Emergency Button

Type: component
PROBLEM

The operator needs to be able to call for help manually when the situation is clear to them but not yet to the sensors.

SOLUTION

The Emergency Button is a large, high-contrast, tactile dome switch occupying the full center face of the I've Fallen unit, sized and positioned for reliable operation by a hand that may be shaking, gloved, or operating from a non-standard angle relative to the body. One press held for two seconds triggers the emergency alert sequence. The two-second hold requirement exists to prevent accidental activation during normal handling, which was the single most common complaint in user testing and the single most important failure mode to prevent in deployment. The button is backlit with a soft green LED in standby that shifts to pulsing red during an active alert, providing a visual status indicator that is readable in low light. The button is the thing. Everything else in the unit exists to make the button work reliably and to fill in the cases where the operator cannot reach it.

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Schema
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