Personal security alarm system
OwnerPeter Kingsley Springerinventor
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Abstract
A personal security alarm system includes a device that is worn by a person that senses contact with the person. The device is configured to be placed between a garment worn by the person and the person's body. If the contact between the device and person's body is lost, the device initiates an alarm process through a mobile device (such as a smart phone) carried by the person. The fact that the device is clipped or otherwise held between the person's clothing and body facilitates initiation of the alarm process if the person's clothing, and in particular the garment to which the device is coupled, is removed from the person, as may happen in an attack on the person by another.
Claims20
A device for personal security, comprising:
- a body having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side;
- a sensor disposed in the body and facing outward at the first side of the body, the sensor being configured to detect a change from first being in contact with a skin of a wearer of the device and then not being in contact with the skin of the wearer for a predetermined length of time, wherein if skin contact has been re-established within the predetermined length of time, monitoring contact with the skin is restarted;
- a garment attachment at the second side of the body that is configured to attach the body to a garment such that the body is positioned between the garment and the skin of the wearer of the device;
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- a radio transceiver disposed in the body that transmits an alarm message when the predetermined length of time is reached.
A method, comprising:
- providing a personal security device including a body having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side, a sensor disposed in the body and facing outward at the first side of the body, a garment attachment at the second side of the body, and a radio transceiver;
- attaching the personal security device using the garment attachment to a garment worn by a wearer and positioning the personal security device between the wearer and the garment such that the sensor is in contact with a skin of the wearer;
- the personal security device, via the sensor, monitoring contact with the skin of the wearer;
- the personal security device, via the sensor, determining that the sensor has lost contact with the skin of the wearer;
- when the contact with the skin of the wearer is re-established within a predetermined time, restarting monitoring contact with the skin of the wearer;
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- when the contact with the skin of the wearer is not re-established within the predetermined time, transmitting an alarm message via the radio transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.