Patent Publication Number: US-9418526-B1

Title: Pedestrian security dye pack system

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Municipalities across the country are in a constant search for effective public safety interventions that will curb crime and improve the livability and economic well-being of their communities. There thus exists a perpetual goal to embrace public safety effort for the stated purposes of crime deterrence and prevention along with criminal conviction. Incorporating a community policing philosophy can serve as a key component of law enforcement efforts across countries and communities as an investigative tool in emergency response situations, as an eyewitness in investigations and prosecutions, and as a citizen-driven virtual guard and security system. 
     The pedestrian security dye pack system isolates, reports and aids authorities in offender detection and apprehension by offering the advantages of a wearable parental unit and a plurality of accompanying dependents with a dye pack radio-controlled incendiary device in each. The system provides optical and audible alarms, a wireless camera, a smartphone application, active and passive global positioning system, hereinafter “GPS”, for first responders and others to locate a victim. The apparel-adhesive is provided for both the transmitter device and the dye packs and provides for transferable reusability. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present pedestrian security dye pack system relates to personal security devices and more especially to a pedestrian security dye pack system that aids authorities in criminal detection and apprehension. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The general purpose of the pedestrian security dye pack system, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a pedestrian security dye pack system that has many novel features that result in a pedestrian security dye pack system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof. 
     To accomplish this, the pedestrian security dye pack system comprises a transmitter device having a front side spaced apart from a back side, a top end spaced apart from a bottom end, and a first end spaced apart from a second end. 
     A transmitter device is part of the system. The transmitter device has a battery pack disposed within. A central processing unit, hereinafter “CPU”, is disposed within the transmitter device and is in communication with the battery pack. The CPU has an erasable programmable read only memory, hereinafter “EPROM”, a clock, and a programmable logic controller, hereinafter “PLC”, disposed within. The CPU and battery pack are further in operational communication with other elements contained within the transmitter device, including a solar panel disposed within the top end, and a speaker disposed in each of the first end and the second end. A camera is disposed within the front side. A universal serial bus port, hereinafter “USB port”, is disposed in the first end and enables charging without the solar panel as well as a plethora of direct exterior device communications. 
     Further elements disposed within the transmitter device and in communication with the CPU and the battery pack are a Bluetooth® wireless interconnectivity, GPS, a local area wireless technology that allows an electronic device to exchange data or connect to the internet via radio waves, hereinafter “WiFi”, an input-output bridge, hereinafter “I/O bridge”, a transceiver, a panic button, and a centrally disposed touch-display screen in the front side. 
     A removably applied dye pack is an integral element of the system. A reusable adhesive importantly provides for dye pack transfer as needed. The dye pack is in operational communication with the transmitter device. The dye pack has a battery power in operational communication with the following elements: radio-frequency identification, hereinafter “RFID”, a dye projector, and a receiver. 
     A depression of the panic button activates the dye projector of the dye pack in order to stain a perpetrator or other pertinent item or location. The panic button further engages the camera, the touch-display screen, the speakers, and the I/O bridge. The panic button can be held to operate a delay functionality. 
     In operation, a user initiates a discharge of wearable security dye from at least one dye pack, the dye pack worn on person or clothing or carry item, as example. Of importance is that multiple dye packs can be used with a single transmitter device. The initiation is accomplished by pressing the panic button. Upon system detection of initiation the aerosol projector emits a dye and optionally other detection chemicals which can also include repellents. A stain, such as Disperse Red 9™, can be used as the dye, as example. Upon initiation the radio transceiver also communicates thru the I/O bridge to the camera, the speakers, the GPS, the containing WiFi, the Bluetooth®, the RFID, an existing smartphone, and existing law enforcement and other authorities. Smartphones and other potentially useful airwave communicable devices and functions are also alerted from the transmitter device through the I/O bridge. 
     Extended features include a brilliant flash emitted from the dye pack as discouragement and a siren emitted through the speakers. The location of the elements of the system is important in order to accomplish a compact size and weight conducive to non-invasive wear by a user and users of the transmitter device and the dye packs. 
     Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the pedestrian security dye pack system so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
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         FIG. 1  is a top frontal view of a transmitter device and a dye pack of a pedestrian security dye pack system. 
         FIG. 2  is a front side detail view of the transmitter device. 
         FIG. 3  is a rear side of the dye pack. 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic block diagram of a communication of the system and communication with a plurality of existing external media. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, an example of the pedestrian security dye pack system employing the principles and concepts of the present pedestrian security dye pack system and generally designated by the reference number  10  will be described. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the pedestrian security dye pack system  10  comprises a transmitter device  20  having a front side  22  spaced apart from a back side  24 , a top end  26  spaced apart from a bottom end  28 , and a first end  30  spaced apart from a second end  32 . 
     A transmitter device  20  is part of the system  10 . The transmitter device  20  has a battery pack  33  disposed within. A CPU  34  is disposed within the transmitter device  20  and is in communication with the battery pack  33 . The CPU  34  has an EPROM  35 , a clock  36 , and a PLC  37  disposed within. The CPU  34  and battery pack  33  are further in operational communication with other elements contained within the transmitter device  20 , including a solar panel  40  disposed within the top end  26 , an at least one speaker  42  disposed in each of the first end  30  and the second end  32 . A camera  44  is disposed within the front side  22 . A USB port  46  is disposed in the first end  30 . 
     Further elements disposed within the transmitter device  20  and in communication with the CPU  34  and the battery pack  33  are a Bluetooth®  47 , GPS  48 , WiFi  49 , and I/O bridge  50 , a transceiver  51 , a panic button  52 , and a centrally disposed touch-display screen  54  in the front side  22 . 
     A plurality of removably applied dye packs  70  is an integral element of the system  10 . Each dye pack  70  has a pack front side  72  spaced apart from a pack back side  74 . Each dye pack  70  is in operational communication with the transmitter device  20 . Each dye pack  70  has a battery power  76  in operational communication with the following elements: an RFID  78 , dye projector  80 , and a receiver  82 . The removable adhesive  84  provides for reapplication of the dye packs  70  to various garments and users. 
     A depression of the panic button  52  activates the dye projector  76  of the dye pack  70  in order to stain and even repel a perpetrator and to potential stain a pertinent item or location. The panic button  52  further engages the camera  44 , the touch-display screen  54 , the speakers  42 , and the I/O bridge  50 .