144results about "GPS usage" patented technology

A money transfer system transfers money based on approval of a sender for a transfer request transmitted from a receiver. This system includes a receiver terminal for transferring transfer request information including receiving information and sending information; a bank server for extracting the sending information from the transfer request information to guide the transfer request information to a sender, and transferring an amount of money from a payment account of the sender to a deposit account when the sender checks the transfer request information and approves the money transfer; and a sender terminal for accessing the bank server to receive and display the transfer request information, and transmitting an approval for the money transfer to the deposit account. The sender determines whether or not to transfer money by checking the transfer request of the receiver, thereby reducing time taken for the money transfer process and enhancing accuracy and safety.

Systems and procedures for tracking the locations of passengers on a vessel are provided. Example systems may include a portable tag configured to be assigned to a passenger, the tag encoded with a tag identifier; a plurality of tag readers configured to be positioned at predetermined locations on a vessel, each tag reader configured to read the tag identifier of the tag when the tag reader receives a signal from the tag; a tracking component configured to communicate with the tag readers, the tracking component configured to receive, from a detecting tag reader, an indication that the signal has been received from the tag, the tracking component configured to determine a detected location of the tag based at least in part on the predetermined location of the detecting tag reader; and a notification component configured to send towards a user device, a notification including the detected location.

A multi-functional, multi-mode diver communication device provides surface communication and continuous GPS tracking between divers and a dive boat. The disclosed invention facilitates the retrieval of a dive boat that has accidentally left divers behind. Divers in distress are provided with means to activate Personal Locator Beacons and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons and to communicate with potential rescuers on a myriad of radio frequencies.

A search and rescue drone system includes a buoyant body member, a frame attached to the buoyant body member for carrying a motor and propeller, and an electronic array including a camera, GPS, an EPIRB radio distress beacon, and a transmitter/receiver for remote control flying the drone and communicating with an operator. A laser guidance system may provide coordinates for landing near a swimmer in distress. The search and rescue drone may also be programmed to simply fly to the location of an electronic wearable device, like a bracelet, that is worn by a man overboard. In another embodiment, the search and rescue drone includes pivoting motor mounts, so that it can take off and land vertically with propellers rotating in a horizontal plane, and then the propellers may pivot to rotate in a vertical plane for propulsion across water similar to a fan boat with rescued people aboard.

An interactive life system for increasing the safety of person in water having a base station configured to communicate with a remote node; the base station having a first controller having a first microcontroller; and a transceiver means; wherein the base station further includes an alert for alerting a monitor, a pager; a NOAA weather receiver; wherein the remote node comprises a second controller, a second transceiver, a GPS, a buoy, a panic button, a pressure transducer, a visual indicator, a vibrating motor, and a mount; wherein the second controller comprises a second microcontroller; wherein the panic button communicates with the base station; wherein the visual indicator includes light; wherein the vibrating motor includes a mechanical indicator; and where the monitee can wear the device on the wrist.

Method and system for detecting danger of drowning for a person in water. The method may comprise: determining whether the person is located in the water, measuring the pulse of the person, determining the position of the person, monitoring the capacity of an energy source on the person, transferring data from the person to a receiver on exceeding a boundary value of a pre-determined parameter, a gas chamber on the person is filled with gas and thereby buoyancy is generated, as well as optionally activating an alarm in the receiver. The method may further comprise measuring breathing frequency of the person, measuring pressure at the water depth of the person, measuring body position of the person, and comparing boundary value data and generated data to each other in an evaluation/signal unit as well as when the gas chamber is filled with gas and/or the alarm is activated.

Particularly applicable to life jackets and suits, it makes it possible to provide a location and maximum safety of shipwrecked people who have fallen overboard, providing, in the event of a man overboard (MOB) situation, a fast and effective solution, as the alert system continues in its attempt to communicate until a vessel responds with a signal of acknowledgement. The alert system fundamentally stands out due to the location and communication achieved by the DSC calling device and the AIS identification device. For its part, the control process stands out as it allows performing a repetition of search in the localization of the vessels in the immediate vicinity of the own vessel (vessel that the crew member comes from), so that if said own ship does not respond to the emergency call of the shipwrecked person, it communicates with other adjacent vessels.

A search and rescue drone system includes a buoyant body member, a frame attached to the buoyant body member for carrying a motor and propeller, and an electronic array including a camera, GPS, an EPIRB radio distress beacon, and a transmitter/receiver for remote control flying the drone and communicating with an operator. The search and rescue drone may be flown manually, or may have some autonomous flight and locator capabilities. For example, in one embodiment, the search and rescue drone may be programmed to simply fly to the location of an electronic wearable device, like a bracelet, that is worn by a man overboard. In another embodiment, the search and rescue drone includes a basket, harness, or other means for actually recovering a swimmer in distress, and flying that person back to safety on a ship or on shore.

