisation data, corporate real estate professionals can make strategic workspace utilisation decisions that identify under-utilised areas, recognise gaps for potential space efficiencies and result in considerable real estate cost savings.

Workforce Optimisation:

Organisations can use the operational data from occupancy and space utilisation to facilitate employee productivity initiatives such as creating collaborative work environments and reorganised workspace structures. Bluvision’s workplace solution provides the ability to find the right person at the right place, and at the right time. The interactive zone map can be used to determine space availability in a hotel environment.

Mustering:

Accounting for all employees and visitors following an evacuation is critical. Manual checklists and confusion at mustering points could delay rescue operations. Needless to say, real-time location visibility is critical at such times of emergency. Bluvision’s Mustering solution leverage both BLE Badges and users’ mobile phones to determine headcount at mustering points. Further, it provides building owners a solution that is in compliance with the evacuation best practices put forth by the United States Department of Labor agency – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), for mustering, emergency and evacuation.

Security:

Bluvision’s BEEKs Badges can be integrated with HID access control solutions – the global leaders in secure access solutions; providing physical access control solutions into buildings along with the ability to monitor real-time indoor location data in a single solution. With Bluvision’s WPO, organisations can monitor and secure large, open areas with dynamic geofences and set user-defined, real-time alerts when a person enters a restricted area or an ‘authorised personnel only’ area.

Wayfinding:

As the workplaces of today continue to transform, the ability to provide a seamless visitor and employee experience becomes an intrinsic feature of smarter buildings. Locating a co-worker at an activity-based workplace or helping a visitor get to the meeting room without struggling to find his way around the building, translates to superior efficiency and streamlined workspace planning. Bluvision’s Wayfinding solution uses a smart phone application and leverages fleets of BLE-enabled devices (BEEKs Badges and BluFi gateways,) to generate the location of a user’s phone.

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Proximity Location System

[Zone-Based RTLS]

What is Proximity Location System or Zone-Based RTLS?

Sometimes it isn’t necessary to track an asset at all times but to understand whether an asset is in a specific location or not. In such a case, instead of using RTLS which tracks assets in real-time throughout a facility, Bluvision recommends Proximity Location System [PLS] or Zone-Based RTLS solution. PLS is a basic version of RTLS and allows users to set real-time alerts when a specific asset (equipment or person) enters or exits a specified area or comes in close proximity to a specified area.

How does it work?

PLS solution is easy and quick to install. There is no wired infrastructure for PLS and unlike RTLS, PLS doesn’t require calibration. The BluFi gateway which is also a Bluetooth reader is placed at the entry of the area that needs to be tracked. When a beacon enters or exits this entryway, the Bluetooth to WiFi gateway relays this information to Bluvision’s cloud – Bluzone. Enterprises can use Bluzone to create user-defined policies to alert the concerned individuals that a specific asset has either entered or left the designated area. Gateways could also be placed in a specific area and policies created to send alerts when an asset comes in close proximity to the gateway. PLS, as the name suggests, checks for the beacon/asset’s proximity to the assigned location.

Why PLS?

PLS is ideal for monitoring gateways and portals, and to indicate when an asset comes in close proximity to a specific area. Business cases that need to closely monitor check-ins/check-outs, cases where it is crucial to ensure a valuable asset doesn’t leave a designated area, and instances, when you need to know if an asset or employee is in a particular area, are best candidates for PLS solution.

PLS is a superior and better alternative to the various RFID technologies available due to its fast, easy and quick implementation. The solution’s minimal infrastructure requirement is a key reason for its low total cost of ownership. Scalability is also an added advantage with PLS, as the combination of BluFi gateways and Bluzone allows for more assets to be tracked by merely adding more beacons to the assets. (One BluFi can read over 2000 beacons.)

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