Maritime safety systems for crew and passengers

• US 9,106,810 B1
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anuvu IP Holdings LLC, MTN Satellite Communications
• Original Assignee: MTN Satellite Communications Incorporated
• Inventors: Hadsall, Richard A Sr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sath V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luo, Kate
• Application Number:
  US14/300,187
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/086 by monitoring a perimeter outside the body of the water
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A fall detection and recovery system includes cameras positioned around a perimeter of a vessel. The system analyzes video from the cameras to detect a falling object from the vessel and records a geolocation of the vessel at a time of falling of the object. The system applies environmental readings to evolve a recovery location for the falling object from the time of falling to a present time.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of cameras positioned around a vessel perimeter;

logic to analyze video from the cameras to detect a falling object at the vessel perimeter;

logic to record a vessel geolocation at a time of falling of the falling object; and

logic to apply wind and current measurements on an ongoing basis to evolve a recovery radius for the falling object from the time of falling of the falling object to a present time.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to cause the ejection of dye into water around the vessel in a fall zone where the falling object was detected at the time of falling of the falling object.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an aerial drone configured to assist in location and recovery of the falling object by launching from the vessel perimeter at a time proximate to the time of falling of the falling object.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to cause launch of a buoy having human flotation characteristics at a time proximate to the time of falling of the falling object.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to provide a video loop having a video loop start time preceding the time of falling of the falling object and a video loop end time after the time of falling of the falling object.

6. A method comprising:

operating a plurality of cameras positioned around a vessel perimeter;

analyzing video from the cameras to detect a falling object at the vessel perimeter;

recording a vessel geolocation at a time of falling of the falling object; and

applying wind and current measurements on an ongoing basis to evolve a recovery radius for the falling object from the time of falling of the falling object to a present time.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

ejecting dye into water around the vessel in a fall zone where the falling object was detected at the time of falling of the falling object.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

launching an aerial drone from the vessel perimeter at a time proximate to the time of falling of the falling object.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

launching a buoy having human flotation characteristics at a time proximate to the time of falling of the falling object.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying a video loop having a video loop start time preceding the time of falling of the falling object and a video loop end time after the time of falling of the falling object.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform a method comprising:

operating a plurality of cameras positioned around a vessel perimeter;

analyzing video from the cameras to detect a falling object at the vessel perimeter;

recording a vessel geolocation at a time of falling of the falling object; and

applying wind and current measurements on an ongoing basis to evolve a recovery radius for the falling object from the time of falling of the falling object to a present time.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the method further comprising:

ejecting dye into water around the vessel in a fall zone where the falling object was detected at the time of falling of the falling object.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the method further comprising:

launching an aerial drone from the vessel perimeter at a time proximate to the time of falling of the falling object.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the method further comprising:

launching a buoy having human flotation characteristics at a time proximate to the time of falling of the falling object.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the method further comprising:

displaying a video loop having a video loop start time preceding the time of falling of the falling object and a video loop end time after the time of falling of the falling object.