Lost person rescue drone
First Claim
1. A drone based rescue system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) associated with and at a physical location in proximity to an individual while said individual is engaging in an activity, said UAV comprising;
one or more sensor devices configured to detect a situation requiring a need to rescue said individual at a current location, and configured to generate a trigger signal in response to detecting the situation;
a recording device configured to record and store a message from the individual;
a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for receiving GPS signals to determine a current GPS location of said individual;
a navigation system configured to control said UAV to traverse a flight-path to a destination location;
a processor unit at said UAV configured to receive said trigger signal and automatically record a current GPS location of said individual and controlling a launching of said UAV from the physical location proximate said user to said destination location,wherein said UAV is further configured to contemporaneously provide said stored recorded message and current GPS location of said individual to an emergency response authority to inform of said individual'"'"'s situation and location, said stored and recorded message being selected from a group consisting of;
an audio message, a video message, an audio-video formatted message, and text and image data messages, said UAV further comprising;
one or more media playback devices for playback of said stored and recorded message.
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Abstract
A system and method for optimizing a rescue operation of an individual. The method comprises maintaining, by an individual engaged in an activity, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) associated with and in proximity to the individual. For storage at the UAV, the individual records at a recording device a message. A sensor device is configured to detect a situation requiring a need to rescue the individual at a current location, and generates a trigger signal in response to a detection. In response to the receipt of the trigger signal, a current GPS location of the individual is recorded and a launching of the UAV to traverse a flight-path to a destination location. At or before arriving at the destination location, the UAV contemporaneously provides the stored recorded message and current GPS location of the individual to an emergency response authority to inform of the individual'"'"'s situation and location.
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18 Claims
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1. A drone based rescue system comprising:
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an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) associated with and at a physical location in proximity to an individual while said individual is engaging in an activity, said UAV comprising; one or more sensor devices configured to detect a situation requiring a need to rescue said individual at a current location, and configured to generate a trigger signal in response to detecting the situation; a recording device configured to record and store a message from the individual; a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for receiving GPS signals to determine a current GPS location of said individual; a navigation system configured to control said UAV to traverse a flight-path to a destination location; a processor unit at said UAV configured to receive said trigger signal and automatically record a current GPS location of said individual and controlling a launching of said UAV from the physical location proximate said user to said destination location, wherein said UAV is further configured to contemporaneously provide said stored recorded message and current GPS location of said individual to an emergency response authority to inform of said individual'"'"'s situation and location, said stored and recorded message being selected from a group consisting of;
an audio message, a video message, an audio-video formatted message, and text and image data messages, said UAV further comprising;one or more media playback devices for playback of said stored and recorded message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for optimizing a rescue operation of an individual engaged in an activity comprising:
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maintaining, by an individual engaged in an activity, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) associated with and at a physically location in proximity to said individual while said individual is engaging in an activity, recording by a recording device at said UAV a message from an individual, and storing said message in a storage device for subsequent playback; detecting, at one or more sensor devices, a situation requiring a need to rescue said individual at a current location, and generating a trigger signal in response to said detecting, said UAV having a control processor unit configured to receive said trigger signal, determining, by a global positioning system (GPS) receiver adapted to receive GPS signals at said UAV to determine a current GPS location of said individual; wherein, responsive to receipt of said trigger signal, said control processor unit automatically recording a current GPS location of said individual and controlling a launching of said UAV from the physical location proximate said user to a destination location, said control processing unit controlling a navigating of said UAV to traverse a flight-path to said destination location, and contemporaneously providing said stored recorded message and current GPS location of said individual to an emergency response authority to inform of said individual'"'"'s situation and location, wherein said stored and recorded message is selected from a group consisting of;
an audio message, a video message, an audio-video formatted message and/or text and image data messages, said UAV playing said stored and recorded message via one or more media playback devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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