Prisoner tracking and warning system and corresponding methods

• US 6,437,696 B1
• Filed: 02/28/2000
• Issued: 08/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jerome H. Lemelson, John H. Hiett, Robert D. Pedersen
• Original Assignee: Jerome H. Lemelson, John H. Hiett, Robert D. Pedersen
• Inventors: Lemelson, Jerome H., Hiett, John H., Pedersen, Robert D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US09/514,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20020067272A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/573.4, 340/539, 340/825.06, 340/825.08, 340/825.36, 340/825.49, 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 342/357.01, 342/357.06, 342/357.07, 342/357.08, 342/357.09, 128/202.21, 600/529, 600/543, 600/17
• US Class Current: 340/573.4
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0233 System arrangements with pre-alarms, e.g. when a first distance is exceeded
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0469 Presence detectors to detect unsafe condition, e.g. infrared sensor, microphone G08B21/0476 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present invention discloses a general overall system 30 and a general overall method 10 for tracking, monitoring, and learning prisoner or parolee behavior. The system 30 and method 10 involve obtaining prisoner or parolee data and monitoring data for at least one individual prisoner or parolee 38, storing the prisoner or parolee data and monitoring data into a database, learning prisoner or parolee behavior from the prisoner or parolee data and the monitoring data in the database, and updating the prisoner or parolee data and the monitoring data in the database. The present invention involves learning both individual and aggregate prisoner or parolee behavior from the prisoner or parolee data and the monitoring data in the database. The present invention executes expert system (i.e. including but not limited to fuzzy logic, reinforcement learning, neural networks, artificial intelligence, etc.) algorithms for determining and analyzing deviated behavior by the prisoner or parolee 38. The present invention system 30 and method 10 is able to assign a parole level to the prisoner or parolee 38 and determine whether the prisoner or parolee 38 is to be moved up or down a parole level depending on whether the prisoner or parolee behavior does not constitute or does constitute prisoner or parolee violations. Furthermore, the present invention tracks, monitors, and learns the behavior of the prisoner or parolee 38 by controlling and regulating the permitted/prohibited locations or sectors, the permitted/prohibited location or sector dwell times, the permitted/prohibited travel routes, the permitted/prohibited travel times that the prisoner or parolee 38 spend at or between various locations.

Claims

1. A system to monitor a subject comprising:

a) a monitoring station computer having a first file including reference behavior data of one class of individual to be monitored;

b) a second file in the monitoring station computer including behavior data defining the subject to be monitored;

c) a defined set of allowed activities for the class of individual being monitored programmed into the monitoring station computer;

d) a remote monitoring transmitter and receiver attached to the subject periodically transmitting data to the monitoring station computer;

e) a satellite global positioning system cooperating with the transmitter and receiver attached to the subject to determine the subject'"'"'s current location;

f) a program in the monitoring station computer to analyze the data transmitted from the remote monitoring transmitter to determine if there are variations from the allowed activities and if there are variations the generate a first alarm signal;

g) an expert system associated with the monitoring station computer, the expert system programmed to recognize a continuum of degrees of alarms based on a comparison of the variation of the behavior data defining the subject to be monitored, and the reference behavior data of the monitored subject;

h) a second alarm signal generated by the expert system defining a specific recommend course of action appropriate in the case of the monitored subject.

2. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first file of reference behavior data includes several classes of reference behavior data.

3. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the set of allowed activities includes sets of allowed activities for each class of reference behavior data.

4. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the system monitors multiple subjects and wherein the first file of reference behavior data includes several classes of reference behavior data and the set of allowed activities includes sets of allowed activities for each class of reference behavior data.

5. The invention in accordance with claim 2 where the reference behavior data comprises criminal behavior data relating to the several classes of individuals.

6. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the reference behavior data comprises criminal history and criminal record data relating to the several classes of individuals.

7. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the reference behavior data comprises parole level information relating to the several classes of individuals.

8. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the reference behavior data comprises data relating to a number of different types of crimes from the several classes of individuals.

9. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the reference behavior data comprises data relating to a defined deviated behavior standard derived from the several classes of individuals.

10. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the reference behavior data comprises crime probability data that compares various crime types with various location types wherein a crime probability for each of the various crime types is determined and assigned for each of the various location types.

11. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the behavior data defining the subject to be monitored comprises criminal history and criminal record data relating to the subject.

12. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the behavior data defining the subject to be monitored comprises criminal history and criminal record data relating to the subject.

13. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the behavior data defining the subject to be monitored comprises data relating to the types of crimes committed by the subject.

14. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the data defining the set of allowed activities for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored comprises permitted travel data for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored.

15. The invention in accordance with claim 14 wherein the data defining the set of allowed activities for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored comprises permitted location data for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored.

16. The invention in accordance with claim 14 wherein the data defining the set of allowed activities for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored comprises permitted location dwell time data for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored.

17. The invention in accordance with claim 14 wherein the data defining the set of allowed activities for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored comprises permitted travel path data for each of the several classes of individuals to be monitored.

18. The invention in accordance with claim 1 further comprising an audible alarm with the remote monitoring transmitter and receiver which is activated by a signal transmitted from the monitoring station computer to the remote transmitter and receiver attached to the subject.

19. The invention in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a physical attribute monitor carried by the subject and in communication with the remote monitoring transmitter and receiver attached to the subject.

20. The invention in accordance with claim 19 wherein the physical attribute monitor comprises a microphone.

21. The invention in accordance with claim 19 wherein the physical attribute monitor comprises an alcohol detector.

22. The invention in accordance with claim 19 wherein the physical attribute monitor comprises a heart rate monitor.

23. The invention in accordance with claim 19 wherein the physical attribute monitor comprises a breath rate monitor.

24. The invention in accordance with claim 19 wherein the physical attribute monitor comprises a perspiration monitor.