Portable alarm system

• US 6,094,140 A
• Filed: 12/22/1998
• Issued: 07/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas G. Parente
• Original Assignee: Thomas G. Parente
• Inventors: Parente, Thomas G
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Daniel J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T.
• Application Number:
  US09/221,445
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/539, 340/531, 340/567, 340/451, 340/505, 340/628, 340/573, 340/825.37, 340/164 R, 379/37, 379/38
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

A portable alarm system for alerting a central station of an emergency. The portable alarm system includes a central unit for monitoring a desired area and a remote control unit for activating and signaling the central unit. The central unit includes a detector for detecting an emergency situation and generating a signal in response thereto, a processor for receiving the detection signal and generating an alarm signal in response thereto, a receiver for receiving an emergency signal and providing the emergency signal to the processor and an alarm for alerting the central station upon receipt of one of the alarm signal and emergency signal. The remote control unit includes a device for generating the emergency signal upon receipt of a user generated command and a transmitter for transmitting the emergency signal to the receiver of the central unit. The detection device is a motion detector for detecting motion in an area surrounding the central unit and the remote control unit includes an activation button for generating a signal for activating the motion detector. The remote control unit further includes a button for generating a medical emergency signal and a panic signal for transmission to the central unit. The transmitter includes at least one of a modem for connecting to and transmitting the alarm signal to the central station via telephone lines and a wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the alarm signal to the central station.

Claims

1. A portable alarm system comprising:

a) a central station;

b) a number of central units, each central unit for monitoring a desired area including;

i) means comprising a motion detector for detecting an emergency situation and generating a detection signal in response to detecting an the emergency situation;

ii) processing means connected to said detecting means for receiving said detection signal and generating an audible alarm signal in response to receipt thereof;

iii ) a receiver connected to said processing means for receiving an emergency signal and sending said emergency signal to said processing means; and

iv) means for alerting the central station upon receipt of one of said alarm signal and emergency signal from said processing means;

c) a remote control unit for generating a signal for activating said motion detector including;

i) means for generating said emergency signal in response to receipt of a user generated command;

ii) a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting said emergency signal to said receiver of said central unit; and

iii) means comprising a neck chain for releasably securing said remote control unit to a user; and

d) said central station including means for identifying the location of said central unit through a caller ID signal, said central station including a housing having first, second and third indicators on a face side thereof, said first indecator providing a visual signal that said central unit is receiving power, said second indicator providing a visual signal that an emergency situation has been detected and said third indicator providing a visual signal that a power interruption has occurred, said first, second and third indicators being light emitting diodes.