Emergency notification apparatus and method

• US 9,569,951 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Choprix LLC
• Original Assignee: Choprix LLC
• Inventors: Cholhan, Hilary J., Cholhan, Remy
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/227,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20160165422A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A system, apparatus and method for alerting an emergency responder to an emergency, which includes a processor obtaining data from at least one sensor, determining, that the data indicates an emergency condition, based on the determining, obtaining location information and a unique identifier, and communicating the location information and the unique identifier to a node via a network connection.

Claims

1. A wearable emergency alert apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store a unique identifier;

a processor in communication with the memory;

a trigger in communication with the processor, wherein the trigger comprises a plurality of physical pressure sensors in communication with the processor for detecting an extrinsic pressure load on a wearer, with a portion of the physical pressure sensors being located on an exterior surface of the wearable emergency alert apparatus;

a location device in communication with the processor; and

a transponder in communication with the processor, wherein the wearable emergency alert apparatus is configured to perform a method, the method comprising;

obtaining, by the processor, data from the trigger;

determining, by the processor, that the data indicates an emergency condition;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, location information from the location device;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, the unique identifier from the memory; and

communicating, by the processor, the location information and the unique identifier to a node, via a network connection, by accessing the transponder.

2. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wearable emergency apparatus further comprises a belt, the exterior surface of the wearable emergency alert apparatus being configured to not be in contact with the wearer.

3. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises applying, by the processor, at least one pre-configured threshold to evaluate whether the data from the trigger exceeds the pre-configured threshold.

4. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, wherein the location device comprises at least one of a GPS or an accelerometer.

5. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver in communication with the processor, wherein the obtaining of the data from the trigger comprises receiving the data by the receiver.

6. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the emergency condition comprises a pre-defined number of the plurality of sensors experiencing a pre-defined threshold of physical pressure.

7. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, wherein the trigger further comprises a button, and wherein the obtaining comprises obtaining data from the trigger based upon a pre-defined change in the position of the button.

8. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a receiver, wherein the trigger is configured to communicate with the processor via the receiver via a wireless communication connection.

9. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, wherein the trigger is located on at least one of a helmet, or a karachute.

10. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a power source.

11. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a port adjacent to the power source so that the power source can be charged by connecting a charging cable to the port.

12. The wearable emergency alert apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a display oriented on an outside surface of the apparatus, wherein the display is configured to display the power level of the power source.

13. A computer system for alerting an emergency responder to an emergency, the computer system comprising:

a memory;

a processor in communications with the memory;

a trigger in communication with the processor, wherein the trigger comprises a plurality of physical pressure sensors in communication with the processor for detecting an extrinsic pressure load on a wearer, with a portion of the physical pressure sensors being located on an exterior surface of the wearable emergency alert apparatus;

a location device in communication with the processor; and

a transponder in communication with the processor, wherein a wearable object comprises the memory, the processor, the location device, and the transponder, and wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising;

obtaining, by the processor, data from the trigger;

determining, by the processor, that the data indicates an emergency condition;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, location information from the location device;

based on the determining, obtaining, by the processor, a unique identifier from the memory; and

communicating, by the processor, by the location information and the unique identifier to a node via a network connection by using the transponder.

14. The computer system of claim 13, the wearable object further comprising a power source.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the emergency condition comprises a pre-defined number of the plurality of sensors experiencing a pre-defined threshold of pressure.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the trigger further comprises a button and wherein the obtaining comprises obtaining data from the trigger based upon a pre-defined change in the position of the button.

17. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the location device comprises at least one of a GPS or an accelerometer.

18. The computer system of claim 13, the method further comprising:

communicating, by the processor, the location information and the unique identifier to a terminal;

communicating, by the processor, the location information and the unique identifier to a memory resource;

obtaining, by the processor, from the memory resource, supplemental data based on the unique identifier; and

communicating the supplemental data to a terminal.

19. A wearable emergency alert apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store a unique identifier;

a processor in communication with the memory;

a plurality of physical pressure sensors in communication with the processor for detecting an extrinsic pressure load on a wearer, wherein a portion of the physical pressure sensors are located on an exterior surface of the wearable emergency alert apparatus;

a location device in communication with the processor;

a power source communicatively coupled to the processor; and

a transponder in communication with the processor, wherein the wearable emergency alert apparatus is configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors.

20. The wearable emergency apparatus of claim 19, wherein the wearable emergency apparatus comprises a belt and the exterior surface is not in contact with the wearer when the wearable emergency apparatus is worn.