Breath analyzer, system, and computer program for authenticating, preserving, and presenting breath analysis data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11523751-B2
Application number	US-201916548142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2019
Priority date	Aug 14, 2013
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

A breath analyzer, a system, and a computer program for administering a breath analysis to a donor and recording a breath analysis result. Embodiments of the invention authenticate that the breath analysis was performed correctly, preserves the breath analysis results by communicating with other devices, and presents the breath analysis results by superimposing them on recorded video data. The breath analyzer includes a breath receptor for receiving a breath sample from the donor, an analyzing element for determining a breath analysis result, a communications element for sending information indicative of the breath analysis result to a recording device manager, and a housing for securing the components in a handheld device. The system comprises the breath analyzer, a recording device manager for synchronizing the recordings, and at least one ancillary camera for recording the breath analysis.

First claim

Having thus described various embodiments of the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent includes the following:

1. A system for administering a breath analysis to a donor, the system comprising:
at least one video recorder including an input for capturing video data, a video recorder processor, and a video recorder transmitter, and a memory;
a recording device manager communicatively coupled with the at least one video recorder, said recording device manager including a receiver for receiving one or more signals, and a recording device manager processor;
a breath analyzer communicatively coupled with the recording device manager,
said breath analyzer including a transmitter for transmitting one or more signals and a breath analyzer processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more of the video recorder processor, recording device manager processor, and breath analyzer processor, cause the one or more processors to perform the following steps:
performing, by the breath analyzer, a breath analysis of the donor;
obtaining, by the breath analyzer, the breath analysis result;
receiving, by the recording device manager and from the breath analyzer, an in-progress indication indicating that the breath analysis of the donor is in progress;
obtaining peripheral device identification information from peripheral recording devices based on the in-progress indication;
obtaining the video data collected by the at least one video recorder, during the breath analysis of the donor;
receiving, by the recording device manager and from the breath analyzer, the breath analysis result; and
storing the breath analysis result, the in-progress indication, and the peripheral device identification information with the video data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one video recorder is configured for mounting on a person's body or article of clothing worn by the person.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the breath analyzer includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for determining a location of the breath analyzer.

4. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein said at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions causes the one or more processors, upon execution, to perform the following step:
transmitting, by the recording device manager to one or more other video recorders, the breath analysis result.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the step of storing the breath analysis result with the video data includes the step of including the breath analysis result in metadata for the video data.

6. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein said at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions causes the one or more processors, upon execution, to perform the following step:
transmitting to an auxiliary computer the video data and the breath analysis result.

7. The system of claim 6 ,
wherein said at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions causes the one or more processors, upon execution, to perform the following steps:
receiving, by the recording device manager and from the breath analyzer, a status of the breath analyzer; and
associating the status of the breath analyzer with the preserved video data,

wherein the status of the breath analyzer is selected from the group consisting of: the breath analyzer power on, breath analysis start time, breath analysis stop time, detection of an error associated with the breath analyzer, and location of the breath analyzer.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the breath analyzer includes a breath analyzer housing and a video camera housed in the breath analyzer housing.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one video recorder is configured to be mounted in a vehicle.

10. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one video recorder is a first video recorder, the input is a first input for capturing first video data, the video recorder processor is a first video recorder processor, the video recorder transmitter is a first video recorder transmitter, and the memory is a first memory for storing the captured first video data,
wherein a first signal is transmitted by the recording device manager, upon receipt of information indicative of a start of the breath analysis by the recording device manager, to the first video recorder to preserve the video data,
wherein the preserved video data is a first preserved video data,
said system further including a second video recorder including a second input for capturing second video data, a second video recorder processor, a second video recorder transmitter, and a second memory for storing the captured second video data, and
wherein said at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions causes the one or more processors, upon execution, to perform the following steps:
in response to receiving the information indicative of a start of the breath analysis, transmitting, by the recording device manager and to the second video recorder, a second signal causing the second video recorder to preserve the second video data captured by the second video recorder during the breath analysis of the donor; and
associating the breath analysis result with the preserved second video data.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first video recorder processor and the second video recorder processor are programmed to implement pre-event recording.

12. The system of claim 11 ,
wherein the recording device manager includes a recording device manager housing,
wherein the first video recorder includes a first video recorder housing, and
wherein the second video recorder includes a second video recorder housing,
each of said recording device manager housing, said first video recorder housing, and
said second video recorder housing being distinct and separate housings.

Assignees

• Digital Ally Inc

Inventors

• Ross Stanton E

Classifications

• A61B5/18

  for vehicle drivers {or machine operators} · CPC title

• A61B90/361

  Image-producing devices, e.g. surgical cameras · CPC title

• H04N9/8205

  involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal · CPC title

• A61B5/742

  using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339) · CPC title

• A61B5/0004

  characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted · CPC title