SAFETY DEVICE UTILIZING A BEACON
First Claim
1. A system for enhancing the safety of one or more persons, the system comprising:
- a Personal Safety Beacon (PSB) device that is coupled with a person being monitored, the PSB device configured to perform a plurality of measurements indicative of environmental conditions encountered by the person being monitored and configured to transmit a unique identifier associated with the PSB device; and
one or more portable electronic devices that is in continuous communication with the PSB device, the one or more portable electronic device hosting a monitoring application that monitors the person, wherein the monitoring application is configured to notify a user upon detecting one or more hazardous or unsafe conditions based on the information provided by the PSB device.
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Abstract
A system for enhancing the safety of one or more persons includes a Personal Safety Beacon (PSB) device that is coupled with a person being monitored. The PSB device is configured to perform a plurality of measurements indicative of environmental conditions encountered by the person being monitored. The PSB device is also configured to transmit a unique identifier associated with the PSB device. The system further includes one or more portable electronic devices that are in continuous communication with the PSB device. The one or more portable electronic device hosts a monitoring application that monitors the person. The monitoring application is configured to notify a user upon detecting one or more hazardous or unsafe conditions based on the information provided by the PSB device.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for enhancing the safety of one or more persons, the system comprising:
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a Personal Safety Beacon (PSB) device that is coupled with a person being monitored, the PSB device configured to perform a plurality of measurements indicative of environmental conditions encountered by the person being monitored and configured to transmit a unique identifier associated with the PSB device; and one or more portable electronic devices that is in continuous communication with the PSB device, the one or more portable electronic device hosting a monitoring application that monitors the person, wherein the monitoring application is configured to notify a user upon detecting one or more hazardous or unsafe conditions based on the information provided by the PSB device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for enhancing the safety of a person, the method comprising:
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coupling a Personal Safety Beacon (PSB) device with a person being monitored, performing, by the PSB device, a plurality of measurements indicative of environmental conditions encountered by the person being monitored; transmitting, periodically, a unique identifier associated with the PSB device to one or more portable electronic devices that are in continuous communication with the PSB device, wherein the transmission includes information related to the plurality of measurements performed by the PSB device; monitoring a status of the person being monitored by a monitoring application that is hosted by the one or more portable electronic devices based on the information provided by the PSB device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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