Locking GPS Device for Locating Children
First Claim
1. A locking GPS-based locator device, wearable by a child, comprising:
- a housing unit, a connecting band, by which the housing unit is attachable to the child, and a locking mechanism, by which the connecting band is lockably attachable to the housing unit;
wherein the housing unit, having a proximal side and a distal side, defines a housing interior space, which contains a GPS module, a cellular module, one or more high-band antennas in electrical communication with the cellular module and the GPS module, a processing circuit, and a power source;
wherein the connecting band has a distal end, which is fixedly connected to the distal side of the housing unit, and a proximal end, which is lockably attachable to the proximal side of the housing unit;
wherein the connecting band contains one or more low-band antennas, which communicate electrically with the cellular module in the housing unit; and
wherein the GPS module, upon activation, is configured to receive satellite GPS location data and to transmit the GPS location data to the processing circuit, which converts the GPS location data to one or more outgoing locator message signals, in text or audible format, which signals are sent by the cellular module, through one or more of the high-band or the low-band antennas, to one or more designated contacts.
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Abstract
A GPS-based child-locator device can be securely locked to a child'"'"'s wrist or ankle so as to be removable only by using one or more custom mechanical keys and/or resettable software keys/codes. This prevents the child-locator device from being disabled by being removed from the child during an abduction. The GPS locator comprises a housing unit, a connecting band, by which the housing unit is attachable to a child, and a locking mechanism, by which the connecting band is lockably attachable to the housing unit. The GPS locator also utilizes a novel antenna design to achieve a very compact profile for the housing which contains the device'"'"'s electrical components.
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7 Claims
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1. A locking GPS-based locator device, wearable by a child, comprising:
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a housing unit, a connecting band, by which the housing unit is attachable to the child, and a locking mechanism, by which the connecting band is lockably attachable to the housing unit; wherein the housing unit, having a proximal side and a distal side, defines a housing interior space, which contains a GPS module, a cellular module, one or more high-band antennas in electrical communication with the cellular module and the GPS module, a processing circuit, and a power source; wherein the connecting band has a distal end, which is fixedly connected to the distal side of the housing unit, and a proximal end, which is lockably attachable to the proximal side of the housing unit; wherein the connecting band contains one or more low-band antennas, which communicate electrically with the cellular module in the housing unit; and wherein the GPS module, upon activation, is configured to receive satellite GPS location data and to transmit the GPS location data to the processing circuit, which converts the GPS location data to one or more outgoing locator message signals, in text or audible format, which signals are sent by the cellular module, through one or more of the high-band or the low-band antennas, to one or more designated contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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