Personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel
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Abstract
A personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel includes a plurality of personal communication systems linked together and to a base station in a network. Each personal communication system includes a PDA device mounted on a PASS control console, a video camera mounted on the PDA device, a GPS unit, a microphone, and other electronic devices. The various electronic devices are all communicatively connected to the PDA device. Data from the various devices may be collected in the PDA device and wirelessly transmitted to any other node or device in the network, including other personal communication devices. Each personal communication device may serve as a repeater, thus providing a wireless communications link between a device located out of range of the base station.
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Citations
62 Claims
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31. A method of communicating positional data from a personal communication system carried by a firefighter to a remote location, the method comprising:
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providing first and second personal communication systems (PCS) that each include at least a positional data gathering device and a wireless transceiver;
gathering, via the positional data gathering device in the first PCS, positional data indicative of the physical location of the first PCS;
broadcasting the positional data over a mesh network from the wireless transceiver of the first PCS; and
receiving the positional data at the second PCS and rebroadcasting the positional data from the second PCS over the mesh network. - View Dependent Claims (32, 34, 41, 42)
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33. (canceled)
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43. A communications network for emergency personnel, comprising:
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first and second personal communication systems (PCS) to be carried by respective first and second firefighters in a hazardous environment, wherein each of the first and second PCS includes an onboard data gathering device and at least one wireless transceiver, the transceivers of the first and second PCS being configured to communicate with one another over a broadcasting mesh network, the onboard data gathering devices collecting PASS data from a PASS system carried by the corresponding firefighter, the transceivers of the first and second PCS broadcasting PCS transmission signals including the PASS data associated with the first and second firefighters over the broadcasting mesh network;
an imaging camera, carried by the second firefighter, the imaging camera detecting images of an environment where the second firefighter is located based on a direction in which the imaging camera is pointed; and
a display, carried by the second firefighter, for displaying the images detected by the imaging camera, the display presenting positional information representative of a location of the first firefighter based on the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the first PCS. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A portable device for use in a hazardous environment to determine how to reach a firefighter carrying a personal communications system (PCS) while in the hazardous environment, the PCS including an onboard data gathering device and at least one wireless transceiver, the onboard data gathering device collecting PASS data from a PASS system carried by the firefighter, the transceiver broadcasting a PCS transmission signal, including the PASS data associated with the firefighter, over a broadcast mesh network, the portable device comprising:
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a wireless receiver, carried by a user, the receiver receiving the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS over the broadcast mesh network;
an imaging camera, carried by the user, the imaging camera detecting images of an environment where the user is located based on a direction in which the imaging camera is pointed; and
a display, coupled to the imaging camera and to the wireless receiver, the display being carried by the user and displaying the images detected by the imaging camera, the display presenting positional information representative of a location of the firefighter based on the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS carried by the firefighter. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A portable device for use in a hazardous environment to track a location of a firefighter carrying a personal communications system (PCS) while in the hazardous environment, the PCS including an onboard data gathering device and at least one wireless transceiver, the onboard data gathering device collecting position data approximating a location of the firefighter, the transceiver broadcasting a PCS transmission signal, including the position data associated with the firefighter, over a broadcast mesh network, the portable device comprising:
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a wireless receiver receiving the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS over the broadcast mesh network;
a memory storing at least one of map data and floor plan data associated with the hazardous environment; and
a display displaying at least one of a map and floor plan associated with the hazardous environment, the display presenting position information representative of a location of the firefighter based on the position data in the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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