Emergency rescue system and help-seeking device and emergency rescue method

• US 8,923,805 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitac Computer Limited (MiTAC Holdings Corp.), MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mitac Computer Limited (MiTAC Holdings Corp.), MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Single, Meng
• Primary Examiner(s): WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE
• Application Number:
  US13/753,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20130252574A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

An emergency rescue system and a handheld electronic device and an emergency rescue method are provided. The emergency rescue system comprises a help-seeking device, a rescue device and a server. The help-seeking device is used to position, and used to provide a help-seeker to input situation information to send a help-seeking message to the server. The rescue device is used to position and send a positioning message to the server. The sever is used to compare the help-seeking message and the positioning message to execute a supply-demand pairing, and used to send the help-seeking message and the positioning message to the help-seeking device and the rescue device respectively for making the help-seeking device can communicate with the rescue device.

Claims

1. An emergency rescue system comprising:

a help-seeking device having first identification information and a GPS (global positioning system) positioning function to position a current location to generate first current location information, and provided to a help-seeker to input situation information and for packaging first identification information, first current location information and situation information into a help-seeking message that is sent;

a rescue device having second identification information and a GPS positioning function to position a current location to generate second current location information, and for packaging second identification and second current location information into a positioning message that is transmitted; and

a server for receiving the help-seeking message and the positioning message to determine whether or not first current location information corresponds to second current location information, if yes, a supply-demand pairing being performed by the server to respectively send the help-seeking message and the positioning message to the rescue device and the help-seeking device, the help-seeking device being connected to the rescue device through first identification information and second identification for communicating with each other, and observing the second current location information for obtaining the current location of the rescue device.

2. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 1, wherein the help-seeking device comprises a positioning module, an input module, a processing module and a transmission module, and the positioning module position the current location of the help-seeking device to generate first current location information;

and the input module is provided to the help-seeker to input situation information and allows the help-seeker to input a script message communicating with the rescue device that is paired, and the processing module is connected to the positioning module and the input module to package first identification information, first current location information, and situation information into the help-seeking message, and the transmission module is connected to the processing module to send the help-seeking message and the script message.

3. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 2, wherein the help-seeking device comprises a display module connected to the processing module to display second current location information of the rescue device.

4. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 2, wherein the help-seeking device further comprises an image capturing module connected to the processing module to respectively provide a user to capture images of an ambient condition or a self-condition, and wherein after packaging the images into the help-seeking message through the processing module, the help-seeking message is transmitted to the server through the transmission module.

5. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 2, wherein the help-seeking device further comprises a sensing module connected to the processing module to sense a temperature, humidity or a foregoing combination of an ambient condition around the help-seeking device, thereby generating a sensing signal, and the sensing signal is computed and processed to become ambient information through the processing module, and ambient information then is packaged into the help-seeking message that is sent to the server through the transmission module.

6. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 1, wherein the rescue device comprises a positioning module, an input module, a processing module, a transmission module and a display module, and the positioning module positions the rescue device to generate second current location information;

and the input module is provided to a rescuer to input a script message communicating with the help-seeking device, and the processing module is connected to the positioning module and the input module to package second identification information and second current location information into the positioning message, and the transmission module is connected to the processing module to send the positioning message and the script message, and the display module is connected to the processing module to display first current location information and situation information of the help-seeking device.

7. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 1, wherein first identification information and second identification information comprise an internet protocol address, a media access control address, a physical address or a phone number.

8. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 1, wherein the help-seeking device and the rescue device respectively comprise a communication module to provide the help-seeking device and the rescue device, which have been paired, to perform audio or video communication.

9. The emergency rescue system as recited in claim 1, wherein the server further stores the help-seeking message and the positioning message.

10. A help-seeking device having first identification information suitable for use in an emergency rescue system, the help-seeking device comprising:

a positioning module for positioning a current location of the help-seeking device to generate first current location information;

an input module for providing a help-seeker to input situation information;

a processing module connected to the positioning module and the input module to package first identification information, first current location information and situation information into a help-seeking message; and

a transmission module, connected to the processing module, for sending the help-seeking message to a server to allow the server performing a supply-demand pairing such that the help-seeking message is sent to at least one rescue device near first current location information and a positioning message including second current location information and second identification of the at least one rescue device is sent to the help-seeking device, then the help-seeking device being connected to the at least one rescue device through the first identification information and the second identification of the at least one rescue device for communicating with each other, and obtaining current location of the rescue device through the second current location information.

11. The help-seeking device as recited in claim 10, further comprising a display module connected to the processing module to display the current location of the at least one rescue device.

12. The help-seeking device as recited in claim 10, further comprising an image capturing module connected to the processing module to provide a user to capture images of an ambient condition or self-condition, wherein the help-seeking message is sent to the server through the transmission module after packaging the images into the help-seeking message through the processing module.

13. The help-seeking device as recited in claim 10, further comprising a sensing module connected to the processing module to sense a temperature, humidity or a foregoing combination of an ambient condition, thereby generating a sensing signal, wherein after the processing module computes and process the sensing signal to become ambient information, the ambient information is packaged into the help-seeking message that is further transmitted to the server through the transmission module.

14. The help-seeking device as recited in claim 10, further comprising a communication module connected to the processing module to provide the help-seeking device and the at least one rescue device performing audio or video communication.

15. The help-seeking device as recited in claim 10, wherein the input module is further provided to the help-seeker to input a script message, and the script message then is sent to the at least one rescue device through the transmission module.

16. The help-seeking device as recited in claim 10, wherein the at least one rescue device has second identification information and a GPS function to position a current location to generate second current location information, and the at least one rescue device further packages second identification information and second current location information into a positioning message that then is sent to the server, and the server determines whether or not second current location information is near first current location information, if yes, the supply-demand pairing is executed.

17. An emergency rescue method comprising:

using a help-seeking device having first identification information and a GPS positioning function to position a current location to generate first current location information and providing a help-seeker to input situation information;

packaging the first identification information, first current location information and situation information into a help-seeking message through the help-seeking device and sending the help-seeking message;

using a rescue device having second identification information and a GPS positioning function to position a current location to generate second current location information;

packaging second identification information and second current location information into a positioning message through the rescue device and sending the positioning message;

providing a server to receive the help-seeking message and the positioning message to determine whether or not first current location information corresponds to second current location information, if yes, performing a supply-demand pairing;

sending the help-seeking message to the rescue device through the server and sending the positioning message to the help-seeking device;

connecting the help-seeking device to the rescue device through first identification information and second identification information for communicating with each other; and

observing the second current location information of the rescue device at the help-seeking device for enabling the help-seeking device obtaining the current location of the rescue device.

18. The emergency rescue method as recited in claim 17, further comprising a step:

utilizing the help-seeking device to display second current location information in the rescue device that is paired, and displaying first current location information in the help-seeking device through the rescue device.

19. The emergency rescue method as recited in claim 17, further comprising a step:

utilizing the help-seeking device to capture images of an ambient condition of the help-seeker and packaging the images into the help-seeking message through a processing module so that the help-seeking message then is transmitted by a transmission module to the server.

20. The emergency rescue method as recited in claim 17, further comprising steps:

utilizing the help-seeking device to sense a temperature, humidity or a foregoing combination of an ambient condition around the help-seeking device to generate a sensing signal; and

computing and processing the sensing signal to become ambient information through a processing module to package ambient information into the help-seeking message that is further transmitted by a transmission module to the server.