Abstract:
A Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) is configured to receive a description of detected movement associated with one or more inertial sensors of a communication device. The description of the detected movement may then be analyzed to determine a likelihood of injury associated with the movement, whether or not the user associated with the communication device is experiencing abnormal neuromuscular activity, and/or whether the user is outside a range of the communication device such that the user is unlikely to hear audio information originating from the communication device. The PSAP may additionally or alternatively utilize the description of the movement information to assist and/or provide an advisory recommendation in the decision of which, if any first responder resources should be dispatched; the recommendation may include which resources and at what priority the resources should be dispatched.
Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided such that a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) may utilize a new model to handle Open Line emergency calls, including audio optimization, automation, analysis, and presentation. Embodiments of the present disclosure assist with the difficult task of identifying background noise while trying to listen and talk to a caller, and give the best possible audio from the caller to the emergency call-taker or dispatcher. More particularly, an audio stream is split into at least two instances, with a first instance being optimized for speech intelligibility and provided to a call-taker or dispatcher and a second instance being provided for background sound analysis. Accordingly, the new PSAP Open Line model may allow for significantly more efficient emergency assessment, location, and management of resources.