WEARABLE MULTI-SENSORY PERSONAL SAFETY AND TRACKING DEVICE

• US 20170229004A1
• Filed: 12/05/2013
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rasesh Hasmukh Shah, Tejas Girish Shah
• Original Assignee: Rasesh Hasmukh Shah, Tejas Girish Shah
• Inventors: Shah, Tejas Girish, Shah, Rasesh Hasmukh
• Granted Patent: US 9,922,537 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 15/00 Weapons not otherwise provided for , e.g. nunchakus, throwing knives
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 13/0018 for nearby electrical discharge, i.e. the electrodes being positioned on the device and the device brought manually or otherwise into contact with a nearby target batons with electric discharge capability F41B15/04; electric shock devices for animals A01K15/02
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 9/10 Hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellant gases or chemicals
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/00 Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/005 by electric shock
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/02 with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

The present invention is a wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device which predicts danger by sensing changes in voice, pulse, emotions, impact, motion of the wearer and the device state. In emergency situations, the device triggers SOS, alarm, electro shock, pepper spray and starts capturing images and audio recording for the safety of the wearer. For keeping a track of the wearer, the device connects to the internet using GPRS and sends the images clicked, the sound recorded and the GPS and GSM coordinates to the rescue team for gaining help for the wearer if needed. In the present invention, various technologies are integrated into one single wearable device thereby eliminating the need for purchasing and carrying multiple devices like pulse monitor, motion monitor, phone, camera, GPS module, self-defense tools, etc. thus saving money and providing comfort to the user.

Claims

1. Wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device:

(i) which comprises automatic sensing modules for sensing changes in voice, pulse, emotions, impact, motion and the device state;

(ii) which can also be manually operated either locally or remotely;

(iii) which uses tracking modules like GPS, GPRS, Satcom and others;

(iv) which uses local storage modules like micro SD card, SSD and others. and remote storage modules like server or cloud to store data and pictures;

(v) whose charging module can use plugged, solar or electro-mechanical energy;

(vi) which has a processing and display module to activate, deactivate or control various modules;

(vii) which has trigger module for alerting through SOS signals and alarm;

(viii) which has module for photo, audio and video recording and can play back the recorded data; and

(ix) which has self-protection modules for attack which include electric shock, pepper spray and blunt object.

2. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the device checks for a number of input events like manual switching, changes in voice, changes in the pulse, accelerometer changes, impact changes on the wearer and other sensory input events at predetermined time intervals.

3. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 2 wherein, the device can be locally triggered by the wearer or remotely triggered by the predefined set of contacts manually in cases of emergencies.

4. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 3 wherein, in an emergency situation, which has been detected automatically or has been triggered manually, the device performs the following actions:

(i) activates a siren to alarm nearby people which can be switched off manually if there isn'"'"'t any danger and the alarm is false and gets automatically switched off after predetermined time;

(ii) activates electro-shock which too can be deactivated manually if there isn'"'"'t any danger or automatically gets deactivated after predetermined time;

(iii) activates the GPS and GSM modules to read their coordinates which are put to sleep after its momentary functioning;

(iv) sends SMS, e-mail, MMS and posts on social networking internet services to the entire rescue team;

(v) activates the camera module which starts clicking images and the local sound recording module which starts the local audio recording both of which are put to sleep after their momentary functioning;

(vi) starts playing sound recorded in the device and initiates outgoing call;

(vii) sends e-mail of the GPS and GSM coordinates and the images and audio recordings to the rescue team through the internet using GPRS; and

(viii) stores the data in the device, in the absence of the internet, by overwriting on the next trigger of the device for later accession.

5. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 4 wherein, the device efficiently manages power by powering on and off various modules as per their requirements.

6. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 5 wherein, if the device has battery charging less than 20%, an SMS of the GPS and GSM coordinates is sent to the call center.

7. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 3 wherein, if the input events do not predict an emergency, the device checks whether the threshold trigger is reached which if hasn'"'"'t been reached, the device goes back in the dormant stage and checks for input events again after predetermined time.

8. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 7 wherein, if the threshold trigger is reached, the device uses sensor fusion methodology and prequel event analysis method and if any sensor issues interrupt after sensing values beyond threshold, other sensors are checked continuously for abnormalities for predetermined time after which the LED of the device is turned on through remote triggering.

9. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 8 wherein, the LED is kept on for predetermined time waiting for some action by the user during which if the user presses the event cancellation switch, the device understands that there isn'"'"'t any emergency and so goes back in the dormant stage but if the user doesn'"'"'t press the event cancellation switch, the device predicts an emergency situation and starts performing the actions mentioned in claim 4.

10. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 9 wherein, the server checks for connection from the client and after accepting the connection, the server receives data from the client.

11. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 10 wherein, if there is a location update packet, the data is updated in the database in the form of acknowledgement packet along with the updating of the contact information or the triggering of an event if any.

12. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 10 wherein, if there is an event packet, the data is updated in the database and e-mail is sent to the rescue team which may include the primary contact or all the contacts depending upon the type of event.

13. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 10 wherein, if there is image data packet, the image is sent to the registered contacts as e-mail.

14. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device as claimed in claim 11 wherein, if the location of the wearer is not received from the device for more than 2 hours, a SOS is sent to the primary contact with last known details of the GPS/GSM coordinates and the last known path/direction.

15. The wearable, multi-sensory, personal safety and tracking device substantially herein described with reference to the foregoing description and drawings.