GREENBOX: MOVING ALARM APPARATUS WITH GPS AND METHOD OF USE, DESIGNED FOR AIRCRAFT, SHIPS, TRAINS, BUSES AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION

• US 20160325846A1
• Filed: 03/31/2015
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James Lawrence Kearns
• Original Assignee: James Lawrence Kearns
• Inventors: Kearns, James Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US14/675,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20160325846A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2045/0065 Black boxes, devices automatically broadcasting distress signals
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/0015 Devices specially adapted for the protection against criminal attack, e.g. anti-hijacking systems
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/0059 by communicating emergency situations to ground control or between crew members

Abstract

The Greenbox: moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses and other forms of transportation is a remotely monitored alarm system which is designed to allow for alarm systems similar to regular home alarms, but designed for moving systems and to be remotely accessed with video and sound in real-time. It includes alarms designed specifically for the mode of transportation it is designed for. It maintains the data in recoverable form by providing for remote access as well as storage of the data, constantly uploaded to an Internet website during an alarm, as well as within a fireproof and waterproof safe. It will approve for use the GPS systems used in cars to be sanctioned for aircraft so that the location of commercial aircraft can be determined at all times, so that 911 will never happen again, and so that planes and ships will not be lost.

Claims

1. Greenbox:

a moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses, and other forms of transportation comprising;

a. software designed for remote access of security alarms on moving systems;

b. a functioning alarm system that will alarm in moving systems to a ground-based monitoring station, utilizing Internet communications;

c. video in real-time being broadcast in conjunction with the alarm system on moving systems through Internet communications, viewable by the crew and ground-based personnel;

d. sound files that are broadcast in real-time from moving systems in conjunction with an alarm system through Internet communications that will be able to be listened to by the ground-based monitoring station security personnel;

e. a remotely monitored altitude alarm that is broadcast in real-time from an aircraft that will sound and send an alarm to the ground-based monitoring station when the aircraft is 1000 feet from ground level;

f. the ability to arm or disarm the system and program from the cockpit, bridge, or control area of the transportation mode and will be able to be monitored from the ground-based monitoring station by utilizing an alarm keypad;

g. a remotely monitored proximity alarm from moving systems that will sound and send an alarm to the ground based monitoring station when the aircraft, ship, submarine or helicopter, or other form of transportation is within 2000 feet in any direction of another aircraft, ship, submarine, or helicopter (does not apply to trains or busses, or other ground-based transportation modes);

h. a remotely monitored status alarm for aircraft landing gear, that will sound in the flight cabin and send an alarm to a ground-based monitoring station when the landing gear is not down in preparation for landing or remaining down during flight;

i. a remotely monitored icing alarm for aircraft that will sound in the flight cabin and send an alarm to the ground-based monitoring station when icing conditions cause a build-up of ice on the wings;

j. a remotely monitored passenger cabin alarm that will send an alarm to the ground-based monitoring station and the cockpit of the aircraft when there is a loud noise in the passenger cabin, or loss of cabin pressure, or disturbance;

k. a remotely monitored attitude alarm that will sound in the aircraft cabin and also send an alarm to the ground-based monitoring station when the aircraft is at an unusual attitude of 50°

down or right or left angle;

l. a remotely monitored speed alarm that will sound in the cockpit and also send an alarm to a ground-based monitoring station when the aircraft is below stall speed set by the manufacturer or above the maximum speed for the aircraft;

m. a remotely monitored fuel alarm that will sound in the aircraft cockpit and also send an alarm to the ground-based monitoring station when the fuel is below safe levels for continued flight set by the manufacturer;

n. a remotely monitored fire and/or smoke alarm that will send a signal to the bridge, flight cabin or control center of the mode of transportation and also to the monitoring station when there is a threat of fire; and

o. a remotely monitored flood alarm that will send a signal to the bridge, flight cabin or control center of the mode of transportation and also to the monitoring station when there is a threat of flooding.

2. Greenbox:

moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses and other forms of transportation of claim 1, further comprising the enclosure of the DVR and I/O Data Storage Device within a protective safe to protect from fire and/or flood.

3. Greenbox:

moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses and other forms of transportation of claim 1, further comprising adaptation for ships, trains, busses, submarines, helicopters, and other forms of transportation, even down to individual cars.

4. Greenbox:

moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses and other forms of transportation of claim 1, further comprising the GPS (Global Positioning System) in conjunction with the alarm system to send warnings and alarms to the cockpit and also to the monitoring station when there is a threat of being off course, or to low in altitude.

5. Greenbox:

moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses and other forms of transportation of claim 1, further comprising a method of recovery of data from the system, both through monitoring of data from the monitoring station and by physical recovery of the devices equal to at least 90% of the data being recoverable.

6. Greenbox:

moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses and other forms of transportation of claim 1, further comprising the following remotely accessible and/or alarm components;

a. the DVR (Digital Video Recorder) to store data from the video and sound recordings and to also permit the remote access to the data from the ground-based monitoring station;

b. variable cameras to capture the images in digital form for remote viewing of what is happening aboard a moving aircraft or other form of transportation in real-time and providing virtual security aboard the mode of travel;

c. variable microphone types which will capture the sounds and allow the sounds to be recorded and broadcast to the monitoring station for real-time access to the sounds in conjunction with the video;

d. an altitude alarm;

e. GPS location indicator;

f. a proximity alarm;

g. landing gear status alarm;

h. icing alarm;

i. passenger cabin pressure, noise, disturbance alarm;

j. attitude alarm;

k. speed/stall alarm;

l. low fuel alarm;

m. fire alarms;

n. power loss alarms;

o. arm/disarm of the keypad; and

p. lock/unlock of the flight cabin/bridge doors.

7. Greenbox:

moving alarm apparatus with GPS designed for aircraft, ships, trains, busses and other forms of transportation of claim 1, further comprising the following list of non-remotely accessible components and/or non-alarming devices;

a. the safe;

b. the data storage device; and

c. the antenna.