Emergency remote data access based on an emergency communication link and sensor data
AssigneeHealthcare Integrated Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKenneth M. GREENWOOD, Scott Michael BORUFF, Jurgen VOLLRATH
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Abstract
A method and system for improving the safety of the environment for an occupant of a dwelling which includes providing the dwelling with monitors and sensors to detect emergencies and a communication system that permits hands-free communication with responding parties and historic and/or real-time imaging feed of the inside of the dwelling to the responding parties.
Claims21
An emergency alert and response system for a dwelling space, comprising
- at least one dwelling sensor,
- a communications system comprising at least one speaker and at least one microphone for hands free communication between the occupant and designated parties,
- at least one image sensor for capturing image data, comprising one or more of cameras operating in the visual spectrum, image sensors operating according to different modalities such as direct-temperature sensing, ultrasonic motion detectors, and image sensors operating at different frequencies or in different frequency bands such as infrared, thermal, lidar, and radar, and
- a processor connected to a memory configured by means of machine-readable code to identify emergency events based on the number of anomalies detected and/or based on corroboration of an anomaly by one sensor with data from at least a second sensor to define an emergency event, wherein the communications system is configured for real-time sensor data streaming from the at least one sensor to one or more designated third-parties or entities in response to an emergency event.
A method of enhancing the safety of an occupant of a dwelling space, comprising:
- monitoring the dwelling space for safety concerns associated with the dwelling space by means of at least two safety sensor;
- identifying potential emergency events based on safety sensor information;
- verifying a potential emergency event that has been identified by one safety sensor, by means of information from at least a second safety sensor, and
- in the event of an emergency event being verified, notifying at least one of:
- the occupant, and one or more of authorized third-parties that have been identified as being the most appropriate third-parties based on the nature of the verified emergency.
An emergency detector system for a building, comprising
- at least one dwelling sensor,
- at least one image sensor for receiving image data at one or more frequencies,
- a processor connected to memory configured with machine-readable code defining an algorithm for analyzing the data from the at least one dwelling sensor and one or more image sensors to detect a potential emergency event and corroborate said event detected by one sensor with data from at least one other sensor, and
- a communications system for alerting an emergency response team or other entity in the event of a corroborated emergency event, and providing them with access to at least one of:
- historical sensor data over time, and current streaming of sensor data from one or more sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.