Alert generation system
AssigneeSpartan Alert, LLC
InventorsDarin James Burau, Nathan Robertus
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Abstract
An alert generation system includes an alert generating device comprising an audial indicator and a visual indicator at one end. The system further includes a handheld alert generating device comprising a second audial indicator. A computing system is in data communication with the alert generating device and the handheld alert generating device. The computing system sends a signal to the alert generating device and the handheld alert generating device, and the alert generating device activates an alert via at least one of the audial indicator and the visual indicator, in response to the signal. The handheld alert generating device activates a second alert via the second audial indicator, in response to the signal.
Claims19
An alert generation system, comprising:
- a mobile alert assembly apparatus;
- an alert generating device comprising an audial indicator and a visual indicator at one end;
- a handheld alert generating device comprising a second audial indicator;
- a sensor;
- and
- a computing system in data communication with the alert generating device, the handheld alert generating device, and the sensor;
- wherein:
- the alert generating device is selectively disposed atop a mast, the mast being operably connected to the mobile alert assembly apparatus and configured to rotate between an operational configuration and a storage configuration;
- the mobile alert assembly apparatus has a locking pin configured to secure the mast into one of the operational configuration and the storage configuration;
- the computing system sends a signal to the alert generating device based on a determination of a harmful environmental condition by the sensor;
- the alert generating device activates an alert via at least one of the audial indicator and the visual indicator, in response to the signal;
- the computing system determines whether to send an alert signal to the handheld alert generating device based on a location of the handheld alert generating device relative to the sensor;
- and
- if the handheld alert generating device receives the alert signal, the handheld alert generating device activates a second alert via the second audial indicator.
A method of providing an alert to a working area, comprising:
- providing a mobile alert assembly apparatus at the working area, the mobile alert assembly apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a mast rotatably secured to the housing;
- a locking pin configured to engage with the mast;
- an alert generating device configured to be temporarily secured to an end of the mast;
- at least one remote alert generating device temporarily stored inside the housing;
- and
- a computing system stored inside the housing and communicatively coupled to the alert generating device and the remote alert generating device;
- the computing system comprising a processor and memory having instructions for providing an alert to a user via at least one of the alert generating device and the remote alert generating device;
- upon arrival at the working area, removing the alert generating device from the housing and securing the alert generating device to the end of the mast;
- rotating the mast into an operational configuration;
- locking the mast into an operational configuration via the retention mechanism;
- determining, via the programming of the computing system, a harmful environmental condition;
- sending, via the processor, an alert signal to the alert generating device;
- activating an alert on the alert generating device in response to the alert signal;
- determining a distance between a sensor associated with the harmful environmental condition and the remote alert generating device;
- sending a signal to the remote alert generating device if the distance between the sensor and the remote alert generating device is such that there is a potentially hazardous condition associated with the remote alert generating device;
- and
- activating an alert on the remote alert generating device in response to the remote alert generating device receiving the signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.