WO1997006628A1 - Personal alarm system - Google Patents
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- WO1997006628A1 WO1997006628A1 PCT/NL1996/000313 NL9600313W WO9706628A1 WO 1997006628 A1 WO1997006628 A1 WO 1997006628A1 NL 9600313 W NL9600313 W NL 9600313W WO 9706628 A1 WO9706628 A1 WO 9706628A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M11/00—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
- H04M11/04—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
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- the invention relates to a social alarm system as described in the preamble of claim l. Such an alarm system is known in practice.
- Such a system is particularly intended for the security of vulnerable persons living alone, such as for instance elderly persons.
- everyone runs the risk of having an accident whereby one may become immobilized.
- Such an accident may in itself be relatively innocent: for instance, one may slip in the bathroom or trip in the living room.
- the consequences, however, may be serious: one may for instance break a leg or hip, so that one cannot move anymore. At that moment, one is dependent on assistance from other people; persons living alone should then try to draw the attention of their neighbors, which may take a long time if one is no longer capable of operating a telephone either.
- An alarm system of the above-mentioned type solves such problems, because it offers the person in question a possibility of summoning help, for whatever reason, from the place where that person i ⁇ located at that moment.
- the only thing that this person should do for that purpose is operate the alarm switch of his carrier unit.
- the carrier unit in response to the operation of the alarm switch, the carrier unit generates a signal which is wirelessly transmitted to the base unit (radio transmission) .
- the base unit is connected with a communication network, for instance the public telephone network.
- the base unit sets up a connection with the alarm monitoring station.
- This alarm monitoring station for instance consists of a central reporting room of an alerting organization or a house, of family or acquaintances of the user of the alarm system, with a communication network connection.
- an operator is present at the alarm monitoring station, who sends assistance to the user who raised alarm.
- This operator is for instance an assistant of the alerting organization or family or an acquaintance of the user of the alarm system.
- the operator can send specialized assistance, for instance a doctor or even an ambulance.
- an alarm system offers the important advantage that in the event of an calamity, assistance can be summoned promptly at all times.
- a further important advantage precisely resides in knowing that assistance can be summoned promptly if a calamity occurs, and that very knowledge is a reassurance, even if the person in question never has to employ the emergency call facility.
- An important consequence is that elderly persons can continue living on their own for a longer time and also feel safe in doing so, which contributes to their joy of life.
- this communication takes place by means of one or more microphones and loudspeakers which are positioned in the user's house and connected to the base unit.
- the object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks. More in particular, the object of the present invention is to provide an improved alarm system, wherein the audibility of the user is guaranteed under all circumstances, and wherein the time-consuming installation of several microphones can be omitted.
- the alarm system of the above-mentioned type has the characterizing features as described in the characterizing part of claim l.
- British patent application describes a security system for a factory site or the like, wherein a guard is provided with a walkie-talkie-like transmission/reception unit comprising an emergency button.
- a central unit tries to get in touch with a subscriber, via the telephone network, by selecting a pre ⁇ programmed subscriber number. That subscriber can be regarded as a guard on call-duty; also via remote control, he can interfere with the manufacturing process.
- that called-up subscriber cannot communicate, via that telephone network, with the walkie-talkie-like transmission/reception unit that raised the alarm.
- German Offenlegungsschrift 3,324,517 describes a system wherein a user has a portable alarm device and wherein, after operation of an alarm button, a speech connection is established between the user and a central station. However, the speech connection and the alarm call are established via the same channel. This has the drawback that a channel allowed for speech connection has to be used, involving the risk that the alarm signal is subject to interference.
- Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of an alarm system according to the present invention
- Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of a carrier unit
- Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of a base unit.
- an alarm system according to the present invention is generally designated by reference numeral l.
- the alarm system 1 comprises a carrier unit 10, intended for being carried by a user in an easy and socially acceptable manner at all times.
- the carrier unit 10 has a form suiting that purpose, such as for instance the form of a bracelet or necklace, but other forms are conceivable as well.
- the carrier unit 10 comprises a housing 11 wherein a transmitter 20 is disposed, fed by an energy source 12, such as a battery.
- the transmitter 20 has an output 22 and is adapted to transmit, via a transmission antenna 21, electromagnetic signals on a frequency band suitable and allowed therefor, for instance via FM-modulation, as is known per se.
- an alarm switch 13 for instance a push putton, connected to an activating input 23 of the transmitter 20.
- the alarm switch 13 can be protected against unintentional operation, for instance by a protective cover arranged over it, or by a locking catch; for simplicity's sake, this protection is not illustrated.
- a microphone 14 is mounted in the housing ll, connected to a microphone input 24 of the transmitter 20.
- the alarm system l further comprises a base unit 30, installed in or at the user's house at a fixed position.
