Automated SOS Monitoring for Abnormal Condition Emergency Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal emergency response systems require manual activation by individuals, often elderly or disabled, and fail to automatically alert emergency services when abnormal conditions are detected, leading to delayed responses.
Innovation Solution
A system that continuously monitors dependents for location and abnormal conditions, automatically initiating an SOS call to emergency personnel through guardian-activated signals or detected conditions using machine learning models.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual alarm activation is required, then system simplicity is maintained, but response reliability deteriorates when the dependent is unable to activate the alarm
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects abnormal conditions (falls, immobility, heart rate anomalies) and initiates emergency calls without requiring the dependent to manually activate the alarm. The dependent device autonomously monitors vital signs and triggers SOS alerts when predefined abnormal conditions are detected, enabling the system to serve itself in emergency situations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual button-pressing action with automated electronic detection systems. Sensors continuously monitor the dependent's physical state, and software algorithms automatically determine when emergency intervention is needed, substituting the mechanical activation process with electronic sensing and automated decision-making.
2Reliability
If continuous monitoring is implemented, then emergency detection capability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs periodic sampling of vital signs rather than continuous high-rate monitoring. Sensors take measurements at predetermined intervals, and the processor evaluates these periodic data points to detect abnormal conditions. This approach maintains effective emergency detection while significantly reducing power consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The system monitors multiple parameters simultaneously (location, heart rate, motion patterns) but only triggers emergency alerts when specific combinations of abnormalities occur. This partial monitoring strategy focuses computational resources on detecting critical emergency patterns rather than continuously analyzing all data streams in detail.
3Loss of time
If automated emergency detection is implemented, then response time is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides emergency detection into separate modular functions: location tracking module, motion sensing module, heart rate monitoring module, and emergency decision module. Each module independently processes its specific data type and passes results to the central processor, which integrates information and makes emergency determination. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity while enabling comprehensive automated monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary between various sensors and the emergency alert system. It receives data from multiple sources, applies predefined algorithms to detect abnormal conditions, and automatically initiates SOS calls when emergencies are detected. This intermediary layer simplifies the architecture by centralizing the decision-making logic and isolating complex processing from both the sensors and the alert transmission mechanisms.
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AI summary
According to at least one embodiment, a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for notifying emergency personnel is provided. The present invention may include continuously monitoring a dependent using one or more dependent devices wherein the continuous monitoring of the dependent comprises monitoring a location of the dependent or a presence of one or more abnormal conditions; and automatically initiating a dependent alert SOS call to emergency personnel using the dependent devices, wherein the automatically initiating the dependent alert SOS call to the one or more emergency personnel occurs upon receiving a guardian activated SOS signal from one or more guardian devices or upon the presence of the one or more abnormal conditions. Additionally, the present invention may include detecting whether one or more guardian devices initiated the guardian-activated SOS signal and detecting of the presence of the one or more abnormal conditions.