NFC security guard systems allow tracking of security guard routes using NFC technology. Guards scan NFC tags at stations to log their locations and times. This allows monitoring of guard routes. The system was tested tracking guards at a historic waterfront area in Malta. A second project involved using similar NFC tracking for employees at a large brewery in Malta. Functional phones are needed for lone workers to improve safety. Phones used should have GPS, an alarm button, long battery life, waterproofing and shock resistance. An example phone meeting these needs was presented. Applications could include GPS tracking, automated check-ins, and triggering an audio alarm if no motion is detected for 10 minutes to request help.

1. NFC security guard systems 1.NFC 2. Functional Phones in a work environment

2. 1. NFC (near field communication)

3. NFC in brief a convenient way to transfer data between a phone and other devices by touching them together turns your phone into a smartcard make purchases by tapping your phone to an NFC reader use your phone as a travel card at an NFC ticket gate NFC typically works over a distance of a few centimetres uses a smart chip to store credit and travel card details securely

4. Brief Technology description What is NFC? communicates via magnetic field induction and operates in the radio frequency of13.56 Mhz, with a band width of 14 kHz. Exchanging information between phone and a device: an NFC credit card reader, an NFC ticket gate an RFID tag RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) Compact wireless technology capable of transmitting a unique identifier such as a unique serial number across a distance in response to a query from a reading device. The RFID tags utilized in the Security application are passive, meaning that they lack batteries and obtain their power from the query signal of the NFC reading device itself.

5. NFC Practical Examples NOKIA NFC APPLICATIONS

6. First test project - Security tracking NFC solution keeping track of security guard routes: Last time they logged stations where they scanned Example of control level shown in page below of Vittoriosa waterfront.

9. Next Project Very Big brewery in Malta …

10. 2. Functional Phones in a work environment

11. Common applications A big Market for lone workers - Future EU employment laws converging to a situation where an employer will be needed to be more responsible for the safety of their ‘lone worker’ employees. prevention

12. On the job Applications

13. So we need a phone which has GPS on Board An alarm button Very long battery life(2 months standby) Water proof (eg keep in the water for a time) Shock proof (drop on concrete) Men Down Functions – volunteer 3 messages (Freefall – impact – no motion) Features

14. This phone exists!!!

15. ...And we create the applications Example GPS track and trace End to end check (Are you still alive?-10mins) If no motion we play an audio file on the loud speaker of the phone… “Help me! … Help me!! … Help me!!!” Battery check of the phone from the server- constant reminder to charge tonight

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