- the base unit 30 has a combined in/output 31 connected with a communication network p. This can be the public telephone network or the network of a private branch exchange, but also the cable network of a central antenna device or a network of radio connections.
- the base unit 30 further has an input 32 connected to a reception antenna 33, for receiving the signals generated by the transmitter 20.
- the alarm system l further comprises an alarm monitoring station 100, which is also connected with the public communication network P.
- an operator is present, i.e. a person who can handle the incoming alarm calls.
- the transmitter 20 and the base unit 30 are inactive, which means that they do not transmit any signals.
- the transmitter 20 becomes active in response to the reception, at its alarm input 23, of an alarm signal coming from the alarm switch 13. This can simply be the closing of a contact.
- the transmitter 20 first transmits, at its output 22, an activating signal for the base unit 30.
- This activating signal can, in a simple form, be the presence of a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency, but preferably, a predetermined code is transmitted with that carrier wave, which code is identified by the base unit 30.
- the base unit 30 becomes active as well.
- the transmitter 20 can continue transmitting the activating signal until the transmitter 20 is manually reset into the inactive state, for which purpose the carrier unit 10 may comprise a reset button, not shown.
- the communication path between the carrier unit 10 and the base unit 30 is preferably a two-way communication path, for which purpose the base unit 30 comprises an output 34 and a transmission antenna 35, and for which purpose the carrier unit 10 comprises a reception antenna 25 and a reception unit 26.
- the frequency for the communication from the carrier unit 10 to the base unit 30 may differ from the frequency for the communication from the base unit 30 to the carrier unit 10.
- the base unit 30 can transmit an acknowledge signal to the carrier unit 10 to indicate that the activating signal has been received, so that the transmitter 20 can terminate the transmission of the activating signal.
- the base unit 30 also makes a connection with the communication network P and takes actions to gain access to the alarm monitoring station 100, as is known per se.
- the base unit 30 transmits an identification code to the alarm monitoring station 100.
- a memory 101 Associated with the alarm monitoring station 100 is a memory 101 containing information relating to subscribers to the alarm system, and in response to the reception of a valid identification code, information relating to the calling person is made available to the operator, for instance on a display 102, which information may comprise, inter alia, the name and address of the calling person, as well as data of persons and/or authorities that have to be warned in respect of that particular calling person.
- the calling person and the operator communicate with each other.
- this speech communication can only be established after acceptance of the call by the operator.
- the operator transmits an acceptance signal to the base unit 30 via the communication network P.
- the base unit 30 can transmit an acceptance-acknowledge signal to the carrier unit 10, on which an indication LED can visually inform the user of the acceptance of the call by the alarm monitoring station.
- a speech channel is opened for speech communication from the user to the alarm monitoring station 100.
- the transmitter 20 transmits the signals from the microphone 14 received at its microphone input 24 to the base unit 30, via a carrier wave whose frequency differs from the frequency of the carrier wave used for the alarm call.
- the base unit 30 demodulates the signals received at its input 32, and couples the demodulated signal through to its output 31, so that this signal, containing the speech signal from the user, can reach the alarm monitoring station 100 via the communication network P.
- the base unit 30 couples speech signals coming from the alarm monitoring station 100 through to an amplifier 36, to which loudspeakers 37 are connected which are positioned at strategic locations in the user's house.
- the speech connection is broken on the operator's initiative.
- the operator transmits a terminating signal to the base unit 30.
- the base unit 30 breaks the connection with the communication network, transmits a deactivating signal to the carrier unit 10 and, in response to this signal, returns into the inactive state.
- the base unit 30 is provided with a microphone as well and/or if other microphones are present, it is also possible for the operator to deactivate the speech channel between the carrier unit 10 and the base unit 30 only, so that speech is only possible via the microphone in the base unit 30 or the other microphone(s) . This may be desired in the case where the audibility via the microphone 14 in the carrier unit 30 is insufficient for whatever reason.
- the speech connection from the user to the alarm monitoring station 100 be interrupted. This interruption may consist in the base unit 30 not coupling the signals received at its input 32 through to its output 31, or the transmitter 20 not transmitting at its output 21 the microphone signals received at its microphone input 24.
- the carrier wave frequency for the speech connection differs from the carrier wave frequency for transmitting the alarm call. More in particular, for transmitting the alarm call, a carrier wave frequency is used that is especially reserved for alarm signals, which means that, normally, the use of this channel will be particularly low, so that the chance of interference will be particularly small, which increases the chances of prompt reception of the alarm call.
- This alarm-carrier wave frequency may differ from country to country; by way of example, in the Netherlands this frequency is 456 MHz, in Belgium 457 MHz, and in Germany 469 MHz.
- this signal is continuously transmitted by the transmitter 20 until the acceptance signal from the alarm monitoring station 100 has been received. After that, the speech channel is opened, via a frequency band allowed for speech transmission.
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