# US 2022/0036723 A1 · Uwb and ble based incident reporting and preventing system implemented using mobile access devices

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- Number: US 2022/0036723 A1
- Document ID: US20220036723A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/942,956
- Filed: 2020-07-30
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30
- Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc.; Denso Corporation
- Applicants: DENSO International America, Inc.; Denso Corporation
- Inventors: Sibu VARUGHESE; Martin NESPOLO; Gareth WEBB; Thomas KRZYZAK; Wilson YIM; Matthew JOHNSON
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036723A1

## CPC

- G08B 25/016: {Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12)}
- H04W 4/022: {with dynamic range variability}
- H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds}
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
- H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers
- H04W 76/50: for emergency connections
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A mobile access device includes a memory, a transceiver and a control module. The memory is configured to store incident information. The transceiver is configured to report the incident information to a relay station. The transceiver is at least one of ultra-wideband enabled or personal area network enabled. The control module is configured to: execute an emergency alerting application; transmit an alert signal from the mobile access device to the relay station indicating an incident has occurred; collect the incident information including at least one of (i) capturing audio or video of the incident, or (ii) receiving a descriptive comments from a user of the mobile access device; generate a report message including the incident information; and perform countermeasures including sending the report message to the relay station. At least one of the alert signal or the report message includes a unique signal identifier.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobile access device comprising:
a memory configured to store incident information;
a transceiver configured to report the incident information to first station, wherein the transceiver is at least one of ultra-wideband enabled or personal area network enabled; and
a control module configured to
execute an emergency alerting application,
transmit an alert signal from the mobile access device to the first station indicating an incident has occurred,
collect the incident information including at least one of (i) capturing audio or video of the incident, or (ii) receiving a descriptive comments from a user of the mobile access device,
generate a report message including the incident information, and
perform countermeasures including sending the report message to the first station,
wherein at least one of the alert signal or the report message includes a unique signal identifier.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the unique signal identifier is an ultra-wideband signal identifier or a Bluetooth® low energy signal identifier.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is ultra-wideband enabled and Bluetooth® enabled.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is personal area network enabled and transmits signals at 2.4 GHz.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to aid in determining a location of the mobile access device by performing an ultra-wideband or Bluetooth® signal exchange with the first station.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to determine distances between the mobile access device and nearby objects and report the distances to the first station.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to receive the descriptive comments as an input from the user of the mobile access device and transmit the descriptive comments to the first station via an ultra-wideband signal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

An incident reporting and preventing system comprising:
the mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the mobile access device is one of a first plurality of mobile access devices; and
the first station comprising
a memory configured to store incident information received from the first plurality of mobile access devices including the incident information reported by the one of the first plurality of mobile access devices,
a transceiver configured to receive the incident information from the first plurality of mobile access devices and report the incident information from the first plurality of mobile access devices to at least one of a central monitoring station or an emergency responding station, wherein the transceiver of the first station is at least one of ultra-wideband enabled or personal area network enabled, and
a control module configured to
identify the first plurality of mobile access devices based on unique signal identifiers of signals received from the first plurality of mobile access devices,
determine locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices,
combine the identities and locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices with the incident information received from the first plurality of mobile access devices to generate a report, and
perform a countermeasure including transmitting, via the transceiver of the first station, the report to the at least one of the central monitoring station or the emergency responding station.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, wherein the control module is configured to determine locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices using ultra-wideband signal transmission.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, wherein the control module is configured to determine locations of the first station and objects nearby using Bluetooth signal transmission.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, wherein the control module is configured to:
identify at least one of owners or users of the first plurality of mobile access devices based on the identities of the first plurality of mobile access devices; and
include the identities of the at least one of the owners or users of the first plurality of mobile access devices in the report.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, wherein the control module is configured to:
identify and determine locations of a second plurality of mobile access devices, wherein the second plurality of mobile access devices are at least one of (i) not reporting incident information, or (ii) not transmitting an alert signal associated with the incident;
identify at least one of owners or users of the second plurality of mobile access devices based on the identities of the second plurality of mobile access devices; and
include the identities of the at least one of the owners or users of the second plurality of mobile access devices in the report.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, wherein the control module is configured to:
receive alert signals from the first plurality of mobile access devices, wherein the alert signals indicate an incident has occurred;
prior to receiving the alert signals, determine locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices via Bluetooth® signal transmission to generate first location data;
in response to receiving the alert signal, enable ultra-wideband signal transmission;
determine locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices using ultra-wideband signal transmission to generate second location data; and
report the first location data and the second location data to the at least one of the central monitoring station or the emergency responding station.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, wherein the control module is configured to actuate one or more controlled devices based on the incident information.

### Claim 15 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, wherein the control module is configured to:
request additional incident information from the first plurality of mobile access devices;
receive the additional incident information from the first plurality of mobile access devices; and
report the additional incident information to the at least one of the central monitoring station or the emergency responding station.

### Claim 16 (depends on 8)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of antenna modules connected to the first station and at remote locations away from the first station, wherein the plurality of antenna modules are configured to collect additional incident information and transmit the additional incident information back to the first station.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

An incident reporting and preventing system comprising:
the mobile access device of claim 1, wherein the mobile access device is one of a first plurality of mobile access devices; and
the first station comprising
a memory configured to store incident information from the first plurality of mobile access devices including the incident information reported by the one of the first plurality of mobile access devices,
a transceiver configured to receive the incident information from 5G enabled towers and report the incident information to first responders via an emergency responding station, and
a control module configured to
receive alert signals from the 5G enabled towers, wherein the alert signals indicate that an incident has occurred, wherein the alert signal indicate that the incident is being reported by the first plurality of mobile access devices,
analyze the incident information and determine locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices, wherein the incident information includes micro-location ultra-wideband based data,
identify at least one of owners or users of the first plurality of mobile access devices based on the incident information, and
inform the first responders the locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices and identities of the at least one of the owners or users of the first plurality of mobile access devices.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 17, wherein the control module is configured to:
analyze the incident information and determine locations of a second plurality of mobile access devices, wherein the incident information includes additional micro-location ultra-wideband based data;
identify at least one of owners or users of the second plurality of mobile access devices based on the incident information; and
inform the first responders the locations of the second plurality of mobile access devices and the identities of the at least one of the owners or users of the second plurality of mobile access devices.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 17, wherein:
the incident information includes Bluetooth location data indicating estimated locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices; and
the control module is configured to inform the first responders the estimated locations of the first plurality of mobile access devices.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The incident reporting and preventing system of claim 17, wherein the control module is configured to:
request additional incident information from the 5G towers;
receive the additional incident information from the 5G towers; and
report the additional incident information to the first responders.
