101results about "Alarms using portable personal devices" patented technology

A method for disseminating information regarding a problem and administering medical interventions comprises providing a mobile device wirelessly connectable to a network, receiving and storing contact information corresponding to a designated list of information recipients, receiving, via the mobile device, a signal from a user indicating the problem, receiving, via the mobile device, information regarding the problem, transmitting an indication of the problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network, prompting a participant of the rescue clearinghouse, different from the user, to make a decision about a course of action regarding the problem, and at least one of transmitting the information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list and transmitting the information regarding the problem to a government rescue organization, based at least in part on the decision.

The cell phone personal safety alarm is a cell phone having a panic alarm button on the back of the phone that activates the alarm when pressed. An alarm shield prevents accidental push of the button and is flipped open to expose the button. Activating the alarm causes a loud alarm tone or siren to sound and red and blue lights or other visual alarm displays to flash. Front and rear cameras transmit live video to an online secure database, where it is recorded to preserve evidence. Front and rear lights may be included for night or low-light level video. An e-911 call is made to notify law enforcement and provide the location of the emergency via the phone's integral global positing system (GPS). In another embodiment, the device is a retrofitting case for existing cell phones that would be able to achieve the same results.

An interactive personal security system utilizing a portable object having embedded therein all or a combination of a microphone, still and video cameras, distance sensor, a timer, speakers, a motion sensor, a tracking transponder, a receiver, and a transmitter operably connected to a power source and a conventional microprocessor including input devices, random access memory, read only memory and a database. Sounds and images are transmitted to remote monitoring stations by radio waves or microwaves for radio or television broadcasting or recording on a tape recorder or VCR. Alarms are transmitted to telephones and beepers. Face and voice recognition software identifies the people speaking, playing or attempting to kidnap the child. Sensors identify the presence of persons or animals or a child wandering out of a restricted area. Speakers allow guardians to communicate two-ways with the child, thereby responding to the immediate needs of the child. Tracking transponder allows for a pinpoint location of the portable object.

A wireless security device and method includes implementing, by a wireless security device, one or more Bluetooth wireless protocol profiles for connecting to one or more Bluetooth enabled devices. A Bluetooth enabled telephony device may be paired with the wireless security device using one or more Bluetooth wireless protocol profiles. The wireless security device may send a command to the telephony device over the wirelessly paired Bluetooth connection, to the telephony device. The command may cause the telephony device to place a telephone call to an emergency telephone number. Once the telephone call is placed, a prerecorded emergency message may be sent from the wireless security device to the telephony device, causing the telephony device to play the prerecorded emergency message.

A non-lethal personal deterrent device and system. In the event of an attack by an assailant upon a victim, a device held in the hand of the victim takes a digital video and/or still image of the face of the assailant, flashes a strobe light upon the assailant, audio blasts the assailant with a warning message, obtains location information of the scene of the attack via a global positioning system (GPS), picks up audio interplay between the assailant and the victim, and transmits audio, video, and position information along with victim identification information to a receiver/processor center. The center relays the information to an operator for verification purposes which, in turn, immediately relays the information to a slam cam receptive police department thereby providing the police department with the advantage of having this information prior to responding to this emergency. Moreover, the information is valid evidence to be used by the police in apprehending the assailant, and by the district attorney at trial to obtain a conviction. Growing usage of the device shall widen its reputation as being a device that provides instantaneous and unstoppable transmission to responsive police of irrefutable evidence of identity of an assailant committing a crime. This reputation shall discourage potential assailants from attacking persons carrying a highly-visible slam cam in favor of others not as adequately protected.

The present invention describes a portable personal alarm device comprising: —a manually activable switch means; —a smoke and/or gas detector means; —a vibration and/or tilt detection means; —an audible and/or visible alarm indication means; —a power source; and—a control circuit where input from said switch means, said smoke and/or gas detector means are compared to predetermined relevant values and/or ranges and where said control circuit in response to input from said switch means, said smoke and/or gas detector means may activate said audible and/or visible alarm indication means by activating the corresponding means in the proper mode.

