GPS device for locating a lost child

• US 9,576,462 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2015
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Steven Deangelo
• Original Assignee: Steven Deangelo
• Inventors: DeAngelo, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Toan N
• Application Number:
  US14/834,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20160055731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.13, 340/573.1, 340/573.4, 340/539.15, 340/691.6, 340/8.1, 455/404.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS

Abstract

A pendant which provides a large, prominent alert button comprises a GPS device for locating a lost child. The child user may wear the pendant and may press the alert button to alert authorities, family, and friends. The pendant then sends a location query to GPS, obtains the child user'"'"'s GPS coordinates, and transmits the GPS coordinates within a distress message. This distress message may be received by authorities, by the child user'"'"'s parent, or other responsible parties via a mobile application which may be installed on a smartphone or other mobile electronic device. The pendant may also be activated by the parent via the mobile application. In alternate embodiments, a microchip GPS can be inserted just under the skin, or a contact lens tracking device. The device can also aid in the search for people lost in avalanches, earthquakes, and those lost at sea.

Claims

1. A GPS device for locating a lost child, comprising:

(a) a microchip having an internal battery;

(b) said microchip being configured to transmit a location query to a global positioning system and receiving coordinates;

(c) said microchip being configured to transmit a distress message;

(d) said distress message containing said location query;

(e) said microchip transmitting said distress message to a mobile application or police scanners at predetermined intervals;

(f) said mobile application being installed on a mobile electronic device having a visual display;

(g) said mobile application being configured to receive said distress message;

(h) said mobile application being further configured to provide a street display, a search button, and a directions button on said visual display;

(i) said mobile application being further configured to provide a subject icon on said street display showing the coordinates of said location query;

(j) said search button being configured to activate said microchip and receive said coordinates of location query; and

(k) said directions button being configured to provide directions from a user'"'"'s current location to said subject icon.

2. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 1, further comprising a pendant;

said pendant having an alert button and a reset button;

said alert button being configured to activate said location query and said distress message;

said reset button being configured to deactivate said location query and said distress message.

3. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 2, wherein said pendant further comprises a camera and microphone;

said camera and microphone being configured to capture video and audio when said alert button is activated.

4. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 1, wherein said directions are retrieved by said application from a navigational website.

5. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 1, wherein said microchip is implanted below a skin of a user.

6. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 5, wherein said user is one of either an adult, a child, or an animal.

7. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 1, wherein said microchip is attached to a device.

8. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 1, wherein said microchip is installed within a contact lens.

9. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 8, wherein said contact lens incorporates optically transparent microchip circuitry.

10. The GPS device for locating a lost child of claim 8, wherein said microchip, having microchip circuitry, is incorporated around a border of said contact lens.