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Location-Based Personal Emergency Response System

a technology of personal emergency response and location, applied in the field of security and safety systems, can solve the problems of affecting more, affecting more, and the greatest risk of fire death for seniors over 70 years, and achieve the effects of reducing the risk of fire death for seniors and over 70 years

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-11-17
VOCARE
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Benefits of technology

"The present system is designed to provide quick response to emergency situations, such as car crashes, and to help elderly people live in their own homes while being able to quickly contact assistance providers in case of need. The system includes wearable transceivers that users can carry with them and can activate in case of a crash or fall. The transceivers can connect with a central monitoring station or a cell phone to alert them of the emergency situation. The system also includes reserve batteries to ensure that the transceivers and cell phone have emergency power in case of a battery loss. Overall, the system provides a way to quickly and safely respond to emergency situations and to protect people in the same family or group."

Problems solved by technology

Falls are one of the most serious health risks among seniors over the age of 65, affecting more people than stroke and heart attacks combined.
Senior citizens age 70 and over have the greatest risk of fire death.
One feature of this condition is the patient may wander from home and get lost.
Another feature is that the patient may not be able to give his or her name and address to strangers so that they may be of assistance.
The report found that people 65-plus want to try technology like home security services, sensors to detect falls, and devices to regulate temperature, lights and appliances, but are worried about installation and maintenance costs and technical issues.

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[0045]Person One 4 leaves the house with his wearable transceiver device 8 and cell phone 12 and goes outside the geo-fence 24 but still within range of the wearable transceiver device 8 of Person Two 4. Because of the cell phone 12, he is protected as long as the cell phone 12 can contact the central monitoring station 6. Person Two 4, who is at home, slips and falls while wearing a wearable transceiver device 8 and person One 4 is unaware of this. However, the fall sensor in the wearable transceiver device 8 detects a fall and contacts the central monitoring station 6 via the landline-based phone 10.

[0046]Even if the landline-based phone 10 became unavailable because of cut or downed wires the cell phone 12 would still be available to contact the central monitoring station 6.

example 2

[0047]In at least one embodiment, one of the wearable transceiver devices 8 is a key fob. One particular embodiment of a key fob is set forth below.

[0048]Size: 2.50 inches by 1.96 inches by 0.78 of an inch thick

[0049]LCD screen size is 1.02″ (L)×0.92″ (W)

[0050]Cold / Warm / Hot start time; 42 / 38 / 1 second

[0051]Sensitivity −159 dBm tracking

[0052]Battery Solution: Lithium with AAA backup power from Techtium BackuPower TEC103+TEC2020−

[0053]Optional Batteries—With reference to FIG. 6, the key fob device uses lithium for the primary battery and can use a variety of AAA batteries for backup charging the primary batteries up to 3-hour talk time in the same manner as provided for the cell phone of FIG. 6. Nickel cadmium batteries (NI—NH) which allow the device to keep 85% of its charge for over 3 years if the device is not activated or alkaline batteries can give up to 10 year shelf life. The battery will be fully charged prior to shipping the product. This allows the device to be stored and use...

example 3

[0087]The description of an embodiment of the pendant wearable transceiver device 8 is set forth below.

[0088]Ultra-low-power consumption voice stream through the ZigBee platform. It has a 5-year battery-life.

[0089]Voice-enabled single chip (MG2450 or 2455) made available by Zigbee for voice-enabled applications such as transceiver operations.

[0090]Speaker: 50 mm, high-power 105 dB output powerful speaker with 3-W output. It has crystal clear sound quality and DSP noise-filtering flat-speaker technology (only 6 mm thin in speaker area). Its full duplex speakers emit high-quality sound, plus it has noise- and echo-cancellation technologies that let callers hear the user better as well.

[0091]Microphone: With built-in noise canceller extension. To operate the microphone the user has only to push on the microphone shaft to pop it out. The user presses and releases the microphone shaft and it protrudes 4 cm outside of the device, thus switching it on. Conversely, the user switches it off ...

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Abstract

A safety system comprising a plurality of wearable transceiver devices for operation in independent use with a plurality of a landline-based phone and a cell phone to establish contact between a user of a wearable transceiver device and a central monitoring station. The wearable transceiver devices sense a crash or a fall and notify a monitor by a landline-based phone or a cell phone of this incident and the assisted GPS determined location of the incident. The information is provided to the monitor a short predetermined time following activation unless the device is deactivated by pressing a communication button. When the device has not been activated by a crash or fall, the user may press the communication button to communicate with the monitor to obtain a wide variety of services. A cell phone having reserve batteries, accelerometers, and assisted GPS location capabilities is also disclosed.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 387,938, filed May 11, 2009.BACKGROUND[0002]1) Field[0003]The field of the system described herein is security and safety systems for combining a plurality of wearable transceiver devices with cell phones or land-line based phones to establish contact with central monitoring systems.[0004]2) Description of the Related Art[0005]According to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, the first 60 minutes of care after a multiple trauma injury are crucial. Trauma experts often refer to this crucial life or death time period as the “Golden Hour.” Experts in the field have determined that during the Golden Hour the likelihood of death increases 1 percent for every minute lost before emergency care arrives.[0006]Falls are one of the most serious health risks among seniors over the age of 65, affecting more people than stroke and heart attacks combined. More t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W4/22H04W4/90
CPCG08B25/016H04M1/7253H04M1/72541G08B25/001H04W4/22H04W76/007H04W88/02H04M11/04H04W76/50H04W4/90H04M1/72424H04M1/72412
Inventor PEABODY, STEVEN R.
Owner VOCARE
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