A personal safety system, method, and apparatus provides image, audio, and data capture and transport system (IADCTS) features wherein an electronic device placed on a user can capture data associated with a potential perpetrator of a crime against the user. The electronic device sends the captured data (such as images or audio) to a secure and remote storage location. The capturing and sending of the data cannot be reversed or canceled by the user or potential perpetrator. The potential perpetrator is notified that the potential perpetrator's data has been captured by the electronic device, thereby discouraging the potential perpetrator from further proceeding with the crime.

Devices, methods and systems for detecting an unauthorised person. The method comprises monitoring an indication of whether an authorized person is present within a detection space and detecting activity within the detection space. If activity is detected within the detection space and the monitoring indicates that an authorised person is present within the detection space, the method further comprises determining based on the detected activity whether an unauthorised person is present within the detection space.

When an emergency push-button is depressed, an alarm sound output part in a portable telephone set outputs a high volume level alarm sound, and a flashlight part 8 emits light or flickered light. Furthermore, at the time of the light emission from the flashlight part 8, a camera 7 picks up an evidence photograph and causes the picked-up photograph to be automatically transmitted to a predetermined mail address of police or a guard company.

A personal security device is disclosed that permits a person in distress to alert people adjacent the person that a problem has occurred. The device may include an alarm circuit that may be activated by the person in distress of when the device is removed from the person in distress. The alarm circuit may be an audible alarm (80-125 decibels) circuit, a visual alarm circuit, an odor alarm, an electronic signal generation circuit or may generate a tracking signal.

An alarm system including an alarm panel, a sensor operatively connected to the alarm panel and operable to detect alarm events, and a communicator module operatively connected to the alarm panel and operable to capture signals transmitted by mobile devices within a predefined area, extract mobile device identifiers from the signals, and record the mobile device identifiers in an active device identifier list that is maintained in a memory associated with the communicator module.

A wireless security device and method includes implementing, by a wireless security device, one or more Bluetooth™ wireless protocol profiles for connecting to one or more Bluetooth™ enabled devices. A Bluetooth™ enabled telephony device may be paired with the wireless security device using one or more Bluetooth™ wireless protocol profiles. The wireless security device may send a command to the telephony device over the wirelessly paired Bluetooth™ connection, to the telephony device. The command may cause the telephony device to place a telephone call to an emergency telephone number. Once the telephone call is placed, a prerecorded emergency message may be sent from the wireless security device to the telephony device, causing the telephony device to play the prerecorded emergency message.

A personal warning device for preventing or stopping attacks on individuals by persons or animals. The device may be manually activated or may be activated by voice recognition. The device may be programmed to recognize a specific user's voice and may be reused and programmed by multiple users. The device may be attached to the personal effects of the user or may be carried.

An automated medication dispensing system is disclosed. The system includes a memory configured to store identifying information for at least one item. The identifying information includes an indicator associated with at least one specific feature of the at least one item. The system also includes a processor configured to dispense the at least one item to a user, an output module configured to display the identifying information for the at least one item, and an input device configured to receive, from the user, input indicating that the user has verified that the dispensed item has the same identifying information as the identifying information displayed by the output module. Handheld devices, bedside administration systems, methods, and machine-readable mediums are also disclosed.

A monitoring terminal device is provided which is capable of reducing its power consumption to a minimum and of being fully operated even indoors by using a solar cell as a power source. In the monitoring terminal device including a sensor unit, the transmitting unit to transmit, by wireless, a sensor monitoring output, and a control unit which control the sensor unit and the transmitting unit, further including a power supply section, when only state change of object to be monitored, that is, a output of the sensor unit is detected the control unit and the transmitting unit are started to transmit monitoring information by the sensor unit. When the sensor unit and the generating section are not activated supply of power to the sensor unit and the generating section is stopped and the control unit by itself is put into standby state, which enables reduction of power consumption to a minimum. This ensures a operation of the monitoring terminal device even in an environment in which power is not supplied from the outside.