The invention discloses a water rescue robot. The water rescue robot comprises a buoy shell, the buoy shell is internally provided with a propulsion system, a buoy control system, a first power supplydevice and a remote control handle. The propulsion system is connected with a water inlet control system, and the water inlet control system is connected with a steering control system. The buoy control system is electrically connected to the propulsion system, the steering control system separately, and the first power supply device is electrically connected to the propulsion system, the steering control system, and the buoy control system separately. The remote control handle is provided with a direction and/or speed control mechanism, the remote control handle is internally provided with aremote control system, and the remote control system is electrically connected with a second power supply device. According to the water rescue robot, water can enter on both sides, and no matter what happens to the face facing upwards after being thrown down, the water jet propulsion of the rescue robot can be realized; technical requirements for operators are low, and the range of users is wide; and the water rescue robot also has the functions of automatic homing, GPS positioning, infrared ray detection and a self-luminous outer shell.

A method and devices are disclosed, for localization of a radio beacon at a remote receiver in the framework of a satellite system. Such satellite system could be Cospas-Sarsat, for Search and Rescue of people, ships and aircraft in distress, and particularly its MEOSAR (Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue) segments: DASS/GPS, SAR/Galileo and SAR/Glonass; said beacon is typically one of a PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) or EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) or ELT (Emergency Locator Beacon); and said remote receiver is typically a MEOLUT (Medium Earth Orbit Local User Terminal) base station.

Present art MEOSAR localization is based on Time measurements and Frequency measurements on signals emitted by radio beacons, relayed by satellites and detected at a MEOLUT; however since the exact time of transmission of the beacon is unknown at the MEOLUT, Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) equations are applied. The present invention however, discloses that by carefully configuring the time of transmission at said beacon, even without directly communicating that specific time to the MEOLUT, Time of Arrival (TOA) equations could be applied at the MEOLUT enabling enhanced localization accuracy and/or fewer satellites in view required to localize the beacon. In particular, localization is enabled even upon a single burst emitted by the beacon and relayed to the MEOLUT by a single satellite.

The invention discloses a belt type rescue device which comprises a buckle head and an elastic belt. The belt type rescue device is simple in structure and convenient to carry, can be tied on the waist by being arranged in a belt form, and does not affect using of hands after being started. The belt is internally provided with a plurality of airbags, the buoyancy is sufficient, hands can conveniently grab objects for lifesaving, and a user cannot feel tired after using the device for a long time. A detection sensor is arranged and can automatically monitor the heart rate when a swimmer has a sudden heart attack, or faints by collision or has other diseases and situations, especially when a person (child) is liable to be panic in drowning, then a controller is used for automatically opening the airbags, the survival rate is increased, and the using range is expanded.

The invention discloses a water lifesaving capsule capable of being catapulted. The water lifesaving capsule comprises an equipment storage shell, a positioning communication unit, a water-sensitive self-triggering device, a high-pressure air bottle, a compression folding air bag and an air bag storage shell. The air bag storage shell and the equipment storage shell form an integrated shell in a buckling mode, the compression folding air bag is usually folded in the air bag storage shell, a water inflow window is formed in the equipment storage shell, when the water lifesaving capsule is catapulted into the water, the water-sensitive self-triggering device induces that the water lifesaving capsule falls into the water and activates the high-pressure air bottle to inflate the compression folding air bag, the lifesaving capsule is unfolded, meanwhile, a hydraulic switch is turned on, a power source supplies power, the positioning communication unit starts to work, and a Beidou/GPS double-mode positioning module obtains position data and then sends position information to a rescue network platform through a communication module. The water lifesaving capsule is in a catapulting foldingmode, design is reasonable, mounting is convenient, catapulting is quick, rescue time is shortened, the size is small, plenty of the capsules can be conveniently stored and carried, styles of the compression folding air bag are various, and the capsule can be applied to water lifesaving.

The invention discloses an active maritime search and rescue system. The active maritime search and rescue system comprises at least one first search and rescue device, at least one second search and rescue device, a personal device and a base station or ground control center. A first ZigBee application communication module, a positioning module, an AIS module and a first Beidou communication module which are sequentially connected are arranged on the first search and rescue device; a second ZigBee application communication module and a second Beidou communication module which are sequentially connected are arranged on the second search and rescue device; a third ZigBee application communication module is arranged on the personal device; and the base station or ground control center comprises a third Beidou communication module and an electronic sea chart module which are sequentially connected. The invention further discloses an active maritime search and rescue method. A Beidou communication navigation system and a wireless sensing network are integrated, so that precise positioning of a ship in distress, position real-time tracking and precision locating of overboard personnel can be achieved, overboard persons can send self positioning information to salvation equipment by themselves, the search and rescue efficiency is improved, and the search and rescue success rate is improved.

