Survival and location enhancement garment and headgear

Abstract

The present invention provides system of active uniform and base station for sensing an aspect of the wearers environment or physiology. Active uniform (1) is comprised of uniform (3), electronic sensors (40) for sensing an aspect of the wearer's environment or of the wearer's physiology and an active tag (10). The system of active uniform (1) and base station (2) is used to collect data from wearers of the at least one item of active uniform which allows an assessment of the health of the wearer where said health assessment is subsequently used to enhance the survivability of the wearer. The active tag contains various components that allow it to communicate with the base station (2) including (i) sensor interface (80) for interfacing electronic sensors (40) to the active tag, (ii) a microcontroller (70), (iii) a data store (60) including flash memory, (iv) radio frequency interface (110), (v) at least one tag antenna (120) and (vi) a battery (100) and power management unit (90). The sensors (40) and active tag (10) are adapted to be retained on or in the item of uniform (3) such that the active uniform (1) is able to be washed without removing the electronic sensors (40) or the active tag (10). Base station (2) comprises base station antenna (20), base station transceiver (320) and data processing apparatus (340) connected to the base station transceiver, which is adapted to receive and store data transmitted by the active tag of the active uniform, including at least, sensor and identification data.

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technical field [0001] The field of the invention relates to active uniforms including headgear and footwear that collect environmental and wearer data for transmission, recording and subsequent analysis by data processing equipment to enhance active uniform wearers in hazardous conditions survivability. The present invention also relates to wearable electronic devices incorporated into clothing and uniforms for use in hazardous conditions. Active uniforms that enhance the wearer's survivability will be used in military, industrial, medical and civilian applications where the wearer may be exposed to hazardous conditions or otherwise being monitored for signs of unhealthy conditions. Background technique [0002] So far, garments with associated sensors for physiological monitoring have been described, which are used in particular in the medical field. However, such clothing is not suitable for use in the military and is not suitable for use in hazardous conditions such as...

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However, this garment is not suitable for military use and is not suitable for use in hazardous conditions such as in fire fighting

This garment is unusable because it is weak, difficult to wear, would otherwise be unreliable due to the operating environment and would not enhance the wearer's survivability

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