LIFE SAFETY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED Wi-Fi AND GPS CAPABILITY

• US 20090096602A1
• Filed: 10/11/2007
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Albert, Reyes, Javier E., Yuk, Howard
• Granted Patent: US 8,004,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/506
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

This invention relates to a central security and alarm system that provides an ability to respond to an emergency signal sent from a personal life safety device to a system central monitoring location using Wi-Fi, where the emergency signal include GPS coordinates of a location of the personal life safety device so that emergency responders can be sent to investigate and/or respond to the emergency. The system includes at least a personal life safety device including GPS and Wi-Fi capability, and an ability to respond to a user input to generate and transmit and emergency signal and a central monitoring station constructed to receive and respond to the emergency signal by identifying the user GPS coordinates, and initiate a response by emergency responders.

Claims

10. A central security and alarm system that includes responding to an emergency signal sent from a personal life safety device to a system central monitoring location using Wi-Fi, where the emergency signal include GPS coordinates of a location of the personal life safety device, the system comprising:

a personal life safety device including OPS and Wi-Fi capability, and an ability to respond to a user input to generate and transmit and emergency signal; and

a central monitoring station constructed to receive and respond to said emergency signal by identifying the user GPS coordinates, and initiating a response by emergency responders.

1. A method for monitoring for emergency notification by use of a personal life safety at a central monitoring station where the personal life safety device is constructed to provide coordinates of the device'"'"'s location upon actuation of an emergency notification feature by a device user in an emergency, comprising steps of:

the user activating the emergency notification feature to summon emergency responders to the device'"'"'s location at said coordinates;

the personal life safety device responding to the user activating by generating and sending a signal comprising said coordinates to the monitoring location;

the central monitoring station receiving and responding to the signal by summoning the emergency responders.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step of activating includes that said coordinates are GPS coordinates.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step of receiving and responding includes that the central monitoring station automatically attempts to open a VoIP channel to communicate with the user via the personal life safety device.

4. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the step of receiving and responding includes that the central monitoring station immediately determines the exact location of the personal life safety device and communicates same to the emergency responders.

5. The method as set forth in claim 3 wherein the step of receiving and responding includes, where the VoIP communication channel is established with the personal life safety device and the central monitoring station, allowing communication with the user to determine details relating to the emergency.

6. The method as set forth in claim 5, wherein upon establishing the communication channel, the central monitoring station continuously receives updates of said coordinates, and continually provides said updates to said emergency responders in a case where it is determined from said coordinates that the personal safety device has changed, or is changing location.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1, further including a step of intercepting the signal transmitted by the personal life safety device by a local panel, and wherein the local panel relays the signal to the central monitoring station.

8. The method as set forth in claim 7, wherein in response to receipt of the relayed signal, the central monitoring station opens a communication channel with the local panel, and the local panel attempts to extend the open channel to the personal life safety device.

9. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein VoIP channel is enabled using Wi-Fi technology.

11. The central security and alarm system as set forth in claim 10, wherein the personal life safety device includes a panic button.

13. The central security and alarm system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the personal life safety device includes a microphone and speaker for VoIP communications.

14. The central security and monitoring system as set forth in claim 10, further comprising a local monitoring station, constructed to receive the emergency signal from the personal life safety device.

15. The central security and monitoring system as set forth in claim 14, wherein the local monitoring station relays the emergency signal to the central monitoring station.

16. The central security and monitoring station as set forth in claim 15, wherein the local monitoring station supports establishing and maintaining a VoIP communication channel between the central monitoring station and the personal life safety device.

11-1. The central security and alarm system as set forth in claim 10, wherein in response to the received emergency signal, the central monitoring station attempts to open a VoIP communication channel with the user.