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US 2020/0286359 A1Published application
Monitoring System for a Water Environment
AssigneePunch Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGregory Brian Artzt, Carole Tobias, Charles Andrew Prisk
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Abstract
A monitoring system with one or more wearable devices and an alert station. The wearable device comprises sensors to detect conditions of the wearer and to transmit signals to the alert station. The alert station is configured to declare an emergency upon the occurrence of various events.
Claims16
A system to monitor a user at a water environment, the system comprising:
- a wearable device configured to be worn by the user, the wearable device comprising:
- an input button;
- a first sensor that detects water;
- and
- a second sensor that detects one or more characteristics of a fall;
- an alert station configured to receive signals from the wearable device, the alert station configured to declare an emergency in each of the following situations:
- the alert station receives a signal from the wearable device that the input button has been activated;
- the alert station receives a first signal from the wearable device that the first sensor detects the water;
- the alert station receives a second signal from the wearable device that the second sensor has detected one or more characteristics of a fall and the alert station does not receive a heartbeat signal from the wearable device or less than a predetermined number of the heartbeat signals within a predetermined period of time after receiving the second signal.
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A system to monitor a user at a water environment, the system comprising:
- a wearable device configured to be worn by the user, the wearable device comprising:
- a housing that extends around and forms an interior space;
- an accelerometer positioned in the interior space;
- a water sensor attached to the housing;
- a wearable device control circuit positioned in the interior space;
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- a wearable device communication circuit configured to transmit signals;
- an alert station configured to be positioned in proximity to the water environment, the alert station comprising:
- a communications circuit configured to receive the signals from the wearable device;
- an alert station control circuit configured to declare an emergency that the user is in danger in each of the following situations:
- the user is in the water based on signals received from the wearable device indicating that the water sensor detects the water;
- the user has fallen based on signals received from the wearable device indicating that the accelerometer has detected a fall and that a heartbeat signal has not been received or a limited number of the heartbeat signals have been received from the wearable device within a predetermined period of time after receiving the signals indicating the fall.
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A method of monitoring a user that is wearing a wearable device around water, the method comprising:
- receiving heartbeat signals at regular intervals from the wearable device indicating that the wearable device is within range;
- receiving a first signal from the wearable device indicating that the user has activated an input button;
- receiving a second signal from the wearable device indicating that the wearable device is in the water;
- receiving a third signal from the wearable device indicating that the user has fallen;
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- declaring an emergency for each of first, second, and third situations with the first situation comprising receiving the first signal, the second situation comprising receiving the second signal, and the third situation comprising receiving the third signal and not receiving a heartbeat signal or receiving a limited number of the heartbeat signals within a predetermined time after receiving the third signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.