Monitoring method and system
First Claim
1. A system for directing relief to individuals in a building requiring emergency assistance, the system comprising:
- a plurality of transponders, wherein each individual in the building carries a respective transponder, each transponder transmitting a wireless emergency signal in response to actuation by the individual carrying the transponder;
a hard wired communication link running throughout the building;
a plurality of transceivers located at known locations within the building, each transceiver connected with the communication link, each transceiver having a unique identification, each transceiver wirelessly receiving an emergency signal transmitted by a transponder located within the vicinity of the transceiver, each transceiver transmitting the received emergency signal along with the unique transceiver identification to the communication link; and
a controller connected with the communication link for receiving emergency signals transmitted from the transceivers, the controller processing a received emergency signal to determine the location of the individual within the building requiring emergency assistance based on the unique identifications of the transceivers transmitting the emergency signal, wherein the controller directs relief to the determined location of the individual requiring emergency assistance.
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Abstract
A method and system (10) for directing relief to individuals (11) requiring emergency assistance includes each individual in a building (20) carrying a respective transponder (12). The transponders transmit a wireless emergency signal in response to actuation by an individual. A communication link (22) such as a local area network (LAN) runs throughout the building. Transceivers (14) located at known locations are connected to the link. Each transceiver has a unique identification and wirelessly receives an emergency signal transmitted by a transponder located within the vicinity of the transceiver. Each transceiver transmits the received emergency signal along with the unique transceiver identification to a controller (16) via the link. The controller processes a received emergency signal to determine the location of the individual requiring emergency assistance based on the unique identifications of the transceivers transmitting the emergency signal. The controller directs relief (19) to the determined location of the individual.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for directing relief to individuals in a building requiring emergency assistance, the system comprising:
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a plurality of transponders, wherein each individual in the building carries a respective transponder, each transponder transmitting a wireless emergency signal in response to actuation by the individual carrying the transponder;
a hard wired communication link running throughout the building;
a plurality of transceivers located at known locations within the building, each transceiver connected with the communication link, each transceiver having a unique identification, each transceiver wirelessly receiving an emergency signal transmitted by a transponder located within the vicinity of the transceiver, each transceiver transmitting the received emergency signal along with the unique transceiver identification to the communication link; and
a controller connected with the communication link for receiving emergency signals transmitted from the transceivers, the controller processing a received emergency signal to determine the location of the individual within the building requiring emergency assistance based on the unique identifications of the transceivers transmitting the emergency signal, wherein the controller directs relief to the determined location of the individual requiring emergency assistance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for monitoring the location and identity of individuals within a building and for directing relief to those individuals requiring emergency assistance, the system comprising:
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a plurality of transponders, wherein each individual carries a respective transponder, each transponder having a unique identification such that the individual carrying the transponder is uniquely identified, each transponder periodically transmitting a wireless status signal containing the unique transponder identification, each transponder transmitting a wireless emergency signal containing the unique transponder identification in response to actuation by the individual carrying the transponder;
a hard wired communication link running throughout the building;
a plurality of transceivers located at known locations within the building, each transceiver connected in series with the communication link, each transceiver having a unique identification, each transceiver wirelessly receiving status and emergency signals transmitted by transponders located within the vicinity of the transceiver, each transceiver transmitting received status and emergency signals along with the unique transceiver identification to the communication link; and
a controller connected with the communication link for receiving status and emergency signals transmitted from the transceivers, the controller processing the received status and emergency signals to determine the location and identity of the individuals within the building based on the unique transponder identification and the unique transceiver identifications, wherein the controller directs relief to individuals requiring emergency assistance based on the emergency signals received from the transponders carried by those individuals. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method of directing relief to individuals in a building requiring emergency assistance, the building having a hard wired communication link running throughout the building, the method comprising:
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each individual in the building carrying a respective transponder;
transmitting a wireless emergency signal from a transponder in response to actuation by the individual carrying the transponder;
providing a plurality of transceivers at known locations within the building, each transceiver having a unique identification;
connecting each transceiver with the communication link, wirelessly receiving with the transceivers an emergency signal transmitted by a transponder located within the vicinity of the transceivers;
transmitting from the transceivers the received emergency signal along with the unique transceiver identification that received the emergency signal to the communication link;
connecting a controller with the communication link;
receiving with the controller the emergency signals transmitted from the transceivers via the communication link;
processing with the controller a received emergency signal to determine the location of the individual within the building requiring emergency assistance based on the unique identifications of the transceivers transmitting the emergency signal; and
directing relief to the determined location of the individual requiring emergency assistance. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of directing relief to individuals requiring emergency assistance located in a building having a local area network (LAN) running throughout the building, said method comprising the steps of:
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disposing an individual in the building carrying a transponder having a unique identification and having an emergency button for activation by the individual;
disposing a plurality of transceivers having a unique identification at known locations within the building;
establishing communication between the transponder and the transceivers via radio frequencies;
connecting each of the transceivers with the LAN;
connecting a controller via the LAN for storing individual information associated with the transponder and the unique identification for the transponder and the transceiver;
establishing communication between each of the transceivers and the controller over the LAN;
activating the transponder by pressing the emergency button;
transmitting an emergency radio frequency (RE) signal from the transponder including the unique identification of the transponder in response to the individual activating the transponder;
detecting the emergency RF signal with at least one of the transceivers located within the vicinity of the transponder;
transmitting a hardwire emergency signal from the transceiver detecting the emergency RE signal over the LAN to the controller including the unique identification of the transceiver and the unique identification of the transponder;
receiving the hardwire emergency signal with the controller via the LAN;
determining the individual information based upon the unique identification of the transponder and the location of the individual within the building based on the unique identification of the transceiver detecting the emergency RE signal; and
transmitting a paging signal including location information of the emergency from the controller to relief personnel for directing relief to the vicinity of the transponder emitting the emergency RF signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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