Systems and methods for remote management of emergency equipment and personnel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10887747-B2
Application number	US-201815958550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2018
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

The disclosure presents a system for remotely managing emergency equipment through wireless network and methods to use this system to monitor emergency equipment and deliver emergency information to subscribers. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment includes at least a node, also called as end user emergency equipment, a remote server, and a plurality of direct and indirect subscriber devices. The remote server receives data collected from each node, processes the node data, and sends the processed data to direct and indirect subscribers to manage emergency equipment. The system can improve the efficiency on collision avoidance, emergency warning, and emergency vehicle dispatch management.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for remotely managing emergency equipment, comprising:
at least one node, comprising:
at least one sensor configured to collect node data related to the node;
a memory configured to store the node data;
a processor configured to process the node data; and
a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the node data; and

a remote server, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive the node data from the node;
a transmitter to transmit safety parameters to create a safety zone to subscriber devices;
a memory configured to store the node data; and
a processor configured to determine the safety parameters based on the node data and to create the safety zone about the node based on the safety parameters, wherein the node data includes emergency activating status of the node, type of the node, or working status of the node, and wherein the size of the safety zone changes based on the node data.

2. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment of claim 1 , wherein the node data includes at least one of location data, speed data, acceleration data.

3. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor includes at least one of an accelerometer, a GPS receiver, and an impact sensor.

4. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment of claim 1 , wherein the subscriber devices include at least one of a traffic light, a siren or light positioned on an emergency vehicle, and a hand-held or vehicle mounted navigation device.

5. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment of claim 1 , wherein the safety zone is created about a group of more than one node.

6. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment of claim 1 , wherein the node further comprises a receiver to receive data from the remote server.

7. A system for remotely managing emergency equipment, comprising:
at least one subscriber device comprising:
a memory;
a receiver for receiving, from a remote server, safety parameters that define a safety zone, the safety parameters generated based on node data generated by at least one remote node the safety zone generated about the node;
a processor for generating at least one of an audio alert and video alert based on the safety parameters sent from the remote server to define the safety zone; and
at least one of a display and a speaker for outputting the at least one of the video and the audio alert.

8. A system for remotely managing emergency equipment, comprising:
a plurality of nodes, each node comprising:
at least one sensor configured to collect node data from one of the plurality of nodes;
a memory configured to store the node data;
a processor configured to process the node data; and
a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the node data;

a remote server, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive the node data from the one of the plurality of nodes;
a memory configured to store the node data;
a processor configured to determine safety parameters to create a safety zone about the plurality of nodes based on the safety parameters; and
a transmitter configured to transmit to subscriber devices the safety parameters that define the safety zone; and

at least one subscriber device, comprising:
a receiver configured to wirelessly receive the safety parameters that define the safety zone;
a memory configured to store the safety zone;
a processor configured to process the safety parameters that define the safety zone and generate an alert; and
an output device to output the alert, wherein the node data includes emergency activating status of the node, type of the node, or working status of the node, and wherein the size of the safety zone changes based on the node data.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the node is a vehicle or a wearable device.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the sensor is at least one of global positioning system (GPS), infrared light sensors, radar, laser radar, cameras, accelerometers, gyroscopes, velocity sensors, thermometers, air quality sensors, hygrometers, piezoelectric pressure sensors, and magnetometers.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the node data also includes location data of the node.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the subscriber device is a computer system or a mobile device.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the node further comprises:
an input device configured to enable user interaction with the node, wherein the input device is at least one of a keyboard, a touch screen, an audio input system or a voice recognition system; and
an output device configured to present information to the user, wherein the output device is at least one of a display, a light, a siren, a speaker, a visual system or an audio system.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the transmission of data and reception of data is based on a network including at least one of a mobile network, a wireless local area network (WLAN), a wireless sensor network, a satellite communication network, a terrestrial microwave network, and Internet.

15. A method for remotely managing emergency equipment, comprising:
receiving at a node processor node data collected from at least one node sensor;
transmitting from a node transmitter the node data;
receiving at a remote server processor the node data;
transmitting from a remote server transmitter the safety parameters to create the safety zone; and
determining at the remote server processor the safety parameters to create a safety zone about the node based on the node data;
wherein the node data includes emergency activating status of the node, type of the node, or working status of the node, and wherein the size of the safety zone changes based on the node data.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
receiving the safety zone by a subscriber device receiver of a subscriber device;
generating an alert by a subscriber device processor based on the safety zone; and
outputting the alert by a subscriber device output device.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the node data also includes location data of the node.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the node sensor is at least one of global positioning system (GPS), infrared light sensors, radar, laser radar, cameras, accelerometers, gyroscopes, velocity sensors, thermometers, air quality sensors, hygrometers, piezoelectric pressure sensors, and magnetometers.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the step of determining at the remote server processor safety parameters to create a safety zone about the node based on the node data, comprises:
identifying a type of emergency event;
identifying a number of nodes involved in the emergency event;
identifying a type of each node;
creating the safety zone based on the type of emergency event, the number of nodes, and type of nodes.

Assignees

• Whelen Eng

Inventors

• Jackson Cole
• Lemieux Ken
• Garrett Caleb
• Eduardo Joseph

Classifications

• H04W4/90 Primary

  Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] · CPC title

• G08G1/16

  Anti-collision systems (road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08) · CPC title

• G08G1/0137

  for specific applications · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title