Personal safety device, method and article

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions, which cause control circuitry integrated into an article of clothing to perform a method. The method includes processing indications related to an environment of the article of clothing and activating, based on the processing of the one or more indications, pulsing circuitry integrated into the article of clothing to pulse in a selected pattern of a plurality of patterns. The plurality of patterns include patterns to indicate: location information related to one or more individuals; movement information related to one or more individuals; information related to one or more hazards in a vicinity of the wearer of the article of clothing; information providing instructions to the wearer of the article of clothing; and information indicative of whether one or more individuals have been determined to be a friend or a foe of a wearer of the article of clothing.

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which, when executed by control circuitry integrated into an article of clothing, cause the control circuitry to perform a method, the method comprising:
 processing one or more indications related to an environment of the article of clothing generated by condition-detection circuitry integrated into the article of clothing; and   activating, based on the processing of the one or more indications related to the environment of the article of clothing, pulsing circuitry integrated into the article of clothing to pulse in a selected pattern of a plurality of patterns, wherein the plurality of patterns include patterns to indicate:
 location information related to one or more individuals; 
 movement information related to one or more individuals; 
 information related to one or more hazards in a vicinity of the wearer of the article of clothing; 
 information providing instructions to the wearer of the article of clothing; and 
 information indicative of whether one or more individuals have been determined to be a friend or a foe of a wearer of the article of clothing. 
   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the method comprises controlling communications via a wireless interface integrated into the article of clothing. 
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the method comprises processing control signals received from a control terminal integrated into the article of clothing and coupled to the control circuitry. 
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the method comprises configuring the condition-detection circuitry and the pulsing circuitry based on control signals received via the wireless interface. 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the method comprises silently broadcasting information to a wearer of the article of clothing. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the pulsing circuitry includes one or more physical-impulse pulsers and the method comprises silently broadcasts information to the wearer of the article of clothing by activating the one or more physical impulse pulsers. 
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the condition-detection circuit comprises:
 an accelerometer;   a braking-condition sensor;   a temperature sensor;   a MEMS device;   a microphone;   a switch;   a pulse-detector;   an image capture device;   a communication interface; or   combinations thereof.   
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the method comprises communicatively coupling to circuitry integrated into a second article of clothing.