PERSONAL SAFETY AND LOCATOR DEVICE
First Claim
1. A personal search and locator device (“
- tracking apparatus”
) comprising;
a microcontroller including at least one processor coupled to a memory, the memory comprising computer-program instructions executable by the processor to perform steps comprising;
responsive to activation;
detecting a seat number for the seat of a plurality of seats coupled to a transportation vehicle, the seat being in proximity to and in association with the tracking apparatus; and
generating and communicating a signal to a search and rescue center, the signal comprising the seat number and location coordinates of the tracking apparatus, the seat number for reconciling with reservation information to identify personal information associated with any passenger assigned to the seat.
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Abstract
An automatically provisioned passenger safety and locator device is described. In one aspect, the locator device includes a microcontroller with a processor coupled to the memory comprising computer-program instructions executable by the processor that, responsive to activation, detects a seat number for the seat of a plurality of seats coupled to a transportation vehicle. The seat is in proximity to and in association with the tracking apparatus. Additionally, the computer program instructions generate and communicate a signal to a search and rescue center. The signal includes the seat number and location coordinates of the tracking apparatus. The seat number is utilized by the search rescue team to facilitate respective operations by determining personal information associated with any passenger assigned to the seat.
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1. A personal search and locator device (“
- tracking apparatus”
) comprising;a microcontroller including at least one processor coupled to a memory, the memory comprising computer-program instructions executable by the processor to perform steps comprising; responsive to activation; detecting a seat number for the seat of a plurality of seats coupled to a transportation vehicle, the seat being in proximity to and in association with the tracking apparatus; and generating and communicating a signal to a search and rescue center, the signal comprising the seat number and location coordinates of the tracking apparatus, the seat number for reconciling with reservation information to identify personal information associated with any passenger assigned to the seat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- tracking apparatus”
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12. A system for search, rescue, and recovery of one or more vehicle passengers, the system comprising:
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a safety device; a set of satellites; a search, rescue, and recovery authority; wherein the safety device comprises; a processor operatively coupled to a memory, the memory comprising computer-program instructions executable by the processor to; automatically send a unique identifier in combination with geographical coordinates corresponding to the location of the safety device to the set of satellites for communication to the search, rescue, and recovery authority (“
authority”
), and a unique identifier corresponding to a particular one passenger of the one or more vehicle passengers; andwherein, responsive to receiving the unique identifier and the geographical coordinates, the authority determines characteristics of the particular one passenger to facilitate any search, rescue, and recovery operations for the particular one passenger. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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