First responder dispatch system and methods of operation thereof

• US 10,105,108 B1
• Filed: 04/06/2018
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leeps Pro, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Leeps Pro, Inc.
• Inventors: Taptelis, Ilias Louie
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Zhen Y
• Application Number:
  US15/946,833
• Time in Patent Office: 200 Days
• Field of Search: 34053912
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0531 Measuring skin impedance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4266 sweat secretion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A first responder dispatch system is disclosed comprising a sensing wearable configured to be worn by a first responder. The sensing wearable can comprise a wrist-worn electronic device, a power-generating garment, or a combination thereof. The sensing wearable can comprise a plurality of biometric sensors configured to measure a plurality of vital signs of the first responder. The system can comprise a server programmed to receive biometric data concerning a plurality of vital signs of the first responder measured by the sensing wearable. The server can also transmit alerts to a plurality of dispatch client devices over a plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections concerning a status of the first responder. At least one dispatch client device can transmit a response to the server and the server can, in turn, transmit additional biometric data concerning the first responder to the dispatch client device.

Claims

1. A first responder dispatch system, comprising:

a power-generating garment configured to be worn about a body part of a first responder, wherein the power-generating garment comprises a processor, a memory, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a first responder client device in proximity to the first responder, and a plurality of biometric sensors coupled to the power-generating garment and configured to measure a plurality of vital signs of the first responder, wherein the first responder client device is configured to receive the plurality of vital signs from the power-generating garment over a wireless personal area network; and

a server comprising a server processor, a server memory, and a server communication unit configured to communicate with the first responder client device and a plurality of dispatch client devices, wherein the server processor is programmed to execute instructions to;

receive a vital sign reporting string from the first responder client device over a secured real-time bidirectional connection, wherein the vital sign reporting string comprises vital sign data reflecting an abnormal vital sign of the first responder, and wherein the abnormal vital sign is measured by the plurality of biometric sensors,

transmit an alert string generated by the server processor to each of the plurality of dispatch client devices over a plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections, wherein an alert user interface (UI) window is configured to be generated on a display of a dispatch client device in response to the dispatch client device receiving the alert string,

receive a dispatch response string from one of the plurality of dispatch client devices in response to a dispatch user input applied to the alert UI window, wherein the dispatch response string is received over one of the plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections, and wherein the dispatch client device transmitting the dispatch response string is designated as a responding dispatch client device,

transmit a vital sign frequency change string generated by the server processor to the first responder client device over the secured real-time bidirectional connection in order to increase a frequency of the vital sign reporting strings transmitted by the first responder client device to the server, and

transmit a historical vital sign string generated by the server processor and a plurality of vital sign reporting strings of increased frequency to the responding dispatch client device over the secured real-time bidirectional connection.

2. The first responder dispatch system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the secured real-time bidirectional connections is opened and maintained using a real-time transport framework supporting a WebSocket communication protocol.

3. The first responder dispatch system of claim 2, wherein the real-time transport framework is a Socket.IO JavaScript framework.

4. The first responder dispatch system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the power-generating garment is made of a conductive fabric comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers coated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):

poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT;

PSS), wherein at least one of the plurality of biometric sensors is coupled to the conductive fabric.

5. The first responder dispatch system of claim 4, wherein at least a portion of the power-generating garment is made from a thermoelectric fabric comprising multiple layers of carbon nanotubes and polymer films, wherein the thermoelectric fabric is coupled to at least part of the conductive fabric and a power storage unit coupled to the power-generating fabric.

6. The first responder dispatch system of claim 1, wherein the power-generating garment comprises wearable triboelectric nanogenerator textile layers.

7. The first responder dispatch system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of biometric sensors comprise at least one of a heart rate sensor configured to measure a heart rate of the first responder, a motion sensor configured to detect a sudden motion undertaken by the first responder, a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor configured to measure a moisture level of the skin of the first responder, and a temperature sensor to measure a skin temperature of the first responder, and wherein the vital sign reporting string comprises values corresponding to the heart rate, motion, skin moisture level, and skin temperature of the first responder.

8. The first responder dispatch system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the vital sign reporting strings, the alert strings, the dispatch response string, the vital sign frequency string, and the historical vital sign string is a serialized JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) string.

9. The first responder dispatch system of claim 8, wherein the first responder client device comprises a global positioning system (GPS) locational unit configured to transmit GPS coordinate data to the server, wherein the server processor is further programmed to execute instructions to:

concatenate the GPS coordinate data to at least one of the vital sign reporting strings and the historical vital sign string, and

transmit at least one of the vital sign reporting strings and the historical vital sign string comprising the GPS coordinate data to the responding dispatch client device.

10. The first responder dispatch system of claim 9, wherein a client processor of the responding dispatch client device is programmed to execute instructions to:

render a dispatch console UI using a platform-independent component-based UI framework comprising a plurality of panels,

render a map panel as one of the plurality of panels using the GPS coordinate data received through at least one of the vital sign reporting strings and the historical vital sign string, and

render a dynamic chart panel using the vital sign data received from the historical vital sign string and the vital sign reporting strings of increased frequency, wherein the dynamic chart panel is rendered using a traced-based UI charting framework, wherein the vital sign data reflecting the heart rate, the skin moisture level, and the skin temperature of the first responder are rendered as separate real-time traces on the dynamic chart panel.

