Beacon based system to automatically activate a remote camera based on the proximity of a smartphone

• US 20180352135A1
• Filed: 06/06/2017
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jacob Mark Fields
• Original Assignee: Jacob Mark Fields
• Inventors: Fields, Jacob Mark
• Application Number:
  US15/615,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20180352135A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

Beacon based systems to automatically activate a remote camera based on the proximity of a smartphone. Elements include a smartphone specialized software, a beacon and specialized software on a microcomputer which can seamlessly provide location based activation of a camera and transmission of the resultant photo back to the smartphone. One aspect includes a system of using a beacon with a beacon, a sensor, a computer enabled device for communicating with the beacon over a wireless network, and a remote storage device. The computer enabled device can communicate with the beacon over a wireless network and the computer enabled device detects the beacon when the beacon is within a predetermined range of the computer enabled device. Once the beacon is detected, the computer enabled device triggers the sensor and the sensor actuates, outputs a digital file, and transmits the file to a remote storage device.

Claims

1. A system of using a beacon, the system comprising

a beacon;

a sensor;

a computer enabled device for communicating with the beacon over a wireless network; and

a remote storage device;

wherein said computer enabled device can communicate with said beacon over a wireless network;

wherein said computer enabled device detects said beacon when said beacon is within a predetermined range of said computer enabled device;

wherein once said beacon is detected said computer enabled device triggers said sensor;

wherein said sensor outputs a digital file; and

wherein said digital file is transmitted to said remote storage device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said sensor is more than one sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said sensor is a camera.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said beacon is more than one beacon.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said remote storage device is more than one remote storage devices.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said beacon is powered by a battery.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said wireless network is wired network.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said wireless network is connected to the internet.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer enabled device can communicate with said beacon over a wired network.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer enabled device is at least one smartphone each with one or more cameras for recording and outputting images.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer enabled device is at least one smartphone each with one or more audio recording devices for recording and outputting sounds.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer enabled device is includes one or more scales for recording and outputting a user'"'"'s weight.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein said beacon is three are more beacons that are additionally used to triangulate the location of a user and output the location data to said remote storage device.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein said image is output along with the location data to said remote storage device.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein said image is multiple images taken from multiple camera sources.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said multiple images are used to create a 3D print file.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer enabled device wireless transmits a set of alphanumeric codes to said beacon when said beacon is within a predetermined range of said computer enabled device.