EARTHQUAKE-TRIGGERED EMERGENCY INDICATOR

• US 20120262299A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aptos Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: Aptos Technology Inc.
• Inventors: HUNG, Chia-Chun
• Application Number:
  US13/086,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262299A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/628
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/064 indicating houses needing emergency help, e.g. with a flashing light or sound

Abstract

An earthquake-triggered emergency indicator includes an earthquake detector, an indicator, a controller, and a battery module. The earthquake detector is configured for detecting a vibration. The indicator is configured for generating an indication signal in a form of light, sound or vibration to guide a user to take an emergency measure. The controller is configured for generating a trigger signal based on a magnitude and a lasting time of the vibration so as to trigger the indicator to output the correspondent indication signal. The battery module is configured for providing power supply required for operation of the earthquake-triggered emergency indicator. Preferably, the above-mentioned earthquake-triggered emergency indicator includes a wireless communication module for connecting multiple earthquake-triggered emergency indicators to reduce adverse effects caused by malfunctioning single emergency indicator.

Claims

1. An earthquake-triggered emergency indicator, comprising:

an earthquake detector configured for detecting a vibration;

an indicator configured for generating an indication signal in a form of light, sound or vibration to guide a user to take an emergency measure;

a controller electrically connected to the earthquake detector and indicator, and configured for generating a trigger signal based on a magnitude and a lasting time of the vibration so as to trigger the indicator to output the correspondent indication signal; and

a battery module configured for providing power supply required for operation of the earthquake-triggered emergency indicator.

2. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless communication module electrically connected to the controller and configured for transmitting the trigger signal to be received by another earthquake-triggered emergency indicator and to trigger the indicator thereof.

3. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the indicator is configured for generating the indication signal having a blinking light and there is time lapse existing between blinking periods of the indication signal of multiple earthquake-triggered emergency indicators for indicating emergency direction.

4. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the indicators of the earthquake-triggered emergency indicator closer to an exit are brighter for indicating emergency direction.

5. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the wireless communication module is compliant to IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.

6. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a smoke detector electrically connected to the controller and configured for detecting a smoke, wherein the controller generates the trigger signal based on the smoke to trigger the indicator to output the correspondent indication signal.

7. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an operating interface electrically connected to the controller and configured for users to setup at least one of the magnitude and the lasting time of the vibration for the trigger signal.

8. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a recharge circuit electrically connected to the battery module and configured for recharging the battery module when the recharge circuit is electrically connected to an external power supply.

9. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the earthquake detector comprises an accelerometer.

10. The earthquake-triggered emergency indicator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the indicator comprises an LED, a speaker, a vibrating motor or combinations thereof.