Personal Monitoring Apparatus Using Drone Navigation for Indoor Location
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for locating and assisting missing children and adults, such as 'amber alerts' and personal communication devices, are inadequate as they rely on public notification and may be ineffective when the individual is unable to communicate or is in a precarious situation.
Innovation Solution
A personal monitoring apparatus using RFID technologies and global positioning information to track an individual's location and vital signs, providing alerts and notifications to authorized parties when deviating from a planned itinerary or experiencing distress, and enabling two-way communication through a personal monitoring device equipped with GPS and communication equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If public notification systems like amber alerts are used to locate missing individuals, then the system can be implemented with simple infrastructure, but the system becomes ineffective when the individual is unable to communicate or is in a precarious situation
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring device automatically detects and transmits location information without requiring the monitored individual to actively use or communicate through the device. The system serves itself by autonomously monitoring vital signs, tracking location via GPS, and sending alerts to authorized contacts when anomalies are detected, eliminating the need for the monitored person to interact with the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously receives feedback from GPS location data and vital sign sensors, comparing current status against expected parameters. When location deviates from predetermined safe zones or when vital signs indicate distress, the system automatically triggers feedback loops by sending notifications to authorized contacts, creating a closed-loop monitoring system that responds dynamically to changing conditions.
2Ease of operation
If personal communication devices are provided to individuals for emergency communication, then the individual can actively seek help, but the device becomes useless if the individual falls ill, panics, is unable to speak, or is unconscious
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring device automatically detects and transmits location information without requiring the monitored individual to actively use or communicate through the device. The system serves itself by autonomously monitoring vital signs, tracking location via GPS, and sending alerts to authorized contacts when anomalies are detected, eliminating the need for the monitored person to interact with the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring device acts as an intermediary between the monitored individual and emergency responders or contacts. It translates physiological data and location information into actionable alerts, bridging the gap when the individual cannot directly communicate their needs, effectively serving as a mediator that conveys the individual's status to those who can provide assistance.
3Reliability
If a comprehensive monitoring system with RFID and GPS tracking is implemented, then the system can effectively locate and monitor individuals, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple monitoring functions into a single integrated device: GPS location tracking, RFID tagging, vital sign monitoring (heart rate, temperature, oxygen saturation), and two-way communication capabilities are merged into one wearable unit. This consolidation maintains comprehensive monitoring reliability while reducing the number of separate devices needed and simplifying the overall system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring device is designed with universal multi-functionality to handle diverse monitoring needs: it can track location via GPS, identify individuals through RFID, monitor multiple vital signs simultaneously, provide two-way communication, and send alerts through multiple channels. This multi-functional design consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems into a single versatile device.
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AI summary
An apparatus, including a drone which is assigned to a venue and programmed or configured for flight, navigation, or operation, within an interior of the venue. The drone is activated upon an occurrence of a drone activation event, and the drone flies or navigates inside the venue in response to the drone activation event. The drone finds or locates an individual or an animal inside the venue, and initiates a communication link with a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the venue. An audio recording device or a video recording device of or at the drone records audio information or video information, and the drone transmits the audio information or the video information to the communication device or to a computer. The computer is located at a location remote from the venue. The drone provides audio information via a speaker.