Personal Emergency Response System

• US 20150213700A1
• Filed: 01/30/2015
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Herman Sybrecht Veenstra
• Original Assignee: Herman Sybrecht Veenstra
• Inventors: Veenstra, Herman Sybrecht
• Application Number:
  US14/610,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20150213700A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/183 Single detectors using dual technologies G08B13/1672, G08B13/2448, G08B13/2494 take precedence

Abstract

An embodiment of an emergency notification system includes a signaling device. The signaling device includes a first activatable sensing device, a second activatable sensing device, and a transmitter communicatively coupled to the first and second sensing devices. The transmitter is configured to transmit a first signal in response to activation by a user of both the first and second sensing devices. The system further includes a computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device including a receiver and a transceiver, enable the electronic device to perform a method comprising the steps of receiving the first signal from the transmitter, and in response to receiving the first signal, transmitting a second signal over a wireless network to a predetermined recipient.

Claims

1. An emergency notification system, comprising:

a signaling device, comprising;

a first activatable sensing device,

a second activatable sensing device, and

a transmitter communicatively coupled to the first and second sensing devices, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a first signal in response to activation by a user of both the first and second sensing devices; and

a computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device including a receiver and a transceiver, enable the electronic device to perform a method comprising the steps of;

receiving the first signal from the transmitter; and

in response to receiving the first signal, transmitting a second signal over a wireless network to a predetermined recipient.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first sensing device comprises a first button.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the second sensing device comprises a second button.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the transmitter transmits the first signal only in response to simultaneous activation by the user of the first and second buttons.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second sensing device comprises an accelerometer.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to determine the geographic location of the electronic device, and the method further comprises the step of selecting, based on the determined geographic location, the predetermined recipient from a plurality of recipients.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the signaling device further comprises a memory device; and

the method further comprises storing data on the memory device.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein the signaling device further comprises a circular housing having first and second opposing sides, the first button is disposed on the first opposing side and the second button is disposed on the second opposing side.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first button is at an angle of approximately 180°

from the second button.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined recipient is an emergency-services provider.

11. An emergency notification system, comprising:

a signaling device, comprising;

a first activatable sensing device, and

a transmitter communicatively coupled to the first sensing device, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a first signal in response to activation by a user of the first sensing device; and

a computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device including a receiver, a second activatable sensing device and a transceiver, enable the electronic device to perform a method comprising the steps of;

receiving the first signal from the transmitter; and

in response to receiving the first signal and activation by the user of the second sensing device, transmitting a second signal over a wireless network to a predetermined recipient.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first sensing device comprises a button.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the second sensing device comprises a microphone.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the electronic device transmits the second signal only in response to the user simultaneously activating the button and speaking a predetermined word set into the microphone.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the second sensing device comprises an accelerometer.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the electronic device is configured to determine the geographic location of the electronic device, and the method further comprises the step of selecting, based on the determined geographic location, the predetermined recipient from a plurality of recipients.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the signaling device further comprises a memory device; and

the method further comprises storing data on the memory device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined recipient is an emergency-services provider.