191 results about "Alert system" patented technology

An integrated system for detecting dam breaches, as an early warning system and for evacuation assistance, consisting of: A geoinformatics analysis module comprising a modeling processor with a graphics processing unit, configured to: analyze spatial, hydrological, and topographic data of a dam and its downstream area; generate hydrological models using probable maximum rainfall (PMP) data to determine probable maximum flood discharge (PMF); generate hydraulic models to simulate flood propagation and determine flood depth, flood extent, flow velocity, and flood arrival time; create flood vulnerability models, vulnerability models, and flood hotspot models using a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework; and generate evacuation plans for high-risk zones based on the models. A sensor monitoring subsystem includes: a distributed fiber optic sensor (DFOS) configured to monitor the structural load and deformation of a dam, and a radar level gauge configured to measure the water level in the reservoir; a microcontroller unit configured to receive and process sensor data from the sensor monitoring subsystem, to detect dam breaches based on abnormal structural movements detected by the DFOS or sudden drops in water level below predefined thresholds detected by the radar level gauge; a communication module configured to transmit warning messages when dam breaches are detected; a warning system configured to: send SMS notifications to residents in downstream high-risk zones via a GSM communication module, generate real-time alerts via an IoT platform on user devices, and activate siren systems in villages to issue loud alarms and voice announcements; and an evacuation assistance platform configured to provide real-time evacuation assistance in emergencies due to dam breaks, displaying site maps with nearby emergency shelters, evacuation routes, hospitals, government buildings and aid centers, showing hydrological layers including flood extent, water depth, flow velocity and arrival time of the water, and enabling real-time location tracking in relation to safety zones and flood-prone areas.

An emergency management system (EMS) captures alarm reports that are called into an emergency call center (ECC) and converts the audio data of the alarm report into actionable alert data that may be displayed in and dispatched from an emergency response application that is operated at the ECC. The alert system includes a central station system, an ECC system, and an emergency management system (EMS). The ECC system has call handling equipment (CHE) to receive calls for an emergency call telephone number and an alarm reporting telephone number. The emergency response application can display a queue of alerts, and each of the alerts includes alert data that can be displayed. The EMS includes an automated interview system that can at least partially use an AI model to transform the audio data into alert data that is used to populate the queue of alerts.

A safety and alarm system for vehicles which is designed to enhance safety by preventing risks associated with leaving vulnerable individuals or pets in locked vehicles is disclosed. The system comprises a durable, weatherproof housing attachable to the ceiling of the vehicle including one or more of a 360-degree infra-red camera, a motion sensor in the vehicle seats, CO2, CO, and temperature sensors. Each sensor is associated with a predetermined threshold. The system includes a processor and a wireless chip, and communicates with a handheld electronic device, enabling real-time alerts and remote monitoring. The smartphone application associated with the system enables for customization of alerts, holographic display controls on the windows, viewing of vehicle interior and communication with vehicle occupants via camera, and system activation / deactivation. Additionally, the system includes GPS functionality for emergency location tracking, enhancing the safety and response measures in critical situations.

A vehicle safety alert system designed to monitor the interior of a vehicle and alert users about the presence of unattended individuals or pets, such as children or the elderly, left behind inside the vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a smart alert device which can be in a variety of portable forms including stuffed toys and is equipped with a plurality of sensors including an ignition sensor, a motion sensor, a temperature sensor, a sound sensor, and a camera to capture comprehensive visual data of the vehicle's interior. The device utilizes a processor to analyze sensor data and determine the presence of unattended individuals or pets, sending alerts to a user device through a communication network. Alerts can be audio, textual, or video messages, including real-time footage. The system includes a user-friendly application to configure alert preferences and emergency contacts, enhancing the system's utility and user convenience.

