Systems and methods for emergency event reporting and emergency notification

• US 9,792,807 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2016
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wearsafe Labs LLC (Wearsafe Labs Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Wear Safe Labs LLC
• Inventors: Benoit, David B., Giancarlo, Phillip A.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R
• Application Number:
  US15/003,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range

Abstract

Systems and methods for emergency event reporting and emergency notification are provided herein. An example method includes monitoring a location of one or more devices of a plurality of devices, selecting an environmental safety condition for the one or more devices using the location, and selecting a device behavior for the one or more devices, the device behavior including a physical response produced by the one or more devices that is based on the environmental safety condition and the location.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing logic, the logic being executed by the processor to;

select an environmental safety condition for the device based on a physical location of the device;

select a device behavior for the device, the device behavior comprising a vibration pattern produced by the device that is based on the environmental safety condition;

transmit an anonymized report to a repository that is descriptive of an emergency event occurring in the physical location.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the vibration pattern comprises a first vibration pattern when the environmental safety condition is a first environmental safety condition and the vibration pattern comprises a second vibration pattern when the environmental safety condition is a second environmental safety condition, the first environmental safety condition being different from the second environmental safety condition.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to:

receive an indication that an emergency event has occurred; and

capture image or video content during the emergency event.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to:

record the physical location and a time of the emergency event.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to:

determine if the device belongs to a user pool; and

store the image or video content captured by the device for the user pool.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the user pool is based upon at least one pool attribute.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to:

receive a pattern of user input into an input mechanism of the device; and

place the device into an operational mode based on the pattern of user input.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to:

receive a pattern of user input into an input mechanism of the device; and

define the environmental safety condition based on the pattern of user input.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to place the device into an operational mode based on the pattern of user input.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to:

transmit an alert message to one or more trusted contacts when the device enters a location that comprises the environmental safety condition, and the environmental safety condition that is indicative of danger.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to:

track the physical location of the device; and

wherein the environmental safety condition is selectively adjusted based on a change in the physical location.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the logic is further executed by the processor to generate a warning message when the device enters the physical location and the physical location corresponds to a restricted virtual geo-fenced area.

13. A method, comprising

monitoring a location of one or more devices of a plurality of devices;

selecting an environmental safety condition for the one or more devices using the location;

selecting a device behavior for the one or more devices, the device behavior comprising a physical response produced by the one or more devices that is based on the environmental safety condition and the location;

receiving from at least a portion of the plurality of devices, anonymized reports of emergency incidents, wherein each of the emergency incidents comprises a location;

grouping the anonymized reports into groups based on any of;

the location; and

user pools defined by portions of the plurality of devices that are related to one another by at least one pool attribute.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

continually reviewing the anonymized reports from the plurality of devices, and based on the continual review;

re-selecting the environmental safety condition for at least one of the one or more devices; and

re-selecting the device behavior for the at least one of the one or more devices, the device behavior comprising a vibration pattern produced by the device that is based on the environmental safety condition.

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising generating directions or instructions that direct a user of the one or more devices along a path that avoids dangerous locations within a location that includes the environmental safety condition.

16. The method according to claim 13, further comprising receiving:

a destination for at least one device of the plurality of devices; and

outputting a warning message to the at least one devices that includes an alternative destination that avoids the environmental safety condition.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising transmitting an alert message to one or more trusted contacts when the one or more devices enters a location that comprises the environmental safety condition, and the environmental safety condition that is indicative of danger.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of devices comprise a user pool and the environmental safety condition is determined by messages gathered from the user pool, wherein the environmental safety condition is a near-real time environmental safety condition.