A marine peril escaping device comprises an escaping cabin, a ventilating unit, a pedal transmission unit, a wind power generation unit, a power propeller unit and a steering unit. The wind power generation unit is mounted at the top of the escaping cabin. The ventilating unit is mounted at the upper end of the escaping cabin. The power propeller unit is mounted at the bottom of the escaping cabin. A motor of the power propeller unit is connected with the wind power generation unit, and a spindle of the power propeller unit is in transmission connection with the pedal transmission unit at the same time. A steering wheel of the steering unit is mounted in the escaping cabin, a rudder blade of the steering unit is arranged in front of a propeller, and the steering wheel is used for controlling the rudder blade to rotate so as to change the drainage direction of the propeller. In the moving process of the marine peril escaping device, power is provided for the propeller unit by the wind power generation unit and the pedal transmission unit at the same time, signals can be continuously sent to the outside to provide real-time positions of a sufferer, and various requirements of the sufferer in the cabin for a long time can be met. Double safeguard is achieved, and the survival rate is increased.

The invention relates to a drowning target search and rescue method and system with a self-searching function. The method comprises the following steps: step S1, a search and rescue task demand is received, and the search and rescue task is started; step S2, a rapid search and rescue system is thrown into a to-be-searched area after arrival over the to-be-searched area; step S3, the rapid search and rescue system is deployed after landing on water, a USV (unmanned surface vessel) and a vessel-borne multi-sensor fusion search and positioning system are started, and a lifesaving floating platform follows up; step S4, the vessel-borne multi-sensor fusion search and positioning system detects and searches the position of a person overboard and outputs unified target position information to a USV control mechanism; step S5, the USV control mechanism formulates and executes a route plan according to the target position information in combination with own position, and the USV drags the lifesaving floating platform to arrive at the position of the person overboard; step S6, the person overboard climbs onto the lifesaving floating platform and waits for rescue, and the task is completed. The system is based on the method. The method and the system have the advantages of being easy to realize, good in timeliness, wide in rescue range and the like.

The invention provides a rapid unmanned aerial vehicle rescuing system for an outdoor fixed swimming area and discloses a method for rescuing in an outdoor fixed swimming area through an unmanned aerial vehicle. The system comprises a help-calling wristband, a control center and the rotor unmanned aerial vehicle. When a swimmer needs rescuing, the help-calling wristband sends out help-calling information in time; the rotor unmanned aerial vehicle receives the help-calling information and then automatically takes off; according to the position information of a help-calling person and the position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle autonomously flies to the position above the help-calling person; and after arriving at the position above the help-calling person, the unmanned aerial vehicle automatically falls into an appropriate height range and keeps constant to ensure that rescuing equipment is accurately put down in the next step. After the rotor unmanned aerial vehicle completes putting-down of the rescuing equipment under manipulating of a watch keeper, the help-calling person is pulled to the shoreside, and subsequent treating and curing are conducted on the help-calling person within the shortest time.

The invention relates to the field of in-water rescue products, in particular to an intelligent lifebuoy device. The wind speed, the water speed and sea waves have less influence on the intelligent lifebuoy device, and the rescue effect is good. The intelligent lifebuoy device comprises a lifebuoy body, and is characterized in that one end of the lifebuoy body is open, power devices and a positioning-searching device which are connected with a central processor in an electric control mode are mounted on the lifebuoy body, and the power devices, the positioning-searching device and the processor are all connected with an internally-arranged power supply.

The present invention comprises a self-propelled craft with a U-shaped main body provided with two turbines, one on each flap of the U-shaped main body, which propel the self-propelled craft through turbine operation in a chamber fed by water received by water intakes which is ejected by the ejection openings, and which turbines move inside the turbine operation chamber adopting automatically one of two possible positions due to the casing which is placed in two different positions within the turbine operation chamber, which positioning results from the placement of the device on the water being done by side A or B, the water intake being done through existing water entrances on side A or B of the device.

Use of the present invention allows a crew member who has suffered a marine emergency, for example, fallen overboard or had to abandon ship, to survive for an extended period of time by providing the tools and equipment found in commercial survival systems yet does so at an economical cost. The system of the present invention includes a package that may be easily attached to a round buoy/life ring, horseshoe buoy, life vest or, alternatively, stored in a standalone manner. The system of the present invention has a number of features of more expensive survival systems including a life raft, both manual and electronic signaling equipment, basic survival tools including a water collector, knife and first aid kit, as well as other items not usually found in such systems. Additionally, the survival system of the present invention advantageously provides an attachment mechanism such that in adverse conditions the various components of the system are kept together.

A water propelling device is invented to rescue a drowning person with more efficiency and less risks, which includes an adjustable clamp apparatus, a hydro-driving mechanism, a waterproof chamber and a control monitor. The adjustable clamp apparatus is able to fasten various type of life-saving buoy rings. Inside the waterproof chamber, electronic circuit boards, a power supply unit with batteries, a wireless signal communication module and antennas, various sensor modules and an electronic speed controller are wired together as a control unit. The hydro-driving mechanism is at the bottom of the adjustable clamp apparatus, which is connected with the control unit to actuate and control the movements. Wireless signals are transmitted and received between the control monitor and the control unit, allowing a rescuer to operate the water propelling device remotely to deliver a life-saving buoy ring over the surface of water toward the drowning person.