Short range wireless location/motion sensing devices and reporting methods
AssigneeWearsafe Labs LLC
InventorsDavid B. Benoit, Phillip A. Giancarlo
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Abstract
Short range wireless location and motion sensing devices and reporting methods are provided herein. An example device includes a housing configured to couple with a power port of a vehicle. The housing includes a wireless interface, a motion sensor that senses at least one of velocity, acceleration, and orientation of the vehicle, a processor and a memory that stores logic that is executed by the processor to receive motion signals from the motion sensor and transmit the motion signals on the wireless interface to a mobile device that is communicatively coupled with the wireless adapter.
Claims13
A wireless adapter, comprising:
- a housing configured to couple with a power port of a vehicle, the housing comprising:
- a wireless interface;
- a motion sensor that senses at least one of velocity, acceleration, and orientation;
- a microphone;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores logic that is executed by the processor to:
- receive motion signals from the motion sensor;
- transmit the motion signals on the wireless interface to an emergency response server that is communicatively coupled with the wireless adapter;
- and
- activate the microphone when the motion signals indicate that an emergency event has occurred.
A wireless adapter, comprising:
- a housing configured to couple with a power port of a vehicle, the housing comprising:
- a wireless interface;
- a motion sensor that senses at least one of velocity, acceleration, and orientation;
- a microphone;
- a camera;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores logic that is executed by the processor to:
- receive motion signals from the motion sensor;
- transmit the motion signals on the wireless interface to an emergency response server that is communicatively coupled with the wireless adapter;
- activate at least one of the camera or the microphone when the motion signals indicate that an emergency event has occurred;
- and
- transmit data gathered from at least one of the camera or the microphone to the emergency response server.
A wireless adapter, comprising:
- a housing configured to couple with a power port of a vehicle, the housing comprising:
- a wireless interface;
- a motion sensor that senses at least one of velocity, acceleration, and orientation;
- a microphone;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores logic that is executed by the processor to:
- receive motion signals from the motion sensor;
- and
- determine that an emergency event has occurred based on processing of the motion signals;
- and
- activate the microphone when the motion signals indicate that an emergency event has occurred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.