A method may include monitoring, by a user equipment, a first wake up signal prior to a paging occasion during a discontinuous reception cycle. The method may also include decoding a physical downlink control channel based on the paging occasion in response to detecting the first wake up signal. The method may also include determining that the decoding failed. The method may further include switching to a common paging occasion to decode the physical downlink control channel after determining that the decoding failed.

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving alerts for emergency vehicles. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to detecting, using an electronic device, an alert signal from a nearby vehicle, determining one or more characteristics of the nearby vehicle from at least the alert signal. The method further includes providing an alert according to the one or more characteristics.

A method and system for controlling an exterior audio alert system for a vehicle, the alert system comprising an alert trigger and an auditory signaling device such as a horn. Input from an occupant may include a single operation of the alert trigger, a multi-trigger operation of the alert trigger, or an extended operation of the alert trigger. Depending, for example, on the input and the location of the vehicle, in some scenarios, an inaudible alert or no audio alert is provided via the auditory signaling device.

The invention discloses an intelligent health monitoring alarm system, and the system comprises an environment behavior monitoring module which is used for collecting environment and behavior data related to daily activities of a user, and the environment and behavior data comprises water data, power data, gas data, image data, environment sound data and refrigerator door state change data; wherein the environment sound data particularly refers to a playing sound source signal which is acquired by an indoor microphone and is generated by a television or audio playing equipment; the data processing center is used for receiving and storing the environment and behavior data; and the user habit learning module is used for establishing and dynamically updating a personalized daily behavior baseline model of the user through a machine learning algorithm based on historical data. According to the invention, through multi-dimensional non-contact monitoring, the influence of contact equipment on the self-respect of the elderly can be avoided, and more comprehensive and intelligent health monitoring alarm of the elderly can be monitored at the same time.

The present invention relates to a wearable safety device 99 comprising: a device body 1 adapted to be secured to a user; a local alert system comprising at least one light source 65 and an audible alarm 35; an electronic control unit 51 comprising an alarm trigger and being configured to control the local alert system, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to continuously or repeatedly activate the light source to provide a visual alert, and wherein the electronic control unit is configured, upon actuation of the alarm trigger, to activate the audible alarm. The present invention also relates to a system comprising: a wearable safety device as aforementioned; and a software application for a user device, preferably a smartphone, wherein the software application is configured to broadcast an alert signal: based on a comparison between a planned route input by a user to the software application and data relating to the location of the user device; and / or upon actuation of the alarm trigger.

The present invention relates to a system for monitoring hazardous goods placed inside a freight container during sea transportation. The system (200) comprises a sensor module (201) to detect environmental parameters inside the container and 5 generate corresponding sensory data (202). A processing unit (206) compares the sensory data (202) against predefined threshold values (204) and determines safety protocols (208). If the sensory data (202) exceeds any of these thresholds (204), the processing unit (206) generates anomaly data (207). The processing unit (206) further processes the sensory data (202) using a rule set (205). The determined 10 safety protocols (208) are executed either by system communication unit (209) or activating safety devices (210) to neutralize the hazard directly. Lastly, the system communication unit (209) transmits the anomaly data (207) and the determined safety protocols (208) to a remote communication unit (211).

An emergency detection and alert system includes an emergency server configured to provide an alert to each person on an alert feed list when an emergency event is detected. In addition, the system includes a client device to communicate with the emergency server, and a microphone for detecting audible signals. In addition, the system includes an emergency validator comprising a warning database and a processor. The processor in configured to receive at least one audible signal from the client device, compare the at least one audible signal to the warning database, the warning database having a plurality of warning signals stored therein, and transmit a trigger signal to the emergency server when the at least one audible signal is a match to at least one warning signal of the plurality of warning signals to indicate an emergency event has been detected.

