Patent ID: 9615235
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04W

Claim:
1. A personal safety device system, comprising: a) a self-contained integrated personal safety device having a housing and including at least one self-defense mechanism; b) said personal safety device enabled by operation of speech recognition software causing said personal safety device to detect speech spoken by a user and including a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting first signals to a cellular telephone on which an application software has been downloaded that facilitates cooperation between said at least one self-defense mechanism and said cellular telephone; c) said transmitter being activated to transmit said first signals to said cellular telephone responsive to either (i) activation of said at least one self-defense mechanism, or (ii) manual activation; d) said personal safety device system including an optical safety device that continually optically monitors a perimeter surrounding said user carrying said personal safety device including to the rear of said user, said optical safety device wirelessly sending second signals comprising images captured by said optical safety device to said cellular telephone, said optical safety device being programmed with a people detection algorithm facilitating rapid detection of approaching person or persons, said people detection algorithm providing person or face recognition capability enabling said optical safety device to take two-dimensional measurements of a visualization of a potential assailant responsive to said detection of approaching person or persons and processing said measurements; e) said second signals providing information to said cellular telephone including that a person or persons is/are approaching said user of said personal safety device and said first signals providing information to said cellular telephone including that said user requires assistance; and (f) when said optical safety device senses approach of a person or persons, responsive thereto, said cellular telephone issues an audio warning and subsequently communicates elevation of a threat assessment to at least one third party when a separation sensor senses that a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) indicates a separation distance between said cellular telephone and said personal safety device exceeds an expected separation distance.