IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
|
국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
|
출원번호 |
US-0126640
(2008-05-23)
|
등록번호 |
US-8755839
(2014-06-17)
|
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Parkulo, Craig Michael
- Barbee, Wesley McChord
- Malin, Jerald Robert
- Landis, Jeffrey Lynn
- Shannon, Matthew
|
출원인 / 주소 |
|
대리인 / 주소 |
The Small Patent Law Group LLC
|
인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
63 |
초록
▼
A personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel includes a plurality of personal communication systems linked together and to a base station in a network. Each personal communication system includes a PDA device mounted on a PASS control console, a video camer
A personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel includes a plurality of personal communication systems linked together and to a base station in a network. Each personal communication system includes a PDA device mounted on a PASS control console, a video camera mounted on the PDA device, a GPS unit, a microphone, and other electronic devices. The various electronic devices are all communicatively connected to the PDA device. Data from the various devices may be collected in the PDA device and wirelessly transmitted to any other node or device in the network, including other personal communication devices. Each personal communication device may serve as a repeater, thus providing a wireless communications link between a device located out of range of the base station.
대표청구항
▼
1. A communications network for emergency personnel, comprising: first and second personal communication systems (PCS) to be carried by first and second emergency personnel, the first PCS and second PCS each including an onboard data gathering device and at least one wireless transceiver, the transc
1. A communications network for emergency personnel, comprising: first and second personal communication systems (PCS) to be carried by first and second emergency personnel, the first PCS and second PCS each including an onboard data gathering device and at least one wireless transceiver, the transceivers of the first PCS and second PCS being configured to communicate with one another over a broadcasting network, the onboard data gathering devices collecting PASS data from a PASS system carried by the emergency personnel, the transceiver of the first PCS broadcasting PCS transmission signals including the PASS data associated with the first emergency personnel over the broadcasting network;a display, carried by the second emergency personnel, the display presenting information based on the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the first PCS to assist the second emergency personnel in at least one of tracking and locating the first PCS; andan imaging camera, carried by the second emergency personnel, the imaging camera detecting images of an environment where the second emergency personnel is located, wherein the imaging camera is at least one of a video camera and a thermal imaging camera and wherein the imaging camera includes a transceiver that broadcasts the images for reception at least one of another PCS or a base station. 2. The communications network of claim 1, wherein the PCS transmission signal includes positional data, the information, that is presented on the display, being based on the positional data. 3. The communications network of claim 1, wherein the PCS transmission signal includes positional data, the first PCS determining the positional data based on at least one of ultra-wide band related information, GPS related information and dead reckoning related information. 4. The communications network of claim 1, wherein the second PCS includes memory storing at least one of map data and floor plan data associated with a hazardous environment surrounding the first emergency personnel, the display displaying at least one of a map and floor plan associated with the hazardous environment. 5. The communications network of claim 4, further comprising a base station storing the at least one of map data and floor plan data such that the base station and the second PCS display a common map or floor plan data. 6. The communications network of claim 1, wherein the first PCS broadcasts at least one of PASS and SCBA data that is received by the second PCS and wherein the second PCS rebroadcasts the at least one of PASS and SCBA data received. 7. A portable device for use in a hazardous environment to determine how to reach an emergency personnel carrying a personal communications system (PCS), the PCS including an onboard data gathering device and at least one wireless transceiver, the onboard data gathering device collecting PASS data from a PASS system carried by the emergency personnel, the transceiver broadcasting a PCS transmission signal, including the PASS data associated with the emergency personnel, over a broadcasting network, the portable device comprising: a wireless receiver, carried by a user, the receiver receiving the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS over the broadcasting network;a display, coupled to the wireless receiver, the display being carried by the user and presenting information based on the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS; andan imaging camera, carried by the user, the imaging camera detecting images of an environment where the user is located based on a direction in which the imaging camera is pointed, wherein the imaging camera is at least one of a video camera and a thermal imaging camera and wherein the imaging camera includes a transceiver that broadcasts the images for reception at least one of another PCS or a base station. 8. The portable device of claim 7, wherein the user is a firefighter carrying a PASS system and a PDA device, the receiver being housed in the PDA device that is releasably mounted on a PASS control console of the PASS system and electrically connected to the PASS control console such that data from a PASS unit may be transmitted to the PDA device via the PASS control console. 9. The portable device of claim 7, wherein the PCS transmission signal includes positional data and the information presented on the display is based on the positional data. 10. The portable device of claim 7, wherein the PCS transmission signal includes positional data, the positional data being determined at the PCS based on at least one of ultra-wide band related information, GPS related information and dead reckoning related information. 