Patent ID: 11928960
Assignee: INVENT F & W, LLC
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A system for providing an emergency vehicle alert comprising:
an alert management computing device; and
an emergency vehicle transmitter associated with an emergency vehicle, the emergency vehicle transmitter configured to transmit information including a present location of the emergency vehicle and at least one of an emergency vehicle speed and an emergency vehicle acceleration to the alert management computing device;
wherein the alert management computing device is configured to:
receive the information transmitted by the emergency vehicle transmitter; and determine an alert zone for the emergency vehicle having an area determined as a function of the information received from the emergency vehicle transmitter including the present location of the emergency vehicle and at least one of the emergency vehicle speed and the emergency vehicle acceleration;
expand the area of the alert zone in response to an increased speed or acceleration of the emergency vehicle; and
contract the area of the alert zone in response to a decreased speed or deceleration of the emergency vehicle;

wherein the alert zone includes an area adjacent the emergency vehicle;
a portable transmitter configured to be associated with a person, the portable transmitter further configured to transmit information including a present location of the portable transmitter to the alert management computing device;
wherein the alert management computing device is configured to:
receive the information transmitted by the portable transmitter; and
determine a protected zone for the portable transmitter as a function of the information received from the portable transmitter;

a portable receiver configured to be associated with the person;
an emergency warning device associated with the portable receiver;
wherein the alert management computing device is further configured to:
compare the alert zone for the emergency vehicle to the protected zone for the portable transmitter; and send an alert signal to the portable receiver as a function of a partial overlap between the alert zone and the protected zone; and

wherein the emergency warning device is responsive to the portable receiver for providing a warning as a function of a received alert signal.