公开(公告)号：US20080077326A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-27

申请号：US11756412

申请日：2007-05-31

Applicant: Benjamin Funk ,  Amrit Bandyopadhyay ,  Eric Kohn ,  Neil Goldsman ,  Carole Teolis ,  Gilmer Blankenship

Inventor： Benjamin Funk ,  Amrit Bandyopadhyay ,  Eric Kohn ,  Neil Goldsman ,  Carole Teolis ,  Gilmer Blankenship

IPC: G01C21/18 ,  G06F19/00

CPC classification number: G01C21/165 ,  G01S19/49 ,  G08B25/016 ,  G08G1/20

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and systems for locating and monitoring the status of people and moveable assets, such as first responders, including firefighters and other public service personnel, and their equipment both indoors and out. The invention can provide for locating and monitoring the status of people and assets in environments where GPS systems do not operate, or where operation is impaired or otherwise limited. The system and method uses inertial navigation to determine the location, motion and orientation of the personnel or assets and communicates with an external monitoring station to receive requests for location, motion orientation and status information and to transmit the location, motion orientation and status information to the monitoring station. The system and method can include storing the location, motion and orientation data as well as status data, in the event that the communication system is unable to communicate with and transmit information to the monitoring station, the system will wait until communication is restored and transmit the status information to the monitoring station to update the location, motion orientation and status information for the person or asset.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及用于定位和监测人员和可移动资产的状态的方法和系统，诸如包括消防员和其他公共服务人员在内的第一响应者及其设备在室内和外部。 本发明可以提供在GPS系统不工作的环境中或在操作受到限制或其他限制的情况下定位和监视人员和资产的状态。 该系统和方法使用惯性导航来确定人员或资产的位置，运动和方向，并与外部监测站通信以接收位置，运动方向和状态信息的请求，并将位置，运动方向和状态信息传输到 监控站。 该系统和方法可以包括在通信系统不能与监控站进行通信和传输信息的情况下，存储位置，运动和方位数据以及状态数据，系统将等待通信恢复并传输 状态信息到监控站更新人员或资产的位置，运动方向和状态信息。