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
58 Claims
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41. A communications network for emergency personnel, comprising:
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a first personal communication system (PCS) to be carried by a first emergency personnel, the first PCS including an onboard data gathering device and at least one wireless transceiver, the transceiver of the first PCS being configured to communicate with another PCS over a broadcasting network, the onboard data gathering devices collecting PASS data from a PASS system carried by the emergency personnel, the transceiver of the first PCS broadcasting PCS transmission signals including the PASS data associated with the first emergency personnel over the broadcasting network; an imaging camera, carried by a second emergency personnel, the imaging camera detecting images of an environment where the second emergency personnel is located based on a direction in which the imaging camera is pointed; and a display, carried by the second emergency personnel, for displaying the images detected by the imaging camera, the display presenting information based on the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the first PCS. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A portable device for use in a hazardous environment to determine how to reach an emergency personnel carrying a personal communications system (PCS), 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 emergency personnel, the transceiver broadcasting a PCS transmission signal, including the PASS data associated with the emergency personnel, over a broadcast 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 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 information based on the PCS transmission signal from the transceiver of the PCS. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A portable device for use in a hazardous environment to track a location of a emergency personnel carrying a personal communications system (PCS), 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 emergency personnel, the transceiver broadcasting a PCS transmission signal, including the position data associated with the emergency personnel, over a broadcast 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 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 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 (53, 54)
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55. 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 a personal communication system, the personal communication system including at least a positional data gathering device and a wireless transmitter; gathering, via the positional data gathering device, positional data indicative of the physical location of the personal communication system; and transmitting the positional data to a remote location via the wireless transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58)
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