Automated firearm security measures to contact assistance
AssigneeDouble Pull Inc
InventorsRaymon Sanders, David Lee Sanders, Kenneth Conquest, Michael R. Saylor, Evan H. R. Spreen, David R. Spreen
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Abstract
Removing a gun or other weapon from a holster may inevitably require police backup to secure officer safety. One example device may include a weapon securing holster and a wireless presence detection antenna which receives wireless proximity data from a weapon drawn from the holster. Other features may include a sensor which detects a presence of the weapon and a processor which processes sensor data generated by the at least one sensor and radio frequency signals identifying a proximity of the weapon to the wireless presence detection antenna.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a weapon securing holster;
- a wireless presence detection antenna which receives wireless proximity data from a weapon;
- and
- at least one sensor which detects a presence of the weapon, wherein the at least one senor comprises an active radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which detects a presence of a passive REID tag on the weapon, and wherein the detected presence of the weapon comprises a determination that the weapon has been removed from the weapon securing holster.
A method comprising:
- receiving via a wireless presence detection antenna wireless proximity data from a weapon in wireless communication with a weapon holster comprising the wireless presence detection antenna and at least one sensor affixed to the weapon holster:
- detecting a sensor condition triggered via the at least one sensor affixed to the weapon holster, wherein the at least one sensor affixed to the weapon holster comprises an active radio frequency identification (MD) tag, which detects a presence of the at least one sensor affixed to the weapon which comprises a passive RFID tag;
- determining that the weapon has been removed from the weapon holster based on communication between the active RFD tag and the passive RFID tag;
- and
- creating a message to request assistance responsive to at least one of the wireless proximity data being received and the sensor condition being triggered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.