Personal crime prevention bracelet

• US 20080001764A1
• Filed: 10/02/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Douglas Security Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Alicia Douglas, Randy Douglas
• Inventors: Douglas, Randy, Douglas, Alicia
• Granted Patent: US 7,602,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

This invention is a bracelet that can transmit the location of the wearer to a monitoring station using GPS technology to locate the wearer and cellular communication technology to transmit the information. The invention can also record and transmit sound and visual information to the monitoring station and receive sound transmissions from the monitoring station. Another embodiment includes a two unit version were one unit can detect the distance to the other unit. Once that distance exceeds a certain maximum, an alarm will sound from the first unit. An alarm can also be sent to the monitoring station. Other versions of the invention can have a lock to prevent removal of the invention from a wearer. The lock can be a biometric lock, such as one operated by a fingerprint.

Claims

1. A personal security device comprising:

A global positioning system receiver;

A means to detect and project sound data;

A means to detect visual data;

A means to transmit and receive sound data, visual data and location data;

A means to activate transmission of sound data, visual data and location data;

A means to monitor the sound data, visual data or location data transmitted from the personal security device;

So that a person can activate the personal security device and transmit sound data detected by the personal security device, and transmit visual data detected by the personal security device, and transmit location data determined by the global positioning system receiver so that a person operating the monitoring means can respond the security needs of the person who activated the personal security device.

2. The personal security device of claim 1 where the personal security device is a bracelet.

3. The personal security device of claim 1 where the means of transmitting sound data is a cellular telephone system.

4. The personal security device of claim 1 where the means of transmitting visual data is a cellular telephone system.

5. The personal security device of claim 1 where the means of transmitting location data from the global positioning system receiver is a cellular telephone system.

6. The personal security device of claim 1 where the means of detecting sound data is a microphone.

7. The personal security device of claim 1 where the means of projecting sound data is a speaker.

8. The personal security device of claim 1 where the means of detecting visual data is a camera.

9. The personal security device of claim 1 where the means of monitoring transmission from the personal security device is a computer connected to a cellular telephone system that can receive sound data, visual data and location data from the personal security device through the cellular telephone network.

10. The personal security device of claim 1 where a second personal security device can monitor the distance between a first personal security device and the second personal security device through direct signaling between the two personal security devices.

11. The personal security device of claim 10 where the second personal security device that is monitoring the first personal security device is monitoring the first personal security device for the distance between the location of the first personal security device and the second personal security device and will alert the operator of the second personal security device when the distance between the first personal security device and the second personal security device exceeds a certain distance.

12. The personal security device of claim 10 where the second personal security device that is monitoring the first personal security device is monitoring the first personal security device for the distance between the location of the first personal security device and the second personal security device and will alert the operator of the second personal security device when the distance between the first personal security device and the second personal security device exceeds a certain distance, as determined by the global positioning system receivers.

13. The personal security device of claim 9 where the computer monitoring the personal security device is part of a security service that will respond to any alarm from the wearer of the personal security device.

14. The personal security device of claim 9 where the computer monitoring the personal security device is located in a police station and is monitored by the police.

15. The personal security device of claim 1 where the personal security device can lock so that it cannot be removed without opening the lock.

16. The personal security device of claim 15 where the lock is a biometric lock.

17. The personal security device of claim 15 where the lock is a biometric lock that uses fingerprint information.

18. The personal security device of claim 1 where the personal security device has an integrated light source so that the user can illuminate an area and improve the means of detecting visual data.

19. The personal security device of claim 1 where the personal security device is worn by a police officer as a communication and evidence recording device.

20. The personal security device of claim 1 where the personal security device has a means of recording data.

21. A personal security bracelet comprising:

a bracelet;

a global positioning system receiver;

at least one camera;

at least one microphone;

at least one speaker;

at least one alarm button;

a cellular telephone system receiver and transmitter;

a monitoring station connected to the personal security bracelet by a second cellular telephone system receiver and transmitter;

so that an wear of the personal security bracelet can activate the personal security bracelet by pressing the alarm button, sending location data, audio data from the microphone, and visual data from the camera to the monitoring station where a second person operating the monitoring station can respond to the alarm from the wear of the personal security bracelet and send assistance to the location of personal security bracelet based upon the location data, audio data and visual data.

22. A personal security bracelet comprising:

a bracelet;

a global positioning system receiver;

at least one camera;

at least one microphone;

at least one speaker;

at least one alarm button;

a cellular telephone system receiver and transmitter;

a plurality of controls;

a means of monitoring the distance between a first personal security bracelet and a second personal security bracelet by setting a maximum distance between the first personal security bracelet and the second personal security bracelet so that the first personal security bracelet and the second personal security bracelet signal each other directly so that when the set distance between the first security bracelet and the second personal security bracelet is exceeded, an alert is send to the second personal security bracelet;

a monitoring station connected to the personal security bracelet by a second cellular telephone system receiver and transmitter;

so that an wear of the second personal security bracelet can activate the second personal security bracelet by pressing the alarm button, sending location data from the global positioning system receiver, audio data from the microphone and visual data from the camera from both the first personal security bracelet and the second personal security bracelet to the monitoring station where a second person operating the monitoring station can respond to the alarm from the wear of the personal security bracelet and send assistance to the location of either the first personal security bracelet or the second personal security bracelet based upon the location data, audio data and visual data.