11. A computer-implemented method for providing dispatch support to first responders, comprising:

measuring, using a plurality of biometric sensors coupled to a power-generating garment worn about a body part of the first responder, a plurality of vital signs of the first responder, wherein the power-generating garment comprises a processor, a memory, and a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a first responder client device in proximity to the first responder;

receiving, at the first responder client device, the plurality of vital signs from the power-generating garment over a wireless personal area network;

receiving, at the server comprising a server processor, a vital sign reporting string from the first responder client device over a secured real-time bidirectional connection, wherein the vital sign reporting string comprises vital sign data reflecting an abnormal vital sign of the first responder, and wherein the abnormal vital sign is measured by the plurality of biometric sensors;

transmitting an alert string generated by the server processor to each of a plurality of dispatch client devices over a plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections, wherein an alert user interface (UI) window is configured to be generated on a display of a dispatch client device in response to the dispatch client device receiving the alert string;

receiving, at the server, a dispatch response string from one of the plurality of dispatch client devices in response to a dispatch user input applied to the alert UI window, wherein the dispatch response string is received over one of the plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections, and wherein the dispatch client device transmitting the dispatch response string is designated as a responding dispatch client device;

transmitting a vital sign frequency change string generated by the server processor over the secured real-time bidirectional connection to the first responder client device in order to increase a frequency of the vital sign reporting strings transmitted by the first responder client device to the server; and

transmitting a historical vital sign string generated by the server processor and a plurality of vital sign reporting strings of increased frequency to the responding dispatch client device over the secured real-time bidirectional connection.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising opening and maintaining at least one of the secured real-time bidirectional connections using a real-time transport framework supporting a WebSocket communication protocol.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising opening and maintaining at least one of the secured real-time bidirectional connections using a Socket.IO JavaScript framework.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising electrically powering the plurality of biometric sensors, the processor, the memory, and the wireless communication unit coupled to the power-generating garment with thermal energy emitted by the first responder, wherein the thermal energy is converted to electrical energy by a thermoelectric fabric forming at least part of the power-generating garment.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the thermoelectric fabric comprises multiple layers of carbon nanotubes and polymer films, wherein the thermoelectric fabric is coupled to at least part of a conductive fabric making up the power-generating garment, wherein the conductive fabric connects the thermoelectric fabric to a power storage unit coupled to the power-generating fabric and the plurality of biometric sensors.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising electrically powering the plurality of biometric sensors, the processor, the memory, and the wireless communication unit coupled to the power-generating garment with mechanical energy generated by the motions of the first responder, wherein the mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy by wearable triboelectric nanogenerator textile layers.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, at the server, global positioning system (GPS) coordinate data from a GPS locational unit of the first responder client device;

concatenating, using the server processor, the GPS coordinate data to at least one of the vital sign reporting strings and the historical vital sign string;

transmitting the vital sign reporting strings and the historical vital sign string generated by the server processor to the responding dispatch client device, wherein at least one of the vital sign reporting strings and the historical vital sign string comprises GPS coordinate data;

rendering, using a client processor of the responding dispatch client device, a dispatch console UI using a platform-independent component-based UI framework comprising a plurality of panels;

rendering, using the client processor of the responding dispatch client device, a map panel as one of the plurality of panels using the GPS coordinate data received through at least one of the vital sign reporting strings and the historical vital sign string; and

rendering, using the client processor of the responding dispatch client device, a dynamic chart panel using the vital sign data received from the historical vital sign string and the vital sign reporting strings of increased frequency, wherein the dynamic chart panel is rendered using a traced-based UI charting framework, wherein the vital sign data reflecting the heart rate, the skin moisture level, and the skin temperature of the first responder are rendered as separate real-time traces on the dynamic chart panel.

18. A non-transitory readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer-executable instructions instruct one or more processors to:

receive a vital sign reporting string at a server from a first responder client device over a secured real-time bidirectional connection, wherein the vital sign reporting string comprises vital sign data reflecting an abnormal vital sign of the first responder, and wherein the abnormal vital sign is measured by a plurality of biometric sensors coupled to a power-generating garment configured to be worn about a body part of a first responder, wherein the vital sign data reflecting the abnormal vital sign is received at the first responder client device from the power-generating garment over a wireless personal area network;

transmit an alert string from the server to each of a plurality of dispatch client devices over each of a plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections, wherein an alert user interface (UI) window is configured to be generated on a display of each of the dispatch client devices in response to the dispatch client device receiving the alert string;

receive at the server a dispatch response string from one of the plurality of dispatch client devices in response to a dispatch user input applied to the alert UI window, wherein the dispatch response string is received over one of the plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections, and wherein the dispatch client device transmitting the dispatch response string is designated as a responding dispatch client device,

transmit a vital sign frequency change string generated by the server over the secured real-time bidirectional connection to the first responder client device in order to increase a frequency of the vital sign reporting strings transmitted by the first responder client device to the server, and

transmit a historical vital sign string generated by the server and a plurality of vital sign reporting strings of increased frequency to the responding dispatch client device over the secured real-time bidirectional connection.

19. The non-transitory readable medium of claim 18, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer-executable instructions instruct the one or more processors to open and maintain at least one of the secured real-time bidirectional connections using a real-time transport framework supporting a WebSocket communication protocol.

20. The non-transitory readable medium of claim 19, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer-executable instructions instruct the one or more processors to open and maintain at least one of the secured real-time bidirectional connections using a Socket.IO JavaScript framework.