A flood protection barrier for use in an entrance to a property includes a body panel having an edge for engaging a portion of the entrance, an extension panel extending from the body panel and an inflatable seal extending around portions of the body panel and the extension panel that engage the entrance. An inflatable seal for forming a seal between the flood protection barrier and the entrance when the flood protection barriers is in use. An inflation mechanism for inflating the seal with a fluid. A pressure sensor for sensing a pressure of the fluid in the inflated seal and generating pressure data and a data transmitter for periodically transmitting the pressure data to a remote receiver associated with an alarm system for alerting a user to a drop in pressure in the inflatable seal below a predetermined level.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing prioritized mobile network services to priority user equipment associated with emergency events, where the prioritized mobile network services comprise a reserved network capacity and high threshold bandwidth and are limited to an authenticated group of users; providing subscription based mobile network services to subscriber user equipment, where the subscription based mobile network services enable the subscriber user equipment to receive real time information associated with the emergency events from the priority user equipment; upon receiving the real time information, determining a distance to the subscriber user equipment and a moving location approaching the subscriber user equipment; and based on the moving direction approaching the subscriber user equipment, generating a near real time output via a user interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A flood protection barrier for use in an entrance to a property for example, a doorway, the flood protection barrier comprising: a body panel having at least one edge for engaging a portion of an entrance to a property; at least one extension panel extending from said body panel and having at least one edge for engaging another portion of said entrance; at least one inflatable seal extending around said portions of said body panel and said extension panel that engage the entrance; said at least one inflatable seal being adapted for inflation of the seal for forming a seal between the flood protection barrier and the entrance, when the flood protection barriers is in use; means for inflating said seal with a fluid to form an inflated seal for forming a seal between the flood protection barrier and the entrance, when the flood protection barriers is in use; at least one pressure sensor for sensing a pressure of said gas in said inflated seal and generating pressure data; and at least one data transmitter for periodically transmitting said pressure data to a remote receiver associated with an alarm system for alerting a user to a drop in pressure in said inflatable seal below a predetermined level. The flood protection barrier system also comprise an intelligent monitoring system continuously tracks the pressure within the seal. If the pressure falls below a predetermined threshold, an alert is sent to the user.

The invention relates to the technical field of health data processing, in particular to a handlebar-based health data real-time analysis and prompt system, which comprises a physiological signal sensing module, a trend feature extraction module, a state level identification module, a prompt scheme selection module and a multimode channel prompt module. According to the method, a multi-source signal sequence is constructed for trend characteristic analysis through synchronous acquisition and time window alignment of four types of signals including pulse beat cycle, grip rate, blood oxygen decreasing time period and contact area frequency, the health state level is judged according to a trend cross-coincidence relation, and a corresponding prompt scheme is matched; through cooperation of the signal change trend, real-time perception and grade classification of the physiological abnormal state of the rider are realized, the pertinence and effectiveness of prompt response are improved, the precision and stability of a continuous prompt intervention mechanism are enhanced, and the problems of potential health risk identification delay and lack of personalized regulation and control of prompt are effectively solved.

Target monitoring and alert systems for identifying and tracking targets within radar data. Raw frame data is filtered to remove data relating to reflections from static objects. Moving targets are identified in the filtered data and their location is tracked over time generating target data. Neural networks may process the target data, calculate a fall likelihood score and generate a fall-alert if this is above an alert-threshold. A person identification module may extract the position and motion characteristics of each target from the data and generate a probabilistic identification of the target with a person.

Collision / fall reporting and alert systems and methods for micromobility vehicles include at least one proximity sensor, a speed sensor, at least one tilt sensor, a global positioning system, at least one warning device, a communication device, and a controller in communication with the at least one proximity sensor, the speed sensor, the at least one tilt sensor, the global positioning system, the at least one warning device, and the communication device.

An electronic access control system comprising an electronic access control device that is communicably engaged with a local or remote alarm system via a networked communications interface. In accordance with certain embodiments, the electronic access control device may be operably engaged with the local or remote alarm system to send and receive one or more communication and execute one or more operations to (1) authenticate / authorize an access request from an authorized user, (2) suppress / disable a door intrusion alarm and (3) actuate the electronic access control device to unlock a door. In accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure, the electronic access control system may be communicably engaged with one or more remote server, back-end data system, remote alarm system and / or electronic access control system to enable / enforce the interface between the electronic access control device and the local or remote alarm system.

