초록 ▼

Surveillance platforms in airborne craft (8,10), land based vehicles (12), vessels at sea or fixed structures (14) detect dangers using conventional scanners and transmit information signals describing the dangers to a control center (2) which analyzes the data and determines the degree of danger an

Surveillance platforms in airborne craft (8,10), land based vehicles (12), vessels at sea or fixed structures (14) detect dangers using conventional scanners and transmit information signals describing the dangers to a control center (2) which analyzes the data and determines the degree of danger and its geographic extent. The center generates a danger warning and emergency response including a danger index. The warning/response message identifies the degree of danger (danger index 144) and the GPS coordinates (142) of the impacted geographic area for a wide region or regions of the earth (FIGS. 2-6). A vulnerability index (FIG. 16) determined using neural networks (FIGS. 13-14) and fuzzy logic (FIGS. 15-20) enables a prioritized warning/response. The center broadcasts (18) the danger warning and emergency response (FIG. 9) to a large population of remotely located warning devices (11), such as a network of pagers each of which has a GPS receiver (6,28). The pagers compare the received danger coordinates with their own GPS coordinates and each pager determines the extent to which it is in danger. The warning device automatically issues a warning signal or signals, which may be audible, visual or vibratory, appropriate to the degree of danger. Emergency manned vehicles may also directly receive the broadcast warning/response and be immediately alerted to act appropriately relative to the degree of danger. One embodiment broadcasts (16) directly to home T.V.'s and radios (17) which have internal GPS receivers and which display/annunciate an emergency message customized to that receiver resulting from the internal comparison of the danger coordinates versus the local receiver coordinates.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of providing an automated, wide area, danger warning and emergency response comprising the steps of:(a) detecting a dangerous situation from a detection location,(b) transmitting information signals describing the dangerous situation from the detection location v

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of providing an automated, wide area, danger warning and emergency response comprising the steps of:(a) detecting a dangerous situation from a detection location,(b) transmitting information signals describing the dangerous situation from the detection location via radio transmission signals to a control center for analysis,analyzing the received information signals in the control center in computer systems employing expert system technology,(d) determining in the control center the degree of danger and its geographic extent based on analysis of the received information signals,(e) generating in the control center a danger warning and emergency response including a danger index indicating a degree of danger within at least one geographic area,(f) broadcasting the danger warning and emergency response from the control center to a plurality of remotely located warning devices each of which has a GPS receiver and the ability to calculate its own location in GPS coordinates,(g) receiving via the broadcast signals the danger warning and emergency response in the remotely located warning devices, and comparing in each remotely located warning device the coordinates of the dangerous situation with its own GPS coordinates for determining the extent to which each remotely located warning device is in danger, and(h) automatically issuing from each remotely located warning device a warning corresponding to the extent to which the issuing remotely located warning device is in danger.