G08B 21/088
By monitoring a device worn by the person
Official title: {by monitoring a device worn by the person, e.g. a bracelet attached to the swimmer}
G08B21/088 (By monitoring a device worn by the person) appears on 145 US grants and 173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
- 145
- Published applications
- 173
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 300
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Anti-drowning apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,747,010 B2
- Transducer device for a wearable object, and method for operating same7 Jul 2026US 12,675,078 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Drowning prevention system30 Jun 2026US 12,670,778 B2
- Seafarer safety device, seafarer safety system, seafarer safety program, vessel activity inference device, report generation assistance system, and vessel activity inference program24 Mar 2026US 12,583,564 B2Kagoshima University
- Wearable device used as digital pool attendant24 Feb 2026US 12,562,045 B2Apple Inc.
- Preventive water submersion detection system and method28 May 2026US 2026/0148628 A1Safewater Kids, Inc.
- Wearable computing device for preventing drowning18 Dec 2025US 2025/0384755 A1
- System, method, and wearable device for swimmer safety27 Nov 2025US 2025/0363882 A1Safety Swim LLC
- Seafarer safety device, seafarer safety system, seafarer safety program, vessel activity inference device, report generation assistance system, and vessel activity inference program21 Aug 2025US 2025/0263155 A1Kagoshima University
- Driving support method and driving support system10 Jul 2025US 2025/0223019 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-locating remote monitoring systems473US 5,650,770 A1997
- Multi-hazard alarm system using selectable power-level transmission and localization380US 5,461,365 A1995
- Self-locating remote monitoring systems353US 5,963,130 AZoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Pool monitor systems and methods335US 9,049,352 B2SkyBell Technologies, Inc. · 2015
- Self-locating remote monitoring systems296US 6,198,390 B12001