Personal rescue system

• US 6,946,977 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2003
• Issued: 09/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SIN ETKE Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: SIN ETKE Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Chun-Chung, Huang, Cheng-Hung, Chen, Kuo-Rong
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung
• Application Number:
  US10/638,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20040257210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 340/988, 340/990, 340/995.1, 340/426.15, 340/426.18, 340/426.19, 340/426.22, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 340/426, 340/995, 340/901, 379/37, 379/38, 379/59, 307/10.02, 307/10.06, 342/211, 701/208, 701/211
• US Class Current: 340/988
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

A personal rescue system in which the car driver can double-click the emergency button of a personal remote control secretly to send an emergency signal to an on-board movable alert device when extorted by evil fellows, causing the controller of the movable alert device to turn the audio/video output device of the movable alert device into a background mode and then to drive the wireless communication device of the movable alert device to send a rescuing message to a remote side wirelessly under the background mode without infuriating the evil fellows.

Claims

1. A personal rescue system comprising a remote control, and a movable alert device installed in a motor vehicle, wherein:

said remote control comprises a wireless transmitter, and an emergency button adapted to drive said wireless transmitter to send out an emergency signal corresponding to said emergency button;

said movable alert device comprises;

a global positioning device adapted to calculate the current position data of said movable alert device of said motor vehicle;

a wireless receiver adapted to receive the emergency signal from said wireless transmitter of said remote control;

a wireless communication device adapted to communicate with a remote control center wirelessly, said wireless communication device being defined with an identification code;

at least one audio/video output device; and

a controller electrically connected to said global positioning device, said wireless receiver, said wireless communication device, and said at least one audio/video output device;

wherein, when said wireless receiver receives the emergency signal from said wireless transmitter of said remote control wirelessly, said controller turns said at least one audio/video output device into a background mode under which said controller keeps said at least one audio/video output device from outputting a communication-related message which is produced by said wireless communication device when communicating with said remote control center, and then, under said background mode, said controller drives said wireless communication device to send to said remote control center a rescuing message containing said identification code and the current position data of said movable alert device of said motor vehicle.

2. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless communication device sends said rescuing message using short messaging.

3. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein under said background mode, said controller further controls said wireless communication device to send a continued rescuing message to said remote control center periodically at a predetermined time interval, said continued rescuing message containing said identification code and the current position data of said movable alert device of said motor vehicle.

4. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said wireless communication device sends said continued rescuing message using short messaging.

5. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said movable alert device further includes a microphone.

6. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 5, wherein under said background mode, said controller further control said wireless communication device to connect to said remote control center wirelessly and to send to said remote control center surrounding sound collected through said microphone.

7. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 5, wherein under said background mode, said remote control center actively connects to said wireless communication device wirelessly to collect surrounding sound through said microphone.

8. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein under said background mode, said wireless communication device further receives a release command from said remote control center wirelessly, causing said controller to release said background mode from said at least one audio/video output device subject to said release command.

9. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said remote control center sends said release command by short message.

10. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said remote control further comprises a control circuit adapted to detect the action of said emergency button and to control said wireless communication device to send said emergency signal when detected a double-clicking of said emergency button.

11. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless communication device comprises a GSM (Groupe Special Mobile) module.

12. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one audio/video output device comprises a display.

13. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one audio/video output device comprises a hands-free device having a speaker.

14. The personal rescue system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said movable alert device further comprises a spare power supply adapted to provide necessary stand-by working electric power to said wireless receiver and said controller when said movable alert device is off.