Biometric Rescue Apparatus for Stranded Climber Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
During mountain climbing, if a climber gets lost due to a natural disaster like an avalanche or is injured and cannot move, it becomes impossible to contact their registered terminal, leading to difficulties in initiating a timely and appropriate rescue.
Innovation Solution
A rescue support apparatus that registers biometric and personal information of climbers, allows finders to photograph and transmit biometric information and positional data of stranded climbers, performs authentication using registered biometric data, and sends rescue request information to a rescue system upon successful authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a climber uses a registered terminal for contact during mountain climbing, then communication capability is maintained, but if the climber gets lost or injured, the terminal cannot be contacted and rescue cannot be initiated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a finder as an intermediary who captures biometric information of the stranded climber and transmits it to the rescue support apparatus. This mediator enables rescue initiation when the climber's own terminal cannot be contacted, resolving the contradiction between maintaining contact capability and ensuring rescue reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary registration of biometric information and personal data for all climbers before they embark on their journey. This advance preparation ensures that when a climber becomes stranded and unreachable, their pre-registered biometric data can be used by finders for rapid identification and rescue initiation, improving rescue reliability without affecting contact capability.
2Measurement precision
If biometric information is photographed and transmitted for authentication, then accurate identification of the stranded climber is achieved, but information transmission time and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses biometric information copying through photographing the climber's face or other biometric features. Instead of requiring complex biometric scanning devices, a simple camera captures an image copy of the biometric data, which is then transmitted and authenticated. This approach achieves accurate identification while minimizing time loss and processing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive personal information is registered and transmitted, then appropriate rescue can be provided, but data transmission volume and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The rescue support apparatus is designed with multi-functional capabilities to handle various types of information processing: biometric authentication, personal data management, rescue request handling, and coordination with rescue teams. This universal design allows the system to process comprehensive personal information for appropriate rescue decisions without proportionally increasing device complexity, as the same infrastructure serves multiple functions.
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AI summary
A rescue support apparatus includes: a registration unit configured to register biometric information and personal information of a prospective climber to be associated with each other; a reception unit configured to receive an image and positional information of a terminal of an arbitrary finder from the terminal in a case where the arbitrary finder finds a person to be rescued during mountain climbing, the image being obtained by photographing biometric information of the person to be rescued by the terminal of the finder; an authentication control unit configured to control authentication using the registered biometric information for the biometric information contained in the image; and a rescue request unit configured to transmit rescue request information to a rescue system in a case where the authentication is succeeded, the rescue request information containing the personal information associated with the biometric information and the positional information received from the terminal.