SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TRACK MULTIPLE DEVICES FOR SAFETY AND MONITORING PURPOSES

• US 20130234851A1
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Amis
• Original Assignee: David Amis
• Inventors: AMIS, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/415,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20130234851A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/001 Concealed systems, e.g. disguised alarm systems to make covert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/002 with occupancy simulation
• 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 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention provides means tracking the status of multiple mobile devices at a central safety device, wherein the safety device is embedded or built-into an object, such as a table, decorative piece, furniture, etc. The status of the mobile devices is shown on a display on the object, and various safety protocols can be initiated by the safety device.

Claims

1. A method of tracking devices for safety purposes, comprising:

receiving, at a controller, status information from at least one mobile device;

computing, at the controller, a threat level associated with the mobile device based on the status information;

transmitting a distress signal from the controller to a remote location if the threat level is above a threshold level, or, initiating by the controller an action selected from a group consisting of video recording, audio recording, and activating a remote electrical device; and

displaying the threat level on a display coupled to the controller.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the controller receives status information from at least two mobile devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the status information includes at least one of a location data, a time data, and identifier data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the threat level is displayed in a color coded fashion.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a second threat level on the display by the controller, wherein the second threat level is associated with a second mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a flashing light indicator.

7. A safety device, comprising:

a controller configured to receive status information from at least one mobile device;

a sensor configured to detect an input value comprising of at least one of a shock value, a vibration value, an audible value, an acceleration value, a rotational value, or a temperature value;

a processor coupled to the sensor and the controller, the processor configured determine if the input value exceeds a predetermined threshold, the processor further configured to determine a threat level based on at least one of the status information and the input value;

a signal transceiver coupled to the processor;

a data capture means coupled to the processor;

an audio output means coupled to the processor; and

a video display screen coupled to the processor,

wherein the signal transceiver is configured to transmit a distress signal including at least one of a location data, an audio data, or a video data to a remote location if the processor determines that the value exceeds the predetermined threshold, and

wherein the video display screen is configured to display an indication corresponding to the threat level.

8. The safety device of claim 7, wherein the sensor is a motion sensor.

9. The safety device of claim 7, wherein the sensor is an audible sensor.

10. The safety device of claim 7, wherein the data capture means is selected from a group consisting of a microphone, a camera, and a video recorder.

11. The safety device of claim 7, wherein the signal transceiver is configured to transmit the distress signal via a wireless communication channel or a hard-wire communication channel.

12. The safety device of claim 7, further comprising a housing that is pyramid-shaped, wherein the housing contains the sensor, the signal transceiver, the data capture means, the audio output means, and the video display screen.

13. The safety device of claim 7, wherein the sensor is selected from a gyroscope, tiltmeter, inclinometer, oscillator, and displacement sensor.

14. A safety status indicator system, comprising:

a receiver for receiving status information from a plurality of mobile devices;

a processor coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to determine a threat level of each of the mobile devices based on the status information; and

a display coupled to the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to display the threat level of each of the mobile devices on the display.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the status information is location information.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the status information is selected from a group consisting of safety information, threat information, temperature, speed, velocity, and pressure.

17. The system of claim 14, further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a distress signal to a remote location.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the status information is audio or video data from the mobile device.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the display is configured to threat level is displayed in a color coded fashion.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a signal to the plurality of mobile devices.