11. The portable device of claim 7, further comprising a memory storing at least one of map data and floor plan data associated with the hazardous environment, the display displaying the at least one of a map and floor plan associated with the hazardous environment. 12. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the display presenting information representative of a location of the firefighter based on the position data in the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS. 13. The portable device of claim 7, wherein the PCS transmission signal is rebroadcast between multiple PCS before being received by the receiver. 14. A method of communicating data from a first personal communication system carried by an emergency personnel while in a hazardous environment to a remote location, the method comprising: providing a first personal communication system (PCS), the first PCS including at least a positional data gathering device and a wireless transmitter;gathering, via the positional data gathering device, positional data indicative of at least one of a relative location of, and a path taken by, the first PCS;transmitting the positional data to the remote location via the wireless transmitter over a broadcasting network; anddetecting images at a camera of the hazardous environment where the first PCS is located as video data, and transmitting the video data with the positional data over the broadcasting network to at least one of the remote location or another PCS. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first PCS transmits the positional data over a broadcasting network to the remote location. 16. The method of claim 14, further comprising collecting PASS data from a PASS system carried by the emergency personnel carrying the first PCS and transmitting the PASS data and the positional data over the broadcasting network to the remote location. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the positional data gathering device is a GPS unit. 18. The method of claim 14, wherein the positional data gathering device is a dead reckoning device. 19. The method of claim 14, further comprising: providing, at the remote location, a base GPS unit;receiving, at the remote location, the positional data transmitted from the first PCS;comparing the received positional data with positional data from the base GPS unit;generating data indicative of the comparison; andwirelessly transmitting the comparison data to the first PCS. 20. The method of claim 14, further comprising repeating the gathering operation over time to obtain over time, the positional data representative of a path taken by the first PCS as the first PCS is carried by an emergency personnel. 21. The method of claim 20, further comprising obtaining timing information and transmitting the positional data with the timing information to the remote location. 22. The method of claim 20, transmitting motion sensor data from a PASS system with the positional data; and utilizing the motion sensor data and corresponding positional data to determine how to reach the first PCS. 23. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving the positional data at a second PCS, and presenting the positional data at the second PCS for direct, on-the-scene use to determine how to reach the first PCS. 24. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying one of a map and a floor plan on a display of at least one of the remote location or another PCS. 25. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying one of a map and a floor plan in combination with the positional data in a manner to assist in determining where the first PCS is located. 26. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying the video data at the at least one of the remote location or another PCS to provide information regarding a situation captured by the camera. 27. The method of claim 14, further comprising coordinating the video data with the positional data. 28. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing an unmanned drop sensor within the hazardous environment, the drop sensor relaying the positional data over the broadcasting network from the first PCS to at least one of another PCS and or the remote location. 29. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing a location beacon device within the hazardous environment, transmitting from the location beacon device a signal to the first PCS, and presenting information, at the first PCS, based on the signal transmitted from the location beacon device to assist the emergency personnel to locate the location beacon device. 30. The method of claim 14, further comprising conveying the positional data between at least one intermediate PCS over the broadcasting network to at least one of a remote PCS and or the remote location; and displaying a floor plan of the hazardous environment at the at least one of the remote PCS or the remote location in combination with information indicative of the positional data to track and locate the first PCS. 31. The method of claim 14, further comprising coupling a sound generator to the first PCS that produces a predetermined sound pattern indicating that a radio communications link has been lost between the first PCS and another PCS. 32. The communications network of claim 1, further comprising an unmanned drop sensor placed within a hazardous environment surrounding the first emergency personnel, the drop sensor relaying the PCS transmission signal over the broadcasting network from the first PCS to at least one of the second PCS or the base station, wherein the drop sensor is at least one of dropped by the first emergency personnel within the hazardous environment or positioned on at least one of a floor or the ground within the hazardous environment. 33. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing an unmanned drop sensor within the hazardous environment, the drop sensor relaying the positional data over the broadcasting network from the first PCS to at least one of another PCS or the remote location, wherein the drop sensor is positioned on at least one of a floor or the ground within the hazardous environment. 34. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing an unmanned drop sensor within the hazardous environment, the drop sensor relaying the positional data over the broadcasting network from the first PCS to at least one of another PCS or the remote location, wherein the drop sensor is dropped by the emergency personnel within the hazardous environment.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.