Safety alert apparatus

• US 9,324,225 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IC Plus Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bestcare Cloucal Corp.
• Inventors: Yang, Chi Wei, Chu, Hsiao Wei, Lo, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/316,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20150054648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/539.1, 340/870.07, 340/575, 340/635, 340/555, 340/552, 340/541, 340/531, 340/576
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0415 detecting absence of activity per se
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0484 Arrangements monitoring consumption of a utility or use of an appliance which consumes a utility to detect unsafe condition, e.g. metering of water, gas or electricity, use of taps, toilet flush, gas stove or electric kettle

Abstract

Disclosed is a safety alert apparatus, comprising a communication module to connect a communication network, a detection module including an activity detector and a determination module to determine an emergency event, according to an activity detection signal generated by the activity detector, and to provide an alert signal to the communication module, when an emergency event is determined, such that the communication module provides emergency alerts to a predetermined remote device; wherein the activity detector comprises an electrical appliance remote controller signal detector and uses a wireless channel signal of the electrical appliance remote controller as the activity detection signal.

Claims

1. A safety alert apparatus, comprising

a communication module to connect a communication network;

a detection module including an activity detector; and

a determination module to determine an emergency event, according to an activity detection signal generated by the activity detector, and to provide an alert signal to the communication module, when an emergency event is determined, such that the communication module provides emergency alerts to a predetermined remote device;

wherein the activity detector comprises an electrical appliance remote controller signal detector and uses a wireless channel signal generated by an electrical appliance remote controller as the activity detection signal and wherein the determination module determines an emergency event exists, when no activity detection signal is detected for over a predetermined time.

2. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrical appliance remote controller signal detector detects control signals generated by the remote controller and uses the control signal as the activity detection signal.

3. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control signals of the remote controller includes at least one selected from the group consisted of a switching signal, a channel selection signal, a brightness selection signal and a volume control signal, all generated by the remote controller.

4. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control signals of the remote controller includes a channel selection signal generated by a remote controller for television apparatus.

5. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the determination module determines an activity status of a monitored person, according to modes of the activity detection signal.

6. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the determination module determines an emergency event, when no particular activity detection signal is generated within a predetermined time.

7. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the determination module determines an activity status of a monitored person, according to modes of the activity detection signal.

8. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the determination module determines an emergency event, when no particular activity detection signal is generated within a predetermined time.

9. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determination module determines an activity status of a monitored person, according to modes of the activity detection signal.

10. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determination module determines an emergency event, when no particular activity detection signal is generated within a predetermined time.

11. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the activity detection module further includes at least one other detector selected from the group consisted of a manually controlled event signal detector, an electrical appliance switch signal detector, a medication container unlock signal detector and a telephone apparatus hang-on signal detector and wherein the activity detection module uses a detection signal generated by the at least one other detector as the activity detection signal.

12. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the manually controlled event signal detector detects signal generated by at least one selected from the group consisted of a fixed emergency alert device, a wearing emergency alert device, a clock and a timer, when one button provided therein is operated.

13. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the electrical appliance switch signal detector detects a signal generated when a switch provided in an electrical appliance selected from the group consisted of a lamp, a household appliance, a kitchen appliance and a computer communication device is operated.

14. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the medication container unlock signal detector detects a signal generated by an unlock detector provided in an intelligent medication container.

15. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination module determines an activity status of a monitored person, according to modes of the activity detection signal.

16. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination module determines an emergency event, when no particular activity detection signal is generated within a predetermined time.

17. The safety alert apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a frequency matching device to receive signals generated by a particular remote controller, to analyze a nature of the signals and to register patterns of the signals for future identification.