Multiple-triggering alarm system by transmitters and portable receiver-buzzer

• US 6,950,019 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2000
• Issued: 09/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alexia Bellone, Raymond Bellone
• Original Assignee: Alexia Bellone, Raymond Bellone
• Inventors: Bellone, Alexia, Bellone, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blount, Eric
• Application Number:
  US10/433,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,755 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/7.5, 340/7.6, 340/532, 340/541, 340/539.15, 340/407.1
• US Class Current: 340/539.11
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0208 Combination with audio or video communication, e.g. combination with "baby phone" function
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0216 Alarm cancellation after generation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0227 System arrangements with a plurality of child units
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems

Abstract

The invention concerns transmitters and a portable receiver-buzzer with programmable triggering, hand-, voice-/sound- and pulse-operated, for remotely warning one or several persons. The inventive device consists of a receiver-buzzer case (16), a presence-detecting (23), telephone jack (30), entrance door (36), central transmitter housing (13) transmitting a coded signal to the reciever (20) triggering the motor-buzzer (21) and light-emitting diode (19). In the central transmitter housing (13) there are a clock (1), a voice/sound sensor (4), an alarm push-button (2), a presence detector push-button (14), a LED sector (8), two battery-controlled LED'"'"'s (6 and 7), a switch button (5) for clock (1) and voice/sound sensor (4), an acknowledgement button (9), an alarm LED (2), a housing (11) for charging the receiver (20) battery, a potentiometer (10). The inventive device consists of a receiver-buzzer (16) wherein are a battery (22), a watch (18), three LED'"'"'s (17), a receiver (20) receiving the coded signals from the transmitter triggering the buzzer (21). The device, by virtue of its functions, is designed for remotely warning in case of need, emergency or danger, any person equipped with a portable receiver-buzzer.

Claims

1. A transmitter/vibrating receiver system that discreetly warns one or several people, at a distance, said system comprising:

plural transmitters that include (a) a central transmitter box with at least a first LED, (b) at least one presence detector transmitter box with a presence detector, a receiver, a LED, and a light, (c) a telephone plug transmitter box responsive to a telephone call to send a signal and (d) a front door transmitter box responsive to action at a front door to send a signal; and

at least one portable vibrating-receiver box that receives a respective signal from at least one of said plural transmitters,

said at least one portable vibrating-receiver box having a receiver, a rechargeable battery and at least two LEDs, a respective one of said at least two LEDs denoting which one of said plural transmitters is sending a signal,

said central transmitter box having an ALARM push button that manually triggers a first coded signal sent by said central transmitter box to the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver box, said coded signal turns ON a vibrator-motor of the portable vibrating-receiver box and triggers a corresponding one of said at least two LEDs of the portable vibrating-receiver box,

said first LED of said central transmitter box indicating that an order from the ALARM push button was sent out correctly by the central transmitter box and registered by the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver,

wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a housing, said portable vibrating-receiver box being releasably connectable by two contacts to said housing to charge the battery of the portable vibrating-receiver box,

wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a push button that activates or deactivates the presence detector at a distance with a second coded signal sent by the central transmitter box to the receiver of the presence detector transmitter box, the LED of the presence detector transmitter box lighting-up when the presence detector is in operation, and

wherein whenever a presence is detected, the presence detector lights-up the light of the presence detector transmitter box and activates the presence detector transmitter box to send a third coded signal to the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver box, said third coded signal turns ON the vibrator-motor of the portable vibrating-receiver box and triggers a respective LED of the portable vibrating-receiver box.

2. The system according to claim 1,

wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a programmable clock with which several cycles per day can be programmed over an eight day period to trigger said first coded signal from said central transmitter box to the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver box and activate the vibrator-motor of the portable vibrating-receiver box, and

wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a microphone with a voice/sound detector that detects according to a preset frequency and intensity, voices, crying and noises and that triggers upon detection, said first coded signal from the central transmitter to the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver box and activates the vibrator-motor of the portable vibrating-receiver box.

3. The system according to claim 2,

wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a reversing switch push button that connects or disconnects the clock and the voice/sound detector simultaneously or switches the triggering from the clock or the triggering from the voice/sound detector, and

wherein the push button of the central transmitter box that activates or deactivates the presence detector has a light which lights-on when activated.

4. The system according to claim 1,

wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a bicolor LED diode that indicates a state of charge of the rechargeable battery of the portable vibrating-receiver box and a mains power indication LED.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a bicolor LED diode that indicates the charge of the rechargeable battery of the central transmitter box and of the presence detector transmitter box.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a CLEARANCE push-button that deactivates the first LED diode of the central transmitter box.

7. The system according to claim 1,

wherein said central transmitter box further comprises a mains output with a mains cord and protection;

and

wherein said housing further comprises foolproofing to avoid polarity inversion when charging said rechargeable battery of said portable vibrating-receiver box.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said portable vibrating-receiver box further comprises a decoder with a switch and a watch and has two golden contacts that are used to charge-up the rechargeable battery of said portable vibrating-receiver.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein each of said central transmitter box, said presence detector transmitter box, said telephone plug transmitter box and said front door transmitter box have means for sending a coded wave to the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver box that triggers the vibrator-motor of the portable vibrating-receiver box and one of three different colored LED diodes depending on which of said plural transmitters has sent the coded wave, or activates all three LEDs if the coded wave has been sent by the presence detector transmitter box.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said portable vibrating-receiver box is to be worn on a wrist, an arm, an ankle, or is to be attached to a belt, a jacket pocket or a shirt pocket, of a person.

11. The system according to claim 3, wherein said portable vibrating-receiver box is to be worn on a wrist, an arm, an ankle, or is to be attached to a belt, a jacket pocket or a shirt pocket, of a person.

12. The system according to claim 6, wherein said portable vibrating-receiver box is to be worn on a wrist, an arm, an ankle, or is to be attached to a belt, a jacket pocket or a shirt pocket, of a person.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein said portable vibrating-receiver box is to be worn on a wrist, an arm, an ankle, or is to be attached to a belt, a jacket pocket or a shirt pocket, of a person.

14. A transmitter/vibrating receiver system for discreetly warning a user of the receiver, said system comprising:

plural separate transmitters that include (a) a central transmitter, (b) at least one presence detector transmitter, (c) a telephone plug transmitter responsive to a telephone call to send a signal and (d) a front door transmitter responsive to action at a front door to send a signal; and

a portable vibrating-receiver device that receives a respective signal from one of said plural transmitters,

said at least one portable vibrating-receiver device having a receiver, a rechargeable battery and plural LEDs, a respective one of said plural LEDs denoting which one of said plural transmitters is sending a signal,

said central transmitter having an ALARM push button that manually triggers a first coded signal sent by the central transmitter to the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver device, said coded signal turns ON a vibrator-motor of the portable vibrating-receiver and triggers a corresponding one of said plural LEDs of the portable vibrating-receiver device,

wherein said central transmitter further comprises a housing, said portable vibrating-receiver being releasably connectable by two contacts to said housing to charge the battery of the portable vibrating-receiver box, and

wherein whenever a presence is detected by the presence detector transmitter, said presence detector transmitter sends a second coded signal to the receiver of the portable vibrating-receiver device, said second coded signal turns ON the vibrator-motor of the portable vibrating-receiver and a respective LED of the portable vibrating-receiver device.