Multi function electronic personal monitor and radio telemetry cell system

• US 6,756,901 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2001
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grace Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Grace Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Campman, James P
• Primary Examiner(s): GOINS, DAVETTA WOODS
• Application Number:
  US10/015,661
• Publication Number:
  US 20030112144A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/573.4, 340/5.61, 340/825.49, 340/540, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 340/539.21, 340/539.23, 455/69, 455/522, 455/526, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 342/458, 342/463, 342/465, 701/207, 701/117, 701/213, 701/214, 701/215, 370/342, 370/343, 375/130, 375/131, 375/132, 375/134, 375/135, 375/136
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0415 detecting absence of activity per se
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0446 worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait
• 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 25/003 Address allocation methods and details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

A multi function personal alert safety cell system having condition responsive sensors and an alarm for emergency type personal. The personal alert safety cell system having a transceiver. The transceiver for transmitting and receiving at several different radiated power levels, defined as P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, through P_n that vary in signal strength from 1 microwatt through 1 watt. Each power level P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, through P_n being transmitted and received with encoded data and a personal ID uniquely assigned to the transceiver of the cell system. Also, the transceivers transmitting and receiving data being contained within a time frame and having digital instructions and coded format sectors. The power level ID varying in field strength for defining a distance at which the transceiver detects the transmitted and received signal from another of PASS transceiver and the signal being indicative of the distance the transceiver is from the other PASS transceivers.

Claims

1. A multi function personal alert safety cell system having condition responsive sensor means and alarm means indicative of personal safety conditions including a small size portable casing, said casing having an internal watertight sealed cavity and a sound resonating cavity with surrounding walls including at least one sound port providing a passage from the interior to the exterior of said resonating cavity;

a slidable sealed flat wall for dividing electric and electronic control;

operating circuitry disposed in said chamber including a source of electric power, push button control and electronic circuitry controlled by said operating circuitry;

said sealed flat wall having a thin flat sound generating piezoelectric transducer device electrically connected to said circuitry means;

a motion detector for generating a voltage output characteristic of which changes responsive to motion of said casing; and

said operating circuitry further including a tone oscillator connected between said motion detector and said piezoelectric sound generating transducer and responsive to the output of said motion detector and said piezoelectric sound generating transducer and responsive to the output of said motion detector to cause a specific high intensity sweeping alarm signal to be emitted when the operating circuitry is turned on and in the event that the casing is motionless, wherein the improvement comprising;

a transmitter for transmitting data unique to said cell system in said casing at multiple frequencies and at multiple power levels;

a receiver for receiving other data unique to other cell systems in other casings at multiple frequencies and at multiple power levels; and

said transmitted unique data being contained within a time frame and having digital instructions and coded format sectors, said sectors being identified through a sector “

A”

, said sector “

A”

containing said digital ID preamble and a data code format for another receiver to receive and acknowledge before a reception of a digital data can occur,

wherein said multiple power levels being defined as P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, P₆, that vary in signal strength from 1 microwatt through 1 watt, said power level P₄ is assigned a relative field strength number of 4 with a received signal distance of 200 feet and a digital encoded power level I.D. is 0100.

2. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said power level P₁ is assigned a relative field strength number of 10 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1010.

3. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said power level P₂, is assigned relative field strength number of 8 for a distance of 50 feet and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1000.

4. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said power level P₃ is assigned a relative field strength number of 6 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 0110.

5. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said power level P₄ is assigned a relative field strength number of 4 with a received signal distance of 200 feet and a digital encoded power level I.D. is 0100.

6. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said power level P₅ has a received signal distance of 500 feet, is assigned a relative field strength number of 2, and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1010.

7. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said power level P₆ is assigned a relative field strength number of 1 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 0001 with a received signal distance of 5000 feet.

8. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said preamble personal ID being uniquely assigned to at least 100 or more carrier frequencies that vary from 902 MHz through 928 MHz.

9. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 8, wherein each said different transmitted frequencies vary in a random like manner.

10. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 8, wherein each said different transmitted frequencies are sequentially transmitted.

11. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said time frame is 50 milliseconds.

12. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 1, wherein said coded format sectors include a plurality of sectors “

B”

through “

I”

contain digital data specific to desired functions consisting of at least temperature, metabolism, heart rate, and elapsed time; and

a sector “

J”

containing check sum data for insuring validation of said transmitted data.

13. A multi function personal alert safety cell system having condition responsive sensor means and alarm means indicative of personal safety conditions including a small size portable casing, said casing having an internal watertight sealed cavity and a sound resonating cavity with surrounding walls including at least one sound port providing a passage from the interior to the exterior of said resonating cavity;

a slidable sealed flat wall for dividing electric and electronic control;

operating circuitry disposed in said chamber including a source of electric power, push button control and electronic circuitry controlled by said operating circuitry;

said sealed flat wall having a thin flat sound generating piezoelectric transducer device electrically connected to said circuitry means;

a motion detector for generating a voltage output characteristic of which changes responsive to motion of said casing; and

said operating circuitry further including a tone oscillator connected between said motion detector and said piezoelectric sound generating transducer and responsive to the output of said motion detector and said piezoelectric sound generating transducer and responsive to the output of said motion detector to cause a specific high intensity sweeping alarm signal to be emitted when the operating circuitry is turned on and in the event that the casing is motionless, wherein the improvement comprising;

a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data unique to said cell system in said casing at multiple frequencies and at multiple power levels; and

said transmitted and received power levels being defined as P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆, said each power level P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆ being transmitted and received with a digital encoded number uniquely assigned to said particular power level for defining a power level ID, said power level ID varying in field strength for defining a distance at which said transceiver detects said transmitted and received signal which is indicative of the distance said transceiver is from another separate and distinct transceiver.

14. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said operating system includes a microprocessor controller.

15. The multi function personal alert safety system of claim 13, wherein said transmitted unique data being contained within a time frame.

16. The multi function personal alert safety system of claim 15, wherein said transmitted unique data having digital instructions and coded format sectors, said sectors being identified through a sector “

A”

, said sector “

A”

containing said digital ID preamble and a data code format for another receiver to receive and acknowledge before a reception of a digital data can occur.

17. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said multiple power levels being defined as P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆, that vary in signal strength from 1 microwatt through 1 watt.

18. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein each said power level P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆ being transmitted with said data and a personal ID uniquely assigned.

19. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said power level P₁ is assigned a relative field strength number of 10 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1010.

20. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said power level P₂, is assigned relative field strength number of 8 for a distance of 50 feet and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1000.

21. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said power level P₃ is assigned a relative field strength number of 6 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 0110.

22. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said power level P₄ is assigned a relative field strength number of 4 with a received signal distance of 200 feet and a digital encoded power level I.D. is 0100.

23. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said power level P₅ has a received signal distance of 500 feet, is assigned a relative field strength number of 2, and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1010.

24. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said power level P₆ is assigned a relative field strength number of 1 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 0001 with a received signal distance of 5000 feet.

25. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein said preamble personal ID being uniquely assigned to at least 100 or more carrier frequencies that vary from 902 MHz through 928 MHz.

26. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein each said different transmitted frequencies vary in a random like manner.

27. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 13, wherein each said different transmitted frequencies are sequentially transmitted.

28. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 15, wherein said time frame is 50 milliseconds.

29. The multi function personal alert safety cell system of claim 16, wherein said coded format sectors include a plurality of sectors “

B”

through “

I”

contain digital data specific to desired functions consisting of at least temperature, metabolism, heart rate, and elapsed time; and

a sector “

J”

containing check sum data for insuring validation of said transmitted data.

30. A plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems, comprising:

a plurality of transceivers, each said transceiver for transmitting and receiving at several different radiated power levels, defined as P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆, that vary in signal strength from 1 microwatt through 1 watt, each said power level P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆ being transmitted and received with encoded data and a personal ID uniquely assigned to each of said plurality of transceivers;

said plurality of transceivers transmitting and receiving data being contained within a time frame and having digital instructions and coded format sectors, said sectors being identified through a sector “

A”

; and

said personal ID varying in field strength for defining a distance at which one of said transceivers detects said transmitted and received signal from another of said plurality of transceivers and said signal being indicative of the distance of one of said transceiver is from another of said transceivers.

31. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said multiple power levels being defined as P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆, that vary in signal strength from 1 microwatt through 1 watt.

32. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 31, wherein each said power level P₁, P₂, P₃, P₄, P₅, and P₆ being transmitted with said data and a personal ID uniquely assigned.

33. The plurality multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 32, wherein said power level P₁ is assigned a relative field strength number of 10 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1010.

34. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 32, wherein said power level P₂, is assigned relative field strength number of 8 for a distance of 50 feet and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1000.

35. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 34, wherein said power level P₃ is assigned a relative field strength number of 6 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 0110.

36. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 32, herein said power level P₄ is assigned a relative field strength number of 4 with a received signal distance of 200 feet and a digital encoded power level I.D. is 0100.

37. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 32, wherein said power level P₅ has a received signal distance of 500 feet, is assigned a relative field strength number of 2, and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 1010.

38. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 32, wherein said power level P₆ is assigned a relative field strength number of 1 and a digital encoded power level I.D. of 0001 with a received signal distance of 5000 feet.

39. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said preamble personal ID being uniquely assigned to at least 100 or more carrier frequencies that vary from 902 MHz through 928 MHz.

40. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 39, wherein each said different transmitted frequencies vary in a random like manner or may be sequentially transmitted.

41. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 39, wherein each said different transmitted frequencies are sequentially transmitted.

42. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 39, wherein said time frame is 50 milliseconds.

43. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said sector “

A”

containing said digital preamble and a code format for identifying each of said plurality of said transceivers.

44. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said each transceiver receiving and acknowledging before a reception of said digital data can occur.

45. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said transmitted data having a plurality of sectors “

B”

through “

I”

containing digital data specific to desired functions consisting of at least temperature, metabolism, heart rate, and elapsed time.

46. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said transmitted data having a sector “

J”

containing check sum data for insuring validation of said transmitted data.

47. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein each said cell system including a microprocessor controller.

48. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein each said cell system includes a sonar transducer.

49. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said plurality of unique transceivers communicate by infrared communications.

50. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said plurality of unique transceivers operate as repeaters to extend a range of the systems using low radiated RF power.

51. The plurality of multi function personal alert safety cell systems of claim 30, wherein said plurality of unique transceivers operate as repeaters to extend a range of the systems using low radiated RF power.