Systems and methods for remote management of emergency equipment and personnel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11477629-B2
Application number	US-202017108179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2020
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

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;
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;
memory configured to store the node data;
a processor configured to determine safety parameters to create a safety zone about the node based on the node data; and
a transmitter to transmit the safety parameters to subscriber devices.

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 sensors include 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 receiver for receiving safety parameters generated by a remote server based on sensor data generated by at least one remote node, the safety parameters creating a safety zone about the node;
a processor for generating at least one of an audio alert and video alert based on the safety parameters; and
at least one of a display and a speaker for outputting the 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;
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 each node;
memory configured to store the node data;
a processor configured to determine safety parameters to create a safety zone about the node based on the node data; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the safety parameters to subscriber devices; and

at least one subscriber device, comprising:
a receiver configured to wirelessly receive the safety parameters;
memory configured to store the safety parameters;
a processor configured to process the safety parameters and generate an alert; and
an output device to output the alert.

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 data comprises emergency activating status of the node, type of the node, location data of the node, and working status 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;
determining at the remote server processor safety parameters to create a safety zone about the node based on the node data; and
transmitting from a remote server transmitter the safety parameters.

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

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the node data comprises emergency activating status of the node, type of the node, location data of the node, and working status 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 Kenneth
• Garrett Caleb
• Eduardo Joseph

Classifications

• G08B27/005

  with transmission via computer network · CPC title

• G07C5/008

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

• H04W4/90 Primary

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

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title