SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ACTIVATE A SECURITY PROTOCOL USING AN OBJECT WITH EMBEDDED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY

• US 20120319842A1
• Filed: 04/09/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Amis
• Original Assignee: David Amis
• Inventors: AMIS, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/442,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20120319842A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

The present invention provides means for initiating a distress signal by knocking over an object, such as a table, decorative piece, furniture, etc., that includes a built-in or embedded safety device. When the safety device senses substantial movement (i.e., toppling) of the object, the safety device transmits a distress signal to third-party responders, and also can initiate various events in the environment surrounding the object to deter, delay, or disrupt a perpetrator.

Claims

1. A safety device, comprising:

a sensor configured to detect an input value comprising of at least one of a shock value, a vibration value, an audible value, an acceleration value, a rotational value, or a temperature value;

a processor coupled to the sensor, the processor configured determine if the input value exceeds a predetermined threshold;

a signal transceiver coupled to the processor;

a data capture means coupled to the processor;

an audio output means coupled to the processor; and

a touch sensitive interface coupled to the processor,

wherein the signal transceiver is configured to transmit a distress signal including at least one of a location data, an audio data, or a video data to a remote location if the processor determines that the input value exceeds the predetermined threshold.

2. The safety device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a motion sensor.

3. The safety device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is an audible sensor.

4. The safety device of claim 1, wherein the data capture means is selected from a group consisting of a microphone, a camera, and a video recorder.

5. The safety device of claim 1, wherein the touch sensitive interface is configured to display a status message, wherein the status message is selected from a group consisting of a first-responder status, a building security status, a count-down timer, and a personal safety status.

6. The safety device of claim 1, wherein the touch sensitive interface includes an optical fingerprint scanner.

7. The safety device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is selected from a gyroscope, tiltmeter, inclinometer, oscillator, and displacement sensor.

8. A device to initiate a security protocol, comprising:

a housing;

a touch sensitive interface positioned on an exterior of the housing, wherein the interface changes from a first display state to a second display state upon receipt of a touch signal;

a sensor located within the housing, the sensor selected from a group consisting of a motion sensor, a vibration sensor, a temperature sensor, and an angular displacement sensor;

a processor coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to receive an input value from the sensor, the processor further configured to compare the input value to a threshold value; and

a signal transceiver coupled to the processor, the signal transceiver configured to transmit a distress signal to a remote location if the input value is greater than the threshold value.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the touch sensitive interface appears substantially similar to the housing in the first display state.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the touch sensitive interface appears distinct from the housing in the second display state.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the touch sensitive interface displays a menu in the second display state.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the touch sensitive interface is configured to change from a first color to a second color.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the touch sensitive interface is configured to emit a red color during an emergency state, a yellow color during a warning state, and a green color during a normal state.

14. The device of claim 8, further comprising at least two touch sensitive interfaces positioned on the exterior of the housing.

15. A method of initiating a distress signal from a security device, comprising:

receiving an input value from a touch sensitive interface;

comparing, at a processor, the input value to a pre-determined threshold value;

transmitting a command to a signal transceiver from the processor if the input value is greater than or equal to the pre-determined threshold value;

activating a data capture means if the input value is greater than or equal to the pre-determined threshold value; and

transmitting a distress signal including a location data, an audio data, and a video data from the signal transceiver if the input value is greater than or equal to the pre-determined threshold value to a remote location.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the touch sensitive interface changes from a first color to a second color if the input value is greater than or equal to the pre-determined threshold value.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the touch sensitive interface is configured to display a status message upon transmission of the distress signal to the remote location.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the signal transceiver is configured to transmit the distress signal to a first remote location if the input value is above a pre-determined threshold value, and further configured to transmit the distress signal to a second remote location if the input value is below a pre-determined threshold value.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving, at the signal transceiver, a response signal from the remote location.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising displaying on the touch sensitive interface a status message provided by the response signal.