UAV Emergency Dispatch With Real-Time Remote Scene Diagnostics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing emergency response systems face challenges in rapidly deploying necessary resources to emergency locations, especially in remote or inaccessible areas, due to the lack of immediate information about the specific resources required and their dispatch manner.
Innovation Solution
The system employs unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can be automatically dispatched to emergency locations to collect and transmit data, allowing for the identification of necessary resources and their efficient deployment, even in hard-to-reach areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If traditional emergency response systems are used, then human responders can be dispatched to emergency locations, but response time is delayed and accessibility to remote locations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an intermediary between the emergency response system and remote emergency locations. The UAV can fly to inaccessible areas, collect data, and transmit information back to the emergency network entity, enabling rapid assessment and resource dispatch without requiring human responders to physically reach the location first.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human responders traveling to emergency locations with an automated UAV system. The UAV uses aerial navigation and automated data collection to substitute for the physical presence of human responders, dramatically reducing response time and overcoming accessibility limitations.
2Loss of information
If additional information is collected before dispatching resources, then resource allocation accuracy is improved, but time required for decision-making increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the UAV automatically deploy to the emergency location immediately upon receiving an emergency alert, before human operators have time to gather information through traditional means. The UAV collects and transmits critical data in real-time, enabling rapid decision-making without the time loss associated with manual information gathering.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes a feedback loop where the UAV continuously transmits collected data back to the emergency network entity in real-time. This immediate feedback provides operators with the information they need about the emergency situation and required resources, enabling rapid decision-making without delaying the response.
Data Source
AI summary
A disclosed method includes monitoring a plurality of emergency event queues at an emergency network entity; determining that an emergency event in one of the emergency event queues corresponds to an emergency type that can be responded to using an unmanned aerial vehicle; determining that an unmanned aerial vehicle is available that has capabilities corresponding to the emergency type; establishing an unmanned aerial vehicle control link between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the emergency network entity; and deploying the unmanned aerial vehicle to the emergency event location and providing data from the unmanned aerial vehicle on a display of the emergency network entity.