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Distress message signal sending device

  • US 5,852,401 A
  • Filed: 06/23/1997
  • Issued: 12/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable distress message sending device for informing a rescue side of a fact of a disaster, comprising:

  • positional information generating means for receiving GPS signals sent by a plurality of GPS satellites on the earth at a position of the portable distress message sending device, and generating positional information on the latitude and longitude of the position of the portable distress message sending device on the earth;

    a plurality of sensors each for sensing a respective different one of aspects of a state of the portable distress message sending device;

    distress message signal generating means, responsive to at least two of said plurality of sensors sensing corresponding respective different aspects of the state of the portable distress message sending device, for generating a distress message signal containing the positional information generated by said positional information generating means; and

    sending means for sending the distress message signal by radio out of the portable distress sending device.

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