The present invention is an emergency vehicle alert system designed to enhance road safety by notifying drivers of approaching emergency vehicles such as ambulances, police cruisers, and fire trucks. The system includes a software application integrated into a vehicle's dashboard and is equipped with a database of emergency siren sound profiles and a signal processing module to analyze ambient sound and identify emergency vehicle sirens. The system captures ambient sound using built-in microphones or sensors, filters irrelevant noise, and generates alerts such as visual notifications on the dashboard, audible alerts, and / or text-based messages. Additionally, the system mutes the vehicle's audio system during alerts. The invention also includes an aftermarket cigarette lighter plug-in variant with embedded detection and alert capabilities.

This document describes systems and methods for indicating to a user equipment (UE) that a public warning system (PWS) is to be, and is being broadcasted, and for the UE to acquire the PWS broadcast.

The invention discloses a multifunctional civil air defense alarm emergency fusion terminal which solves the problems that a traditional civil air defense alarm system is single in communication mode and prone to failure due to interference by integrating multiple communication modules such as Beidou, 4G / 5G, wired and satellite. The control circuit can analyze received multipath civil air defense alarm signals and output multipath control instructions to realize unified scheduling control of lower-level alarm equipment, so that the problem that the existing system is difficult to realize three-level linkage of province, city and county is solved; the control execution circuit supports seamless joint with third-party civil air defense equipment, has good compatibility, and effectively avoids system splitting and repeated construction; the alarm signal storage module can call audio, video and image information, so that extension from a single alarm sound source to multimedia content is realized, and the propagation effect and content expressive power of alarm information are improved; the analog-to-digital conversion output module supports intercommunication with a government emergency broadcast platform, so that alarm information can be synchronously pushed to a larger range.

A method and system for delivering an alert to an alert zone by logging User Equipment (UEs) that receive 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) communication from a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) Radio Access Network (RAN) is disclosed. The method can include selecting relevant UEs when their geolocation is within the alert zone and transmitting the alert to these UEs via the NTN RAN. The coverage area of the NTN RAN may include the alert zone and a substantial area beyond it, with the alert being relayed by one or more NTN satellites.

The present invention provides an alarm system capable of improving the accuracy of determining whether or not an alarm is necessary. An alarm system (1) is provided with a management device (3), a terminal (5), and a communication device (4). The first detection unit (31) detects the three-dimensional position of the terminal (5). The second detection unit (32) detects the three-dimensional position of a moving body moving in the hoistway. A determination unit (33) determines whether or not it is necessary to give an alarm to the maintenance personnel, taking into account the positional relationship between the terminal (5) and the moving body on the plane. An alarm command unit (34) transmits an alarm command to the terminal (5) when it is determined by the determination unit (33) that the maintenance personnel need to be alarmed.

The invention discloses a mobile emergency broadcast and alarm system, which belongs to the technical field of alarm devices, and comprises a central signal wireless transmitting end used for receiving and encoding an audio alarm signal and a flashing alarm signal, and sending the encoded signals to a mobile alarm terminal in a wireless mode; the mobile alarm terminal is used for receiving the coded signal sent by the wireless signal transmitting terminal, decoding the coded signal and then giving an alarm; wherein the mobile alarm terminal comprises a portable terminal and an area coverage type terminal. The central signal wireless transmitting end is used for transmitting the alarm signal, the mobile alarm terminal is arranged for the target personnel to give an alarm in various modes such as sound, light and vibration, the system can flexibly adapt to the field environment, and the effectiveness and accuracy of alarm coverage are improved.

