Police vehicle monitor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPaul Kenneth Dellock, Pietro Buttolo, Stuart C. Salter, Doug H. Randlett, Christopher Charles Hunt, Matthew C. Mullen
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for a police vehicle monitor. An example disclosed police vehicle includes first beacons positioned on a chassis of the police vehicle, second beacons position on a lightbar of the police vehicle, and a police assistance unit. The example police assistance unit is to track a distance of wearable nodes associated with a police officer. Additionally, the example police assistance unit is to, in response to the distance satisfying a first threshold, lock doors and roll up windows of the police vehicle.
Claims17
A police vehicle comprising:
- first beacons positioned on a chassis of the police vehicle;
- second beacons positioned on a lightbar of the police vehicle;
- a police assistance unit, including a processor, to:
- track a distance of wearable nodes associated with a police officer;
- in response to the distance satisfying a first threshold, lock doors and roll up windows of the police vehicle.
A method comprising:
- receiving signal strength values from wearable nodes associated with a police officer from at least one of first beacons positioned on a chassis of the police vehicle or second beacons positioned on a lightbar of the police vehicle;
- track, with a processor, a distance of the wearable nodes;
- and
- in response to the distance satisfying a first threshold, locking doors and rolling up windows of the police vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.