EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF, AND RELAY DEVICE

• US 20110140882A1
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: JANG, Dong Won
• Application Number:
  US12/893,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20110140882A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

An emergency alert system includes an alert device, a relay device, and a security device. When a signal-generating-button click signal is sensed, the alert device generates a first alert signal including identification information stored in advance, and transmits the first alert signal to the relay device by using a local wireless communication protocol. The relay device receives the first alert signal from the alert device, extracts the identification information, generates a second alert signal including the identification information and location information of the relay device, and transmits the second alert signal to the security device by using a preset dedicated wireless protocol.

Claims

1. An emergency alert system comprising:

an alert device for generating a first alert signal including identification information stored in advance when a signal-generating-button click signal is sensed, and transmitting the first alert signal by using a local wireless communication protocol;

a relay device for receiving the first alert signal, extracting the identification information from the first alert signal, generating a second alert signal including the identification information and location information of the relay device, and transmitting the second alert signal by a predetermined dedicated wireless protocol in which a common channel of a specific frequency band assigned to transmit and receive urgent wireless signals to and from an emergency services organization is set; and

a security device for receiving the second alert signal from the relay device by using the dedicated wireless protocol,

wherein the relay device is positioned at a region where it is capable of communication with the alert device by using the local wireless communication protocol.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the relay device includes

a receiver for receiving the first alert signal, demodulating the first alert signal, and extracting the identification information,

a storage unit for storing location information of the relay device wherein location information of a place where the relay device is installed is set as initial location information, and

a transmitter for generating and transmitting the second alert signal including the identification information extracted by the receiver and the location information of the relay device stored in the storage unit.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein:

the relay device further includes

a location measuring unit for measuring the location of the relay device by using a signal periodically received from a global positioning system (GPS) satellite, and

a controller for comparing the location information measured by the location measuring unit with the initial location information when the location measuring unit is mounted, and updating the location information of the relay device with the measured location information if the location information measured by the location measuring unit does not coincide with the initial location information.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein:

the security device is provided in plural and the plurality of security devices respectively use a plurality of dedicated wireless protocols in which common channels of specific frequency bands different from each other are set,

the storage unit of the relay device stores information on the plurality of dedicated wireless protocols, and

the transmitter of the relay device modulates the second alert signal according to each of the plurality of dedicated wireless protocols and transmits the modulated second alert signal to each security device using the corresponding dedicated wireless protocol when the information on the plurality of dedicated wireless protocols are stored in the storage unit of the relay device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the alert device includes

a signal generating button installed on the outside,

a sensor connected to the signal generating button and for sensing the signal-generating-button click signal generated from the signal generating button,

a storage unit for storing private identification information of a user carrying the alert device, and

a transmitter for extracting the private identification information from the storage unit, generating the first alert signal including the private identification information, and transmitting the first alert signal when the sensor senses the signal-generating-button click signal.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein:

the security device includes

a receiver for receiving the second alert signal from the relay device,

a processor for demodulating the second alert signal by using information according to a predetermined dedicated wireless protocol standard and extracting the identification information and the location information of the relay device, and

a display unit for displaying the identification information and the location information of the relay device on a screen.

7. An emergency alert method comprising:

receiving, by a relay device, a first alert signal, wherein the relay device is positioned at a region where it is capable of communication with an alert device by using a local wireless communication protocol and generates the first alert signal including identification information stored in advance when a signal-generating-button click signal is sensed; and

extracting, by the relay device, the identification information from the first alert signal and generating a second alert signal including the identification information and location information of the relay device; and

transmitting, by the relay device, the second alert signal to a terminal of a security device installed in an emergency services organization or installed in a terminal or a vehicle of an emergency rescue worker by a preset dedicated wireless protocol in which a common channel of a specific frequency band assigned to transmit and receive urgent wireless signals to and from the emergency services organization is set.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the generating of a second alert signal includes

demodulating the first alert signal and extracting the identification information, and

generating the second alert signal including the identification information and the location information of the relay device, stored in advance, wherein location information of a place where the relay device is installed is set as initial location information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

before the receiving,

setting the location information of a place where the relay device is installed as the initial location information;

measuring the location of the relay device by using a signal periodically received from a global positioning system (GPS) satellite, and

comparing the measured location information with the initial location information, and updating the location information of the relay device with the measured location information if the measured location information does not coincide with the initial location information.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the transmitting includes

when a plurality of dedicated wireless protocols are set, modulating the second alert signal according to each of the plurality of dedicated wireless protocols, and

transmitting a plurality of modulated second alert signals to security devices using corresponding dedicated wireless protocols, respectively.

11. A relay device comprising:

a receiver for demodulating a received first alert signal by using a local wireless communication protocol and extracting identification information included in the first alert signal;

a storage unit for storing location information of the relay device; and

a transmitter for generating a second alert signal including the identification information and the location information of the relay device and transmitting the second alert signal by using a preset dedicated wireless protocol in which a common channel of a specific frequency band assigned to transmit and receive urgent wireless signals to and from the emergency services organization is set.

12. The relay device of claim 11, wherein:

the storage unit stores initial location information set to location information of a place where the relay device is installed.

13. The relay device of claim 12, further comprising:

a location measuring unit for measuring the location of the relay device by using a signal periodically received from a global positioning system (GPS) satellite, and

a controller for comparing the location information measured by the location measuring unit with the initial location information when the location measuring unit is mounted, and updating the location information of the relay device with the measured location information if the location information measured by the location measuring unit does not coincide with the initial location information.

14. The relay device of claim 12, wherein:

the storage unit stores information on a plurality of dedicated wireless protocols in which common channels of specific frequency bands different from each other are set, and

the transmitter modulates the second alert signal according to each of the plurality of dedicated wireless protocols and transmitting the modulated second alert signal to each security device using the corresponding dedicated wireless protocol.