EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEVICE FOR SUMMONING A RESPONDER AND ROUTING SAID RESPONDER TO A VICTIM

• US 20070218869A1
• Filed: 12/16/2004
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Muehlsteff, Jens, Thijs, Jeroen, Muesch, Guido, Pinter, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,559,913 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.200
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/004 Alarm propagated along alternative communication path or using alternative communication medium according to a hierarchy of available ways to communicate, e.g. if Wi-Fi not available use GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/001 Signalling to an emergency team, e.g. firemen
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

The invention relates to an emergency response system. The emergency response system (10) comprises a central station (4) for receiving information about emergencies, whereby position information of a victim is provided and stored in a look-up table (6) of the central station (4). The central station addresses a list (7) of publicly available actuatable emergency response devices and selects a suitable device. The central station (4) transmits a trigger signal by means of a suitable communication network (3) to the selected remote actuatable emergency response device (14), which comprises communication means (13) for activating the signaling means (15) upon receipt of the trigger signal. Also, the actuatable emergency response device (14) comprises storage means (11) arranged to store the position information of the emergency response device and the provided position information of the victim. Upon receipt of a suitable signal from the communication means (13), the signaling means (15) start broadcasting a message arranged to attract as many potential emergency responders to the victim as possible. The emergency response device (14) comprises navigation means (20), arranged to provide a routing to the victim, which is being fed-back to the responder by the user interface. The invention further relates to an emergency response device and a method for summoning an emergency responder and for routing said responder to the victim.

Claims

1. An emergency response system (10) for summoning an emergency responder and for routing said responder to a victim, said system comprising:

a central station (4) for actuating a remote emergency response device (14) by transmitting a trigger signal (T) to said device (14) upon the signaling (I) of a victim in the vicinity of said emergency response device, wherein said trigger signal (T) comprises position information of the victim;

an actuatable emergency response device (14) comprising;

communication means (13) arranged to activate a signaling means (15) upon receipt of the trigger signal (T);

signaling means (15) arranged to broadcast a message (16a, 17a, 18a) for summoning an emergency responder to the victim;

navigation means (20) arranged to determine a routing of the emergency responder to the victim based on the position information of the victim and position information of the emergency response device;

user interface (25) arranged to feedback the routing to the emergency responder.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the actuatable emergency response device (30) further comprises detection means (36) arranged to activate the navigation means (38) upon detection of an interaction with the emergency response device.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein the emergency response device comprises an automatic external defibrillator.

10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises an automated external defibrillator.

4. An emergency response device (14) arranged for summoning an emergency responder and for routing said responder to a victim upon receipt of a trigger signal (T) indicating position information of the victim, said emergency response device comprising:

communication means (13) arranged to receive the trigger signal (T) and to activate a signaling means (15) upon receipt of the trigger signal;

signaling means (15) arranged to broadcast a message (16a, 17a, 18a) for summoning the emergency responder to the victim;

navigation means (20) arranged to determine a routing of the emergency responder to the victim based on the position information of the victim and position information of the emergency response device;

user interface (25) arranged to feedback the routing to the emergency responder.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the emergency response device (14) further comprises a detection means (36) arranged to activate the navigation means (38) upon detection of an interaction with the emergency response device.

6. A device according to claim 4, wherein the communication means (32) comprises a wireless telecommunication means.

7. A device according to claim 4, wherein the communication means (32) comprises a wired telecommunication means, said wired telecommunication means comprising at least one of a computer modem or a fixed line telephone unit.

8. A device according to claim 4, wherein the signaling means (34) comprises a wireless communication unit (34c) arranged to contact further wireless communication units.

9. A device according to claim 4, wherein the signaling means (34) comprises a loud speaker (34a) arranged for broadcasting a verbal message.

11. A method for summoning an emergency responder and for routing said responder to a victim, said method comprising the steps of:

providing an actuatable emergency response device;

actuating the emergency response device by transmitting a trigger signal to the emergency response device, said trigger signal comprising position information of the victim;

broadcasting a message by means of the emergency response device for summoning an emergency responder in the vicinity of the emergency response device;

determining a routing of the emergency responder to the victim;

providing feedback of the routing to the emergency responder.

12. A method according to claim 11, said method further comprising the step of:

activating the navigation means upon detection of an interaction with the emergency response device.

13. A method according to claim 11, wherein for the emergency response device an automated external defibrillator is selected.