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US 12,406,557 B2Granted
Mobile gunshot detection devices and systems
AssigneeShellback Survival Systems, LLC
InventorsTaylor Wells, Lee David Buckland
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for identifying a gunshot occurrence. Microphone, location, and movement data are acquired from a mobile device and provided to a central server. Based on a criterion, a determination is made as to whether a gunshot has been produced and whether the user is in motion. Data from a plurality of sources is compiled and provided to a monitor for a secondary user. A user can press a button to call for help.
Claims20
A gunshot detection device comprising:
- a housing having a microprocessor, a plurality of sensors comprising two or more of an acoustic sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a motion detector, the motion detector further including detection of a rise and fall of a chest with breathing along with motion associated with walking, running or falling, the detection calibrated to an individual breathing pattern of a specific user, and a location detector;
- and a data transmitter, a power supply, a speaker, and a manually activatable one-way notification button, wherein when the microprocessor determines that the user associated with the gunshot detection device is stationary for more than a threshold time based on values from one or more of the plurality of sensors, the microprocessor generates a notification based on the determination that the user is stationary.
A computer-implemented system for gunshot detection comprising:
- (a) a gunshot detection device comprising a housing having a microprocessor, a plurality of sensors comprising two or more of an acoustic sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a motion detector, the motion detector further including detection of a rise and fall of a chest with breathing along with motion associated with walking, running or falling, the detection calibrated to the individual breathing pattern of a specific user, and a location detector, a data transmitter, a power supply, a speaker, and a manually activatable one-way notification button, wherein when the microprocessor determines that the user associated with the gunshot detection device is stationary for more than a threshold time based on values from one or more of the plurality of sensors, the microprocessor generates a notification based on the determination that the user is stationary;
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- (b) a processor operable to process a signal received from the acoustic sensor and the microphone, and
- wherein the computer-implemented system determines whether a gunshot has
- occurred, wherein the computer-implemented system determines a direction an-direction of the gunshot, and
- further wherein the computer-implemented system is configured to determine a
- map location from a location detector data, a movement direction from a motion detector data, and a response indicator based on a determination of the manually activatable one-way notification button has been activated, determine a location and data availability for
- one or more of, one or more second gunshot detection devices, and one or more
- networked public or private video surveillance systems, determine an availability of one or more satellite videos, determine an availability of a contemporaneous live video, and
- display on a screen one or more of the map location, the location and data from the one or more second gunshot detection devices within a defined geographic range of the gunshot detection device, a video from the one or more networked public or private video surveillance systems, at least one satellite video, a contemporaneous alert or notification from an alerting system, and a contemporaneous social media post.
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A system for detecting gunshots comprising:
- a gunshot detection device for detecting gunshots, the gunshot detection device comprising a housing having
- a plurality of sensors comprising two or more of
- an acoustic sensor,
- a microphone, a speaker;
- a motion detector, the motion detector further including detection of a rise and fall of a chest with breathing along with motion associated with walking, running or falling, the detection calibrated to an individual breathing pattern of a specific user,
- a location detector,
- a data transmitter, a power supply, a speaker, and
- a manually activatable one-way notification button,
- a microprocessor, wherein when the microprocessor determines
- that the user associated with the gunshot detection device is stationary for more than a threshold time based on values from one or more of the plurality of sensors, the microprocessor generates a notification based on the determination that the user is stationary;
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- a control panel for receiving data from the gunshot detection device,
- wherein the control panel receives a map location from a location detector data, a movement direction from a motion detector data, and a response indicator based on a determination of the manually activatable one-way notification button has been activated, determine a location and data availability for one or more of, one or more second gunshot detection devices, and one or more networked public or private video surveillance systems, determine an availability of one or more satellite videos, determine an availability of a contemporaneous live video, and display on a screen one or more of the map location, the location and data from the one or more second gunshot detection devices within a defined geographic range of the location detector data, a video from the one or more networked public or private video surveillance systems, at least one satellite video, a contemporaneous alert or notification from an alerting system, and a contemporaneous social media post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.