Emergency notification apparatus and method

• US 10,140,841 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2016
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Choprix LLC
• Original Assignee: Choprix LLC
• Inventors: Cholhan, Hilary J., Cholhan, Remy
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phung
• Application Number:
  US15/062,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20160189530A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: 34053913, 34053911, 34053915, 34053921, 3405731, 340 1324, 455 73, 455 92, 455100
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A system, apparatus and method for alerting an emergency responder to an emergency, which includes a processor obtaining data from at least one sensor, determining, that the data indicates an emergency condition, based on the determining, obtaining location information and a unique identifier, and communicating the location information and the unique identifier to a node via a network connection.

Claims

1. A wearable emergency alert apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store a unique identifier;

a processor in communication with the memory;

a plurality of sensors in communication with the processor;

a location device in communication with the processor comprising an accelerometer;

a receiver in communication with the processor; and

a transponder in communication with the processor, wherein the wearable emergency alert apparatus is configured to perform a method, the method comprising;

obtaining, via the receiver, by the processor, data from a trigger, wherein the trigger is selected from the group consisting of;

at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure, the accelerometer indicating motion outside of an expected pattern, and the at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure and the accelerometer concurrently indicating motion outside of an expected pattern;

determining, by the processor, that the data indicates an emergency condition;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, location information from the location device;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, the unique identifier from the memory;

communicating, by the processor, the location information and the unique identifier to a node via a network connection by accessing the transponder, wherein the unique identifier is subsequently communicated to a second memory resource, which responds by providing supplemental data, based on the unique identifier, and the supplemental data is communicated to a terminal in communication with the node.

2. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wearable emergency apparatus comprises a belt.

3. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises applying, by the processor, at least one pre-configured threshold to evaluate whether the data from the trigger exceeds the pre-configured threshold.

4. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 1, wherein the location device comprises a GPS.

5. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pre-defined number of the plurality of sensors are located in a position external to the wearable object experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure, wherein the trigger is configured to communicate with the processor via the receiver via a wireless communication connection.

6. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a power source.

7. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a port adjacent to the power source so that the power source can be charged by connecting a charging cable to the port.

8. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a display oriented on an outside surface of the apparatus, wherein the display is configured to display the power level of the power source.

9. A wearable emergency alert apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store a unique identifier;

a processor in communication with the memory;

a button in communication with the processor;

a location device in communication with the processor, the location device comprising an accelerometer;

a receiver in communication with the processor, wherein the obtaining of the data from the trigger comprises receiving the data by the receiver; and

a transponder in communication with the processor, wherein the wearable emergency alert apparatus is configured to perform a method, the method comprising;

obtaining, via the receiver, by the processor, data from a trigger, wherein the trigger comprising a pre-defined change in position of the button and data from the accelerometer indicating motion outside of an expected pattern;

determining, by the processor, that the data indicates an emergency condition;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, location information from the location device;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, the unique identifier from the memory; and

communicating, by the processor, the location information and the unique identifier to a node via a network connection by accessing the transponder, wherein the unique identifier is subsequently communicated to a second memory resource, which responds by providing supplemental data, based on the unique identifier, and the supplemental data is communicated to a terminal in communication with the node.

10. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 9, wherein the button is located in a position external to the wearable object experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure, wherein the trigger is configured to communicate with the processor via the receiver via a wireless communication connection.

11. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a power source.

12. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a port adjacent to the power source so that the power source can be charged by connecting a charging cable to the port.

13. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a display oriented on an outside surface of the apparatus, wherein the display is configured to display the power level of the power source.

14. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 9, wherein the location device comprises at a GPS.

15. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 9, wherein the wearable emergency apparatus comprises a belt.

16. A method of utilizing a wearable emergency alert apparatus, comprising:

wearing the wearable emergency alert apparatus by a person such that a trigger on the wearable emergency alert apparatus is located in a position external to the wearable apparatus capable of experiencing a pre-defined condition indicating an emergency situation, and wherein the trigger is configured to communicate with a processor in the wearable emergency alert apparatus via a receiver in the wearable emergency alert apparatus, the wearable emergency alert apparatus further comprising;

a memory in communication with the processor configured to store a unique identifier;

a location device in communication with the processor, the location device comprising an accelerometer; and

a transponder in communication with the processor,

experiencing, by the trigger, the pre-defined condition indicating the emergency situation, wherein the trigger comprises at least one sensor of a plurality of sensors and the pre-defined condition indicating the emergency situation is selected from the group consisting of;

the at least one sensor experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure, the accelerometer indicating motion outside of an expected pattern, the at least one sensor experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure and the accelerometer concurrently indicating motion outside of an expected pattern, and receiving an input from the at least one sensor based on the person manually adjusting the at least one sensor;

based on experiencing the predefined emergency situation, the trigger communicating data to the processor via the receiver via a wireless communication connection and responsive to the communicating;

obtaining, by the processor, location information from the location device and the unique identifier from the memory; and

communicating, by the processor, the location information and the unique identifier to a node via a network connection by accessing the transponder, wherein the unique identifier is subsequently communicated to a second memory resource, which responds by providing supplemental data, based on the unique identifier, and the supplemental data is communicated to a terminal in communication with the node.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the pre-defined condition comprises the at least one sensor experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure and the accelerometer concurrently indicating motion outside of an expected pattern.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the pre-defined condition indicating the emergency situation comprises the accelerometer indicating motion outside of an expected pattern.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the wearable emergency apparatus comprises a belt.