System and method of automatically identifying mobile communication devices within the vicinity of a gunshot
First Claim
1. A method of automatically identifying mobile communication devices located within a vicinity of a gunshot, comprising:
- determining a location of the gunshot based on information provided by a plurality of acoustic sensors that detect an acoustic signal generated by the gunshot;
activating a cell site simulator in response to determining the location of the gunshot, the activated cell site simulator having a wireless communication range that includes the location of the gunshot;
obtaining identifying information of one or more mobile communication devices communicating with the activated cell site simulator; and
providing the identifying information of the one or more mobile communication devices to an output device.
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Abstract
Control systems and methods are disclosed for automatically identifying mobile communication devices located within a vicinity of a gunshot. The control system may discriminates gunshots from other environmental noise and determine the location of the gunshot from information provided by a set of acoustic sensors. Once the gunshot location is determined, the control system may automatically trigger activation of one or more cell site simulators located near the location of the gunshot to identify mobile communication devices within the vicinity. Further precision in identifying the locations of the mobile communication devices may be obtained by using information from radio frequency (RF) sensors that intercept wireless RF transmissions from the mobile communication devices communicating with the activated cell site simulator. The control system may be used as a tool identifying and tracking perpetrators of gun crime and may also be used to located witnesses who may otherwise not have come forward.
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1. A method of automatically identifying mobile communication devices located within a vicinity of a gunshot, comprising:
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determining a location of the gunshot based on information provided by a plurality of acoustic sensors that detect an acoustic signal generated by the gunshot; activating a cell site simulator in response to determining the location of the gunshot, the activated cell site simulator having a wireless communication range that includes the location of the gunshot; obtaining identifying information of one or more mobile communication devices communicating with the activated cell site simulator; and providing the identifying information of the one or more mobile communication devices to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing device for automatically identifying mobile communication devices located within a vicinity of a gunshot, comprising:
a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to; determine a location of the gunshot based on information provided by a plurality of acoustic sensors that detect an acoustic signal generated by the gunshot; activate a cell site simulator in response to determining the location of the gunshot, the activated cell site simulator having a wireless communication range that includes the location of the gunshot; obtain identifying information of one or more mobile communication devices communicating with the activated cell site simulator; and provide the identifying information of the one or more mobile communication devices to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a computing device to perform operations comprising:
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determining a location of a gunshot based on information provided by a plurality of acoustic sensors that detect an acoustic signal generated by the gunshot; activating a cell site simulator in response to determining the location of the gunshot, the activated cell site simulator having a wireless communication range that includes the location of the gunshot; obtaining identifying information of one or more mobile communication devices communicating with the activated cell site simulator; and providing the identifying information of the one or more mobile communication devices to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computing device for automatically identifying mobile communication devices located within a vicinity of a gunshot, comprising:
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means for determining a location of the gunshot based on information provided by a plurality of acoustic sensors that detect an acoustic signal generated by the gunshot; means for activating a cell site simulator in response to determining the location of the gunshot, the activated cell site simulator having a wireless communication range that includes the location of the gunshot; means for obtaining identifying information of one or more mobile communication devices communicating with the activated cell site simulator; and means for providing the identifying information of the one or more mobile communication devices to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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