Alarm and location system and method thereof
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1. A wireless alarm and location system comprising:
- a transceiver contained within a housing enclosure;
at least one activation element located at least partially within the housing enclosure;
at least a first omnidirectional signal communicated from the transceiver upon activation of the activation element;
an alarm and location element positioned remote from the housing enclosure, wherein the alarm and location element receives the first omnidirectional signal and calculates a location of the housing enclosure; and
at least a second omnidirectional signal intermittently communicated from the transceiver at predetermined intervals, wherein the second omnidirectional signal has a signal characteristic different from the first omnidirectional signal.
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Abstract
A wireless alarm and location system and method of locating an object are provided. The system includes a transceiver contained within a housing enclosure. At least one activation element is located at least partially within the housing enclosure. At least a first omnidirectional signal is communicated from the transceiver upon activation of the activation element. An alarm and location element is positioned remote from the housing enclosure, wherein the alarm and location element receives the first omnidirectional signal and calculates a location of the housing enclosure.
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19 Claims
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1. A wireless alarm and location system comprising:
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a transceiver contained within a housing enclosure; at least one activation element located at least partially within the housing enclosure; at least a first omnidirectional signal communicated from the transceiver upon activation of the activation element; an alarm and location element positioned remote from the housing enclosure, wherein the alarm and location element receives the first omnidirectional signal and calculates a location of the housing enclosure; and at least a second omnidirectional signal intermittently communicated from the transceiver at predetermined intervals, wherein the second omnidirectional signal has a signal characteristic different from the first omnidirectional signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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4. A wireless alarm and location system comprising:
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a transceiver contained within a housing enclosure; at least one activation element located at least partially within the housing enclosure; at least a first omnidirectional signal communicated from the transceiver upon activation of the activation element; an alarm and location element positioned remote from the housing enclosure, wherein the alarm and location element receives the first omnidirectional signal and calculates a location of the housing enclosure, wherein the alarm and location element further comprises; a plurality of monitoring units positioned remote from the housing enclosure, each positioned in a different location, wherein the first omnidirectional signal is communicated from the transceiver to the plurality of monitoring units; and a calculator in communication with each of the plurality of monitoring units, wherein the calculator determines a duration of transmission time of the first omnidirectional signal between the transceiver and each of the monitoring units and calculates a location of the housing enclosure using the determined duration of transmission time for each of the transceiver and monitoring units. - View Dependent Claims (5, 8)
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13. A method of locating an object comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one housing enclosure; activating at least one activation element located at least partially within the housing enclosure; upon activation of the activation element, transmitting at least a first omnidirectional signal from a transceiver contained within the housing enclosure; receiving the first omnidirectional signal from the transceiver in an alarm and location element positioned remote from the housing enclosure; calculating a location of the housing enclosure based on the received first omnidirectional signal; and remotely positioning a plurality of monitoring units from the housing enclosure, wherein each of the monitoring units is positioned in a different location, wherein the first omnidirectional signal is communicated from the transceiver to the plurality of monitoring units; determining a duration of transmission time of the first omnidirectional signal between each of the monitoring units and the transceiver; and calculating a location of the housing enclosure using the determined duration of transmission time of the omnidirectional signal from the transceiver to each of the monitoring units. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A real-time locating security system comprising:
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a transceiver contained within a housing enclosure, wherein the housing enclosure is substantially secured to a human being; at least two activation elements located at least partially within the housing enclosure; at least a first omnidirectional signal communicated from the transceiver upon activation of at least a portion of the at least two activation elements; an alarm and location system positioned remote from the housing enclosure, the alarm and location system having an alarm mode and a standby mode, wherein the alarm and location system is moved from the standby mode to the alarm mode when the first omnidirectional signal is received, and wherein the alarm and location system calculates a location of the housing enclosure; and a notification element in communication with the alarm and location system, wherein the notification element communicates an alarm message containing the calculated location of the housing enclosure when the alarm and location system is in the alarm mode.
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