PERSONAL SECURITY DEVICES
First Claim
1. A personal security device for use in signaling an alarm event, the device being arranged to be worn on or about the human body in an accessible manner, the device comprising:
- A user-operable activator for activating a response to an alarm event, the activator being activatable by a physical change of state caused by user interaction with the activator and being arranged to indicate activation to the user in a subtle, non-obvious manner,a transmitter responsive to the activator for transmitting an alarm event signal indicating the occurrence of an alarm event; and
an inactive power source integrated into the device, the inactive power source being coupled to the transmitter;
Wherein the activator is arranged to interact with the inactive power source to activate the same and thereby electrically power the transmitter and initiate the sending of the alarm event signal.
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Abstract
A personal security device for use in signaling an alarm event is described which is arranged to be worn on or about the human body in an accessible manner. The device comprises: user-operable activation means for activating a response to an alarm event, the activation means being activatable by a physical change of state caused by user interaction with the activation means and being arranged to indicate activation to the user in a subtle, non-obvious manner, a transmitter responsive to the activation means for transmitting an alarm event signal indicating the occurrence of an alarm event; and an inactive power source integrated into the device, the inactive power source being coupled to the transmitter. The activation means is arranged to interact with the inactive power source to activate the same and thereby electrically power the transmitter and initiate the sending of the alarm event signal.
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1. A personal security device for use in signaling an alarm event, the device being arranged to be worn on or about the human body in an accessible manner, the device comprising:
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A user-operable activator for activating a response to an alarm event, the activator being activatable by a physical change of state caused by user interaction with the activator and being arranged to indicate activation to the user in a subtle, non-obvious manner, a transmitter responsive to the activator for transmitting an alarm event signal indicating the occurrence of an alarm event; and an inactive power source integrated into the device, the inactive power source being coupled to the transmitter; Wherein the activator is arranged to interact with the inactive power source to activate the same and thereby electrically power the transmitter and initiate the sending of the alarm event signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of signaling an alarm event using a personal security device, the method comprising:
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wearing the device on or about the human body in an accessible manner, activating a response to an alarm event by causing by a physical change of state in an activator of the personal security device, the activation being caused by user interaction with the activator; indicating activation to the user in a subtle, non-obvious manner; transmitting an alarm event signal indicating the occurrence of an alarm event from a transmitter of the personal security device, in response to the activation; coupling an inactive power source integrated into the device to the transmitter; Wherein the user interaction interacts with the inactive power source to activate the same and thereby electrically power the transmitter and initiate the sending of the alarm event signal.
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