Automatic Emergency Alert System for Field Worker Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for providing protection to users working in the field are inadequate as they require users to actively notify their emergency contacts of distress, which may not be feasible in all situations, leading to potential delays in receiving help.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a communication device to receive user data and sensor data, including check-in and check-out times, and location information, to automatically generate and transmit alert notifications to emergency contacts if the user fails to check out or if an SOS button is activated, allowing for immediate notification of distress without the user needing to take action.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are required to actively call or text to notify emergency contacts of distress, then the system can provide emergency notification, but the response time is delayed and the system becomes unusable when users are incapacitated
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors user location and check-in status, and autonomously sends alerts to emergency contacts when the user fails to check in or is detected as being in distress, eliminating the need for the user to manually call for help
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously receives location data from sensors, compares it with expected locations and check-in schedules, and automatically triggers alerts when deviations occur, creating a closed-loop monitoring system that provides reliable emergency notification without requiring user action
2Loss of time
If the system automatically monitors user location and sends alerts without user action, then response time is expedited, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a smartphone, which is a universal device already possessed by most users, to perform multiple functions including location tracking, check-in management, and emergency alerting, rather than requiring a dedicated complex monitoring device
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that receives location data from sensors, processes it against check-in schedules and expected locations, and sends alerts to emergency contacts, distributing the complexity across the server infrastructure rather than the user device
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for providing protection to users working in a field are provided. Further, the method may include steps of receiving user data associated with the users from user devices, receiving sensor data associated with the users from sensors comprised in the user devices, analyzing the user data and the sensor data, determining a condition of the users based on the analyzing, comparing the condition with alert triggering conditions based on the determining of the condition, generating alert notifications for the users based on the comparing of the condition with the alert triggering conditions, transmitting the alert notifications to emergency contact devices associated with emergency contacts of the users, and storing the user data, the sensor data, the condition, and the alert notifications.