US 11,706,391 B1
First responder monitoring system with distress detection
Kenneth J. Heywood, Hudson, WI (US); and James M. Behmke, Pembroke, MA (US)
Filed by Patent Pioneers, LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,478.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,293, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 7/188 (2013.01) [G08B 21/0469 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a device, sensor data from one or more sensors worn by a first responder;
analyzing, by the device, the sensor data to identify a position of a person with whom the first responder is interacting;
determining, by the device, that a policy violation has occurred based in part on the position of the person where the position of the person corresponds to a hold or restraint applied by the first responder to the person; and
providing, by the device, an alert that indicates the policy violation.