A proximity alert system that includes a proximity device having a transmitter adapted to provide a wireless signal, and an alert device having a receiver adapted to receive the wireless signal, a signal processor adapted to analyze the wireless signal and determine a distance between the proximity device and the alert device, a memory adapted to hold a maximum distance value, a processor adapted to compare the distance to the maximum distance value, and an alert module adapted to provide an indication when the distance exceeds the maximum distance value.

Systems and methods for monitoring dispatch notification are disclosed. One method of providing notifications to a user includes, in response to receiving an alarm trigger from an alarm system from amongst multiple alarm systems being used to monitor respective locations, initiating a sequence of actions to be performed to protect the user of the alarm system. In response to a first action of the sequence of actions being initiated by a monitoring service, a first message indicating that the first action has been initiated may be generated and communicated via a communications network to a network address associated with the user. In response to at least one second action being initiated, at least one second message indicating that the second action has been initiated may be generated and communicated via the communications network to the network address associated with the user.

This invention generally refers to the technology of sound emission in a vehicle to inform a person in the area surrounding the vehicle that the vehicle is moving or about to start moving in the direction of movement, for example forward or backward. More specifically, this invention refers to a method of sound alerting for vehicles (V) with a low noise level. A method of sound alerting for low-noise vehicles (TS), containing the stages during which:a) using external devices installed on the vehicle, input data parameters are obtained which include at least the following information: on activation / deactivation of the vehicle, information on the selected mode of movement of the vehicle, information on the vehicle speed, information on the geolocation zone in which the vehicle is located, information on the current time of day, information on the position of the visibility value controller;b) a sound data packet containing at least two event sounds, a parking sound, a forward motion sound consisting of four separate layers, and a reverse movement sound is received from the AVAS (Acoustic Vehicle Alert System) computing unit;c) the received data are processed at the stages a) and b) using a processing module, as a result of which a sound signal is generated for the alert mode depending on the values of the data of the input parameters and the sound data packet, and the alert volume level depending on information on the current time of day, information on the geolocation zone in which the vehicle is located, and the information on the position of the visibility value controller;d) a sound alerting is carried out using a vehicle speaker system with a set volume and a set sound mode, determined at step c).

The invention discloses a flooding alarm system and a flooding alarm method. The flooding alarm system comprises a sensing device and an alarm device. The sensing device is provided with a waterproof shell and a containing space and used for detecting the height of accumulated water flowing into the containing space through a plurality of water inlet holes in the waterproof shell. The sensing device stores a plurality of instructions respectively corresponding to a plurality of flooding heights, and outputs an instruction corresponding to the flooding height in response to detecting that the height of the accumulated water flowing into the accommodating space accords with one of the flooding heights. And the alarm device is in wireless communication with the sensing device, responds to the received instruction output by the sensing device, and executes an alarm program corresponding to the instruction. Therefore, the alarm device and the sensing device of the flooding alarm system provided by the invention are separated, and the alarm device can execute alarm programs of different levels according to different heights of accumulated water detected by the sensing device.

A device is operable to monitor a distributed alarm system having a server and a medical device connected to the server by a communication link. The device has a detecting unit for detecting a communication link between the server and the medical device. The detecting unit also detects operating data for the medical device. The detecting unit can further detect a termination of the communication link between the server and the medical device. The device includes an ascertaining unit that ascertains whether a termination of the communication link is unintentional or intentional, based on the detected operating data. The device further includes a transmitting unit that transmits a first signal when an unintentional termination is ascertained, and transmits a second signal when an intentional termination is ascertained. The first signal can include an audible alarm signal, and the second signal can be without an audible alarm signal.

A brake alert system has a processing device, a sensing device, a light emitting device, a signal transmitting device, a signal receiving device, a power supply device, and a mounting housing. The brake alert system provides a color indicator to indicate whether the condition of the brake shim is a "good" condition or a "poor" condition, and generates an alert message to the user when a condition requiring attention and maintenance is detected.