Panic Mode Management in Communication Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current portable communication devices lack intuitive and efficient methods for managing panic mode settings, which is crucial for enhancing safety features such as deterrence of assailants through alarm sounds and environmental recording.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a panic mode system in communication devices that allows users to configure trigger mechanisms, such as button presses or speech recognition, to initiate a loud shrill noise, environmental recording, and metadata collection, with options for silent and alert modes, and automatic data forwarding to servers or endpoints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If panic mode management features are added to enhance safety functionality, then the device's safety capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages panic mode operations including triggering, activation, and deactivation without requiring complex user intervention. The device self-manages the alarm sound generation, environmental recording, metadata collection, and automatic transmission to emergency contacts, reducing management complexity while maintaining safety capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures panic mode parameters, emergency contacts, and transmission settings before a panic event occurs. By establishing these settings in advance, the system eliminates the need for complex real-time decisions during a panic event, simplifying management while ensuring reliable safety functionality.
2Reliability
If multiple panic mode features (alarm sound, recording, metadata collection) are implemented, then the safety effectiveness is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system collects metadata periodically rather than continuously, and activates recording and alarm functions only when triggered by detected panic conditions or user input. This periodic activation approach maintains safety effectiveness by ensuring features are available when needed while reducing overall energy consumption during normal operation.
Solution Approach 2:
Once panic mode is activated, the system maintains continuous operation of alarm sound, recording, and metadata collection until the emergency is resolved or timeout occurs. This ensures uninterrupted safety functionality during the critical panic period while limiting energy consumption to only the necessary duration of the emergency event.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques are disclosed for managing a panic mode for a communication device. The communication device may trigger a panic mode causing the communication device to emit an audible alert while simultaneously causing the communication device to capture any detected sound at a frequency below the audible alert. The communication device may also collect metadata including a date stamp, a time stamp, and a location that may be associated with any captured audio and stored locally or streamed to a communications server for storage. The communication device may also send a message to one or more other endpoints indicative of the communication device having engaged panic mode.