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System for tracking, assigning, and disposing personnel and assets on an emergency scene

  • US 9,699,621 B1
  • Filed: 03/28/2016
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2016
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An integrated hardware and software system for locating, disposing, and directing resources and personnel on an emergency scene, comprising:

  • one or more tags, at least one tag being attached to each responder on the emergency scene, each tag includinga battery;

    one or more sensors, each sensor including one or more of a ranging device, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer;

    a transmitter; and

    a tag control system, adapted to receive data from the battery and sensors, to process the received data, and to transmit data;

    wherein the tags include an Accountability Tag (AT) and a Room Mapping Tag (RMT), the AT sensors further including one or more of, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer; and

    the RMT further including a ranging device and one or more of, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer;

    one or more hubs, adapted to establish and operate a communications network including tags, each hub further adapted to receive data from tags, to process the received data, and to communicate the data and any results of the processing, the hubs further cooperatively processing the received data to triangulate the location of each tag;

    one or more servers, each server in communication with one or more hubs, includinga Simultaneous Locating and Mapping Module, configured to process communications from one or more hubs for compiling a map of at least a portion of the emergency scene, anda command device, adapted to receive input from the servers, to process the server input, and to provide communications to emergency scene personnel, to control elements having emergency scene responsibility, and storing data in a data repository.

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