Wearable personal safety devices and methods of operating the same
A method includes detecting an event at a wearable mobile device, generating an alert in response to the event, and transmitting the alert over a communication path that comprises a cellular network. The wearable mobile device, such as a watch, necklace, bracelet, and the like, includes a safety module/application. The safety module/application may incorporate both event detection via one or more sensing or recordation modules and notification functionality. Emergency contacts, including public safety organizations, family members, friends, and the like may be notified in a variety of ways based on the particular event that is detected.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a wearable mobile device; and
an attachment mechanism configured to facilitate carriage of the wearable device on a first person;
wherein the wearable mobile device comprises:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code embodied in the memory that is executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring, by the wearable mobile device, a surrounding environment of a first person wearing the wearable mobile device using at least one of a microphone or a camera included in the wearable mobile device; the surrounding environment monitored for at least one of a verbal threat or a physical threat from a second person towards the first person based on the monitored surrounding environment of the first person, wherein the monitoring of the surrounding environment of the first person is conducted by the wearable device automatically, at all times, and without input from the first person;
detecting, by the wearable mobile device, at least one of the verbal threat or the physical threat from the second person towards the first person,
wherein the verbal threat is automatically detected from audio captured by the microphone, or
wherein the physical threat is automatically detected from video captured by the camera or from an automatically detected camera obstruction when a time duration of the camera obstruction exceeds a predetermined threshold,
wherein the verbal threat or the physical threat is detected by the wearable mobile device without input from the first person;
determining, by the wearable mobile device, that the first person is in distress responsive to the detection of at least one of the verbal threat or the physical threat;
generating, by the wearable mobile device, an alert that the first person is in distress in response to determining that the first person is in distress; and
transmitting the alert that the first person is in distress from the wearable mobile device of the first person to a recipient over a communication path that comprises a cellular network, wherein transmitting the alert comprising live streaming of at least one of audio being captured by the microphone or video being captured by the camera of the wearable mobile device.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable mobile device is a watch;
wherein the watch comprises a body having a slot formed in an end thereof; and
wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a band having an end that is configured to be slidably received within the slot for attachment therein.
3. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied in the medium that is executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring, by a wearable mobile device, a surrounding environment of a first person wearing the wearable mobile device using at least one of a microphone or a camera included in the wearable mobile device, the surrounding environment monitored for at least one of a verbal threat or a physical threat from a second person towards the first person based on the monitored surrounding environment of the first person, wherein the monitoring of the surrounding environment of the first person is conducted by the wearable device automatically, at all times, and without input from the first person;
detecting, by the wearable mobile device, at least one of the verbal threat or the physical threat from the second person towards the first person,
wherein the verbal threat is automatically detected from audio captured by the microphone, or
wherein the physical threat comprises a threatening gesture by the second person toward the first person that is automatically detected from video captured by the camera or an automatically detected camera obstruction when a time duration of the camera obstruction exceeds a predetermined threshold, and
wherein the verbal threat or the physical threat is detected by the wearable mobile device without input from the first person;
determining, by the wearable mobile device, that the first person is in distress responsive to the detection of at least one of the verbal threat or the physical threat;
generating, by the wearable mobile device, an alert that the first person is in distress in response to determining that the first person is in distress; and
transmitting the alert that the first person is in distress from the wearable mobile device of the first person to a recipient over a communication path that comprises a cellular network, wherein transmitting the alert comprising live streaming of at least one of audio being captured by the microphone or video being captured by the camera of the wearable mobile device.