Emergency Event Capture System with Multi-Sensor Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
The proliferation of cell phones has made it difficult for national emergency services to accurately triangulate caller locations and authenticate caller information, leading to inefficiencies and misuse of emergency systems, which strains dispatchers and hampers quick response times.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for emergency event capture that uses cameras, microphones, geolocation mechanisms, and wireless communication to collect, organize, and transmit emergency data, including visual and audio recordings, to notify both first responders and potential victims, while prioritizing notifications based on importance and using geofencing to warn users in affected areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cell phones are used for emergency calls, then accessibility to emergency services is improved, but location accuracy and caller authentication become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the emergency event capture system with multiple sensors and processing units) that mediates between the cell phone caller and the emergency services. This intermediary collects data from multiple sources including the cell phone, additional sensors, and external systems to determine location and authenticate the caller, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of access and measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs multi-functional devices and sensors that can perform multiple tasks: capturing images, recording audio, determining location, authenticating callers, and transmitting data. This universality allows the system to handle both accessibility and precision requirements through a single integrated approach rather than separate specialized systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If emergency systems are expanded to handle more callers, then service coverage is improved, but dispatcher workload and response time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically capturing, processing, and transmitting emergency event data without requiring manual intervention from dispatchers for each step. The automated capture device handles data collection, analysis, and transmission, allowing dispatchers to focus only on responding to the emergency, thereby maintaining service coverage while improving response time efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual process of data collection and transmission with an automated electronic system. The emergency event capture system uses electronic sensors, processing units, and communication protocols to substitute the manual dispatcher workload, enabling expanded service coverage without linearly increasing dispatcher workload or reducing response time.
3Reliability
If more data is collected from callers, then authentication accuracy is improved, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the data collection and processing functions into separate modular components: image capture, audio recording, location determination, and data transmission. Each segment handles specific data types and can operate independently, making the overall complex authentication system manageable and maintainable while improving reliability through specialized processing of each data type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple data collection functions into a single integrated emergency event capture system that coordinates images, audio, location data, and caller information. This merging approach consolidates complexity into one unified system rather than separate independent systems, improving authentication accuracy through comprehensive data collection while managing overall system complexity through integration.
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AI summary
An emergency event system may allow for the capture of emergency event data in real time. Users may be able to initiate capture when they believe they are in an emergency event, such as an assault, a robbery, a shooting, an automobile accident, or other threatening situation. In some aspects, when an emergency event is initiated, notifications may be sent out to third parties, such as emergency contact list or emergency response teams. Captured emergency event data may be transmitted and stored in an emergency event database, which may be accessible to third parties and third-party systems, such as for law enforcement. An emergency event capture device may comprise multiple cameras that may concurrently capture media.