SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME LOCATING AND GAS EXPOSURE MONITORING

• US 20120280818A1
• Filed: 07/18/2012
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Davisson, Mark J., Johnson, Ernest K. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 8,400,317 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/632
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0075 for multiple spatially distributed sensors, e.g. for environmental monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2462 Asset location systems combined with EAS inventory, tracking, logistic G06Q10/00; entrance control systems G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A hazardous condition alerting system is described that provides a method for alerting on a hazardous condition. The method may include transmitting a location data item identifying a location of an alerting apparatus to a remote server. The method may further include receiving alert information from the remote server when the remote server makes the determination that the location of the alerting apparatus corresponds to a hazardous location. And the method may further include providing a local alert on the alerting apparatus when the alert information from the remote server is received by the alerting apparatus.

Claims

1. An alerting system, comprising:

a location device configured to generate a location data item for deriving a location of an alerting apparatus;

an interface configured to;

transmit the location data item to a remote server; and

receive alert information from the remote server when the remote server determines the location of the alerting apparatus corresponds to a hazardous location, wherein the remote server determines the hazardous location based on a condition detected from the alerting apparatus; and

an alert module configured to provide a local alert on the alerting apparatus when the alert information is received from the remote server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is configured to receive the alert information when the remote server determines that the location of the alerting apparatus is within a determined distance from the hazardous location, the hazardous location being a location where another alerting apparatus has detected a condition that the remote server has determined to be a hazardous condition.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a hazardous condition detector configured to detect a condition in an area of the hazardous condition detector, and generate a condition data item corresponding to the detected condition; and

a panic interface coupled to the interface, wherein the interface is configured to communicate the condition data item and the location data item to the remote server when the panic interface is initiated.

4. The system device of claim 3, wherein the condition detected by the hazardous condition detector is a hazardous gas level.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the alert module is further configured to provide the local alert on the alerting apparatus when the condition detected by the hazardous condition detector surpasses an acceptable amount, the panic interface is initiated, or the location device remains motionless for a determined time interval.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising

a biometric sensor configured to detect a biometric stimulus and generate a biometric data item corresponding to the detected biometric stimulus, wherein the interface is further configured to communicate the biometric data item to the remote server when the detected biometric stimulus surpasses a determined threshold.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the location data item is global positioning satellite data, and the remote server is able to determine the location of the alerting apparatus based on the location data item received from the alerting apparatus.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is further configured to transmit the location data item to be read by a stationary radio frequency reading device (RF reader), and the remote server is able to determine the location of the alerting apparatus based on the location of the stationary RF reader that has read the location data item.

9. An alerting system, comprising:

a location device configured to generate a location data item for deriving a location of an alerting apparatus;

an interface configured to receive the alert information when a remote server determines that the location of the alerting apparatus is within an area of a hazardous location, the hazardous location being a location where a hazardous condition is predicted by the remote server to be located based on the hazardous condition being detected by another alerting apparatus; and

an alert module configured to provide a local alert on the alerting apparatus when the alert information is received from the remote server.

10. The system device of claim 9, wherein the hazardous condition detected by the other alerting apparatus is a hazardous gas level.

11. A method for alerting a hazardous condition by a hazardous condition alerting system, comprising:

transmitting a location data item identifying a location of an alerting apparatus to a remote server;

receiving alert information from the remote server when the remote server determines the location of the alerting apparatus corresponds to a hazardous location; and

providing a local alert on the alerting apparatus when the alert information is received from the remote server.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the alert information is received from the remote server when the remote server determines that the location of the alerting apparatus is within a determined distance from the hazardous location, the hazardous location being a location where another alerting apparatus has detected a condition that the remote server has determined to be a hazardous condition.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the alert information is received from the remote server when the remote server determines that the location of the alerting apparatus is within an area of the hazardous location, the hazardous location being a location where a hazardous condition is predicted by the remote server to be located based on the hazardous condition being detected by another alerting apparatus and a location of the other alerting apparatus when it detected the hazardous condition.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting, by a hazardous condition detector, a condition in an area of the hazardous condition detector;

generating a condition data item corresponding to the detected condition; and

communicating the condition data item and the location data item to the remote server when a panic interface is initiated.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the condition detected by the hazardous condition detector is a hazardous gas level.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing the local alert on the alerting apparatus when the condition detected by the hazardous condition detector surpasses an acceptable amount, the panic interface is initiated, or the location device remains motionless for a determined time interval.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the local alert is at least one of a vibrating alert, an audible alert, and a visible alert.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting, by a biometric sensor, a biometric stimulus;

generating a biometric data item corresponding to the detected biometric stimulus; and

communicating the biometric data item to the remote server when the detected biometric stimulus surpasses a determined threshold.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the location data item is global positioning satellite data, and the remote server is able to determine the location of the alerting apparatus based on the location data item received from the alerting apparatus.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting the location data item to be read by a stationary radio frequency reading device (RF reader), wherein the remote server is able to determine the location of the alerting apparatus based on the location of the stationary RF reader that has read the location data item.

21. The method of claim 11, wherein the remote server determines the hazardous location based on a condition detected by another alerting apparatus and a location of the other alerting apparatus when the other alerting apparatus detected the condition.