First responder localization and communication system
First Claim
1. A tracking and remote interaction system [100] for tracking, selecting and interacting with a plurality of mobile units comprising:
- a) a plurality of tracked units [4100] each attached to a different mobile unit, the tracked units [4100] comprising;
i. a location device [4113] for monitoring its location and for providing a signal indicating its location;
ii. a microphone [4111] and an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter [4112] for providing a data stream;
iii. a data merger [4116] for merging the signal from the location device [4113] and the data stream from the analog-to-digital (A/D) converter [4112] to provide a composite signal;
iv. a modulator [4118] for passing the composite signal from the location device and for transmitting a radio signal to a base [3100];
v. a receiver [4120] for receiving radio signals sent to the tracked unit [4100], for decoding the received signals into digital streams and for playing back communication in the digital streams, and for implementing commands in the digital streams;
c) a base [3100] comprising;
i. a receiver [3120] including a demodulator [3128], a decoder [3127], and a data parser [3126], for receiving the radio signals from the tracked unit [4100], for demodulating, decoding, and parsing the radio signal to provide information including location information, and voice communications of the tracked unit [4100],ii. a transmitter [3110] for receiving digital information and for transmitting voice communications and commands as digital information to selected tracked units [4100] through an antenna [3150];
d) a server [2100] coupled to the base [3100] for receiving the digital stream including the location information from the base comprising;
i. a map database [2130] having map information of an area of interest surrounding the locations of the tracked units [4100];
ii. a tracking database [2150] capable of holding location information of a plurality of tracked units [4100];
iii. an actions database [2170] capable of receiving communications, responses and commands intended to be sent to a tracked unit [4100];
iv. a processor [2190] coupled to the tracking database [2150] capable of receiving the location information from the base [3100] and storing it in the tracking database [2150], the processor [2190] also coupled to the map database [2130] capable of receiving map information from the map database [2130] and displaying a graphical representation of a map;
the processor [2190] also capable of reading information from the tracking database [2150] and for displaying an overlay indicating the locations of the tracked units [4100] on a graphical display;
the processor [2190] also capable of interacting with a user to allow the user to select tracked unit [4100] with which to interact to send messages and commands, and receive responses;
the processor [2190] also capable of passing the information in the actions database [2170] as a digital stream to transmitter [3110] of base [3100] causing it to be sent to each of the selected tracked units [4100].
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Abstract
A system for tracking, graphically selecting and interacting with people, vehicles and/or equipment (“Mobile Units”) employs a tracked device attached to Mobile Unit capable of collecting information relating to the Mobile Unit to which it is attached and for communicating this digital information via radio waves to a base connected to a network. A number of servers are connected to the bases through a hierarchy network and can selectively display the monitored locations graphically. The user may also graphically select Mobile Units with which to communicate and/or control remotely. The system is well adapted for creating a hierarchy structure which can potentially track numerous people, vehicles, equipment across a country or globally.
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16 Claims
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1. A tracking and remote interaction system [100] for tracking, selecting and interacting with a plurality of mobile units comprising:
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a) a plurality of tracked units [4100] each attached to a different mobile unit, the tracked units [4100] comprising; i. a location device [4113] for monitoring its location and for providing a signal indicating its location; ii. a microphone [4111] and an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter [4112] for providing a data stream; iii. a data merger [4116] for merging the signal from the location device [4113] and the data stream from the analog-to-digital (A/D) converter [4112] to provide a composite signal; iv. a modulator [4118] for passing the composite signal from the location device and for transmitting a radio signal to a base [3100]; v. a receiver [4120] for receiving radio signals sent to the tracked unit [4100], for decoding the received signals into digital streams and for playing back communication in the digital streams, and for implementing commands in the digital streams; c) a base [3100] comprising; i. a receiver [3120] including a demodulator [3128], a decoder [3127], and a data parser [3126], for receiving the radio signals from the tracked unit [4100], for demodulating, decoding, and parsing the radio signal to provide information including location information, and voice communications of the tracked unit [4100], ii. a transmitter [3110] for receiving digital information and for transmitting voice communications and commands as digital information to selected tracked units [4100] through an antenna [3150]; d) a server [2100] coupled to the base [3100] for receiving the digital stream including the location information from the base comprising; i. a map database [2130] having map information of an area of interest surrounding the locations of the tracked units [4100]; ii. a tracking database [2150] capable of holding location information of a plurality of tracked units [4100]; iii. an actions database [2170] capable of receiving communications, responses and commands intended to be sent to a tracked unit [4100]; iv. a processor [2190] coupled to the tracking database [2150] capable of receiving the location information from the base [3100] and storing it in the tracking database [2150], the processor [2190] also coupled to the map database [2130] capable of receiving map information from the map database [2130] and displaying a graphical representation of a map;
the processor [2190] also capable of reading information from the tracking database [2150] and for displaying an overlay indicating the locations of the tracked units [4100] on a graphical display;
the processor [2190] also capable of interacting with a user to allow the user to select tracked unit [4100] with which to interact to send messages and commands, and receive responses;
the processor [2190] also capable of passing the information in the actions database [2170] as a digital stream to transmitter [3110] of base [3100] causing it to be sent to each of the selected tracked units [4100]. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of selecting and remotely interacting with a plurality of mobile units comprising the steps of:
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a) tracking the location [603] of a plurality of mobile units; b) providing the tracked locations [605] to a hierarchical network for storage; c) selecting a region on interest [607] to display; d) interacting with the hierarchical network to provide information relating to mobile units in the selected region; e) graphically representing a map [609] with the mobile units of the selected region; f) interacting with the user [611] to allow the user to select mobile units on the graphical representation with which to interact; g) providing communications [613] to be sent to the selected mobile units, to the base; h) simultaneously providing the communications to the selected mobile units [617] without sending the communication to other mobile units which were not selected. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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