Drone Safety Alert Monitoring System and Method

• US 20160042637A1
• Filed: 08/11/2015
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clandestine Development, LLC
• Original Assignee: Clandestine Development, LLC
• Inventors: Cahill, Peter
• Application Number:
  US14/824,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20160042637A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/104 using satellite radio beacon positioning systems, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1965 the vehicle being an aircraft
• 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 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A wearable safety alarm system includes one or more processors to receive identifying information and transmit the identifying information to an alarm response server from a mobile computing device, receive, by the mobile computing device, a unique identifier that identifies the identifying information in database associated with the alarm response server, receive a trigger of an alarm notification by one of a wearable device and the mobile computing device, determine a current location of the mobile computing device, transmit an alarm notification message to the alarm response server, the alarm notification message including the current location of the mobile computing device and the unique identifier, and transmit the current location of the mobile computing device to at least one drone.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor to;

receive identifying information and transmit the identifying information to an alarm response server from a mobile computing device;

receive, by the mobile computing device, a unique identifier that identifies the identifying information in a database associated with the alarm response server;

receive a trigger of an alarm notification by one of a wearable device and the mobile computing device;

determine a current location of the mobile computing device;

transmit an alarm notification message to the alarm response server, the alarm notification message including the current location of the mobile computing device and the unique identifier; and

transmit the current location of the mobile computing device to at least one drone.

2. The system of claim 1, the at least one processor further to:

receive monitoring information from the at least one drone, the monitoring information comprising at least one of video, audio, and photographic information; and

store the monitoring information in the database and associate the monitoring information with the unique identifier.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the alarm response server determines at least one public safety answering point (PSAP) based on at least one of the current location of the mobile computing device and a safety score.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the alarm response server notifies the mobile computing device to determine whether the alarm notification is a false alarm.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the alarm response server sends the identifying information and the current location of the mobile computing device to a call center server and to at least one lifeline.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the alarm notification is triggered by one of a hardware button of the wearable device, a touch screen of the wearable device, a microphone of the wearable device, an accelerometer of the wearable device, a gyroscope of the wearable device, a fingerprint recognition device of the wearable device, a retina scanner of the wearable device, and a heart rate monitor of the wearable device.

7. The system of claim 1, the at least one processor further to pair the wearable device with the mobile computing device.

8. A system comprising:

a mobile device including a processor and a communication interface;

an alarm response server including a processor and a communication interface; and

a drone including a processor, a communication interface, and a camera system;

wherein,

in response to an alarm condition, the alarm response server receives an alarm notification message from the mobile device including location information;

in response to receipt of the location information, the alarm response server communicates the location information to the drone; and

in response to receipt of the location information, the drone follows a route to the location, and records monitoring information at the location.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the alarm response server sends the mobile device a unique identifier in response to receiving setup information from the mobile device.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein, in response to receiving the monitoring information from the drone, the alarm response server stores the monitoring information in an associated database and associates the monitoring information with the unique identifier.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein, in response to receiving the unique identifier and location information, the alarm response server communicates the unique identifier and location information to a call center server.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein, in response to receiving the unique identifier and location information, the call center server communicates the location information to one or more lifelines.