US 12,597,336 B1Granted

Device and method for remote activation of an emergency alarm in a public safety radio

AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.

InventorJoseph Namm

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Abstract

An incident command radio (102) is configured to provide remote activation of an emergency alarm at a first responder radio (104) in response to being notified of a radio user under duress. Parameters are measured and analytics applied by the first responder radio (104) to detect a radio user under duress. In response to detecting duress, the first responder radio (104) automatically broadcasts that the first responder radio is a candidate for remote activation of emergency. The broadcast is received by the incident command radio (102) and added to a list. The incident command radio (102) remotely activates the emergency alarm of the first responder radio (104). The emergency alarm may thus be triggered without activation of an emergency button at the first responder radio (104).

Claims12

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

operating an incident command radio outside of a hazard zone of an incident scene, while a first responder radio enters the hazard zone of the incident scene;
measuring one or more parameters of the first responder radio, by the first responder radio, while the first responder radio is operating within the hazard zone, the one or more parameters being pre-stored in a memory of the first responder radio, and the one or more parameters being associated with detecting duress of a radio user of the first responder radio;
applying analytics to the one or more measured parameters of the first responder radio;
determining, based on the analytics, that the radio user of the first responder radio is under duress;
broadcasting, from the first responder radio, that the first responder radio is a candidate for remote activation of emergency;
receiving, at the incident command radio, the broadcast from the first responder radio identifying the first responder radio as a candidate for potential remote emergency activation;
adding the first responder radio and associated radio user to a user selectable list presented on a user interface display of the incident command radio, the user selectable list including other first responder radios associated with respective radio users currently under duress within the hazard zone;
and
selecting one or more first responder radios from the user selectable list;
and
remotely activating an emergency alarm of the one or more first responder radios by the incident command radio based on the selection.

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A communication system, comprising:

an incident command radio;
and
a first responder radio, the first responder radio comprising;
a transceiver, a memory and a controller operatively coupled for two-way communications with the incident command radio, the first responder radio operating within a hazard zone of an incident scene, while the incident command radio operates outside of the hazard zone, the controller of the first responder radio being configured to:
measure one or more parameters of the first responder radio, by the first responder radio, while the first responder radio is operating within the hazard zone;
apply analytics to the one or more measured parameters of the first responder radio;
determine, based on the analytics, that the radio user of the first responder radio is under duress;
broadcast, from the first responder radio, that the first responder radio is a candidate for remote activation of emergency;
receive, at the incident command radio, the broadcast from the first responder radio identifying the first responder radio as a candidate for potential remote emergency activation;
add the first responder radio and associated radio user to a user selectable list of the incident command radio;
present the user selectable list on a user interface display of the incident command radio, the user selectable list including other first responder radios associated with respective radio users currently under duress within the hazard zone;
and
remotely activate an emergency alarm of the first responder radio by the incident command radio based on a selection made from the user selectable list.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.