MOBILE, LOCATION-AWARE, SELF-POWERED ALARM AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20150194044A1
• Filed: 01/08/2015
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Loa Enterprises Inc
• Original Assignee: Seagate Alarm & Signal
• Inventors: Feltner, David, Adams, James M., Levison, David
• Application Number:
  US14/591,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20150194044A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile, location-aware, self-powered alarm system is disclosed. The alarm system is powered by a combination of a battery and a solar panel and provides communication between a remote module and law enforcement and a data center. The alarm system is adapted to trigger an alarm to notify the remote module, which can include a central operator, of a theft or attempted theft according to desired parameters so that the local law enforcement can be notified.

Claims

1. An alarm system comprising:

a global positioning system (GPS) module, the GPS module configured to provide a location signal using GPS satellite signals;

a wireless communication module, the wireless communication module configured to send a wireless signal, the wireless signal including the location signal;

an independent power module, the independent power module configured to provide electrical power to the GPS module and the wireless communication module; and

a remote module, the remote module configured to receive one of the wireless signal and a retransmission of the wireless signal, the remote module configured to contact an emergency service dependent on the location signal.

2. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to communicate with a cellular network.

3. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to receive a wireless signal and the remote module is configured to send one of a wireless signal and a signal that is retransmitted into a wireless signal.

4. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the independent power module includes a battery.

5. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the independent power module is configured to generate electrical power using a member selected from the group consisting of a solar panel, a wind turbine, a hydroelectric generator, an internal combustion engine, and combinations thereof.

6. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the independent power module includes a battery and is configured to generate electrical power using a solar panel.

7. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the remote module is configured to record information contained in the one of the wireless signal and the retransmission of the wireless signal.

8. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein one of the wireless communication module and the remote module is configured to trigger an alarm when the location signal does not match a parameter, the alarm instructing the remote module to contact the emergency service dependent on the location signal.

9. The alarm system of claim 8, wherein the parameter includes one of GPS coordinates and an area defined by GPS coordinates.

10. The alarm system of claim 3, wherein the remote module is configured to send an instruction to the wireless communication module, the instruction including a member selected from the group consisting of arming, disarming, a password, a password change, alarm activation, alarm deactivation, and combinations thereof.

11. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the emergency service dependent on the location signal includes a member selected from the group consisting of law enforcement, private security, a fire department, a medical service, and combinations thereof.

12. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising an interface module, the interface module configured to receive an input and provide an output of the alarm system.

13. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising an alarm indicator module, the alarm indicator module including a member selected from the group consisting of a siren, a light, a strobe, and combinations thereof.

14. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising at least one sensor module in communication with the wireless communication module, the wireless signal including a signal from the sensor module, the sensor module including a member selected from the group consisting of a motion sensor, a door contact, a window contact, a sound sensor, a temperature sensor, a smoke detector, and combinations thereof.

15. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein the GPS module, the wireless communication module, and the independent power module are contained in one or more weather resistant and shock resistant enclosures.

16. A method of operating an alarm system comprising:

providing an alarm system including;

a global positioning system (GPS) module, the GPS module configured to provide a location signal using GPS satellite signals;

a wireless communication module, the wireless communication module configured to send a wireless signal, the wireless signal including the location signal;

an independent power module, the independent power module configured to provide electrical power to the GPS module and the wireless communication module; and

a remote module, the remote module configured to receive one of the wireless signal and a retransmission of the wireless signal, the remote module configured to contact an emergency service dependent on the location signal;

sending the wireless signal using the wireless communication module;

receiving one of the wireless signal and a retransmission of the wireless signal using the remote module.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein one of the wireless communication module and the remote module is configured to trigger an alarm when the location signal does not match a parameter, the alarm instructing the remote module to contact the emergency service dependent on the location signal, the method further comprising:

comparing the location signal with the parameter and triggering the alarm when the location signal does not match the parameter.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the parameter includes one of GPS coordinates and an area defined by GPS coordinates.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the alarm system further comprises an alarm indicator module, the alarm indicator module including a member selected from the group consisting of a siren, a light, a strobe, and combinations thereof, and the method further comprises:

activating the alarm indicator module when the location signal does not match the parameter.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to receive a wireless signal and the remote module is configured to send one of a wireless signal and a signal that is retransmitted into a wireless signal, the remote module is configured to send an instruction to the wireless communication module, the instruction including a member selected from the group consisting of arming the alarm system, disarming the alarm system, providing a password, providing a password change, activating an alarm indicator module, deactivating an alarm indicator module, and combinations thereof, and the method further comprises:

sending the instruction to the wireless communication module.