APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING A DISTRESS SIGNAL AND THE CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110122019A1
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Jae Hoon, Lee, Sang Uk, LEE, Jeom Hun
• Application Number:
  US12/947,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20110122019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.25
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/17 Emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0231 Emergency, distress or locator beacons

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus for searching a distress signal and a controlling method thereof. The apparatus for searching a distress signal includes: a beacon receiver receiving the distress signal transmitted from a distress beacon apparatus of a COSPAS-SARSAT system; a decoder decoding the distress signal to acquire distress information; and a display unit displaying the acquired distress information. The apparatus for searching a distress signal is used by a search and rescue team.

Claims

1. An apparatus for searching a distress signal used by a search and rescue team, comprising:

a beacon receiver receiving the distress signal transmitted from a distress beacon apparatus of a COSPAS-SARSAT system;

a decoder decoding the distress signal to acquire distress information; and

a display unit displaying the acquired distress information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distress beacon apparatus includes at least one of a distress beacon for a ship, a personal portable distress beacon, and a distress beacon for an aircraft.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distress information includes at least one of a location of the distress beacon apparatus, a relative direction of the distress beacon apparatus, and a distance from the distress beacon apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distress signal is a signal in a frequency band defined in a COSPAS-SARSAT.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a GPS receiver receiving a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a data processor associating the present position determined from the GPS signal with the distress information and providing the associated distress information to the display unit.

7. A controlling method of an apparatus for searching a distress signal used by a search and rescue team, comprising:

receiving the distress signal transmitted from a distress beacon apparatus of a COSPAS-SARSAT system;

decoding the distress signal to acquire distress information; and

displaying the acquired distress information.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a GPS signal from a GPS satellite;

determining a present location using the GPS signal; and

associating the present location with the distress information,

wherein the displaying displays the associated distress information.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the distress information includes at least one of a location of the distress beacon apparatus, a relative direction of the distress beacon apparatus, and a distance from the distress beacon apparatus.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the distress signal is a signal in a frequency band defined in a COSPAS-SARSAT.