EP3045208B1 - Lawinenrettungssystem - Google Patents

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EP3045208B1
EP3045208B1 EP16150839.5A EP16150839A EP3045208B1 EP 3045208 B1 EP3045208 B1 EP 3045208B1 EP 16150839 A EP16150839 A EP 16150839A EP 3045208 B1 EP3045208 B1 EP 3045208B1
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Stefano MADAU
Egon Resch
Fabio Colombo
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B33/00—Devices for allowing seemingly-dead persons to escape or draw attention; Breathing apparatus for accidentally buried persons
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    • A63B2029/022—Means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons with means for automatically activating signal means in case of an avalanche
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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  • the present invention relates to an avalanche rescue system comprising an air bag configured to be collapsed in a normal state and to expand in the event of an emergency, an inflation apparatus connected to the air bag to cause inflation and thereby expansion of the air bag and a mobile device having wireless voice and data communication functionality and having a notifying means capable of notifying information to a user of the avalanche rescue system.
  • avalanche rescue systems have progressed significantly during the last few years which is mainly induced by increased popularity of different types of alpine activities, in particular ski touring and snowshoe walking.
  • air bag systems are known in the art which comprise inflatable balloon-type air bags attached to a backpack or a harness carried by the user, said air bags being inflated in case of an avalanche accident, for example by means of a gas generator.
  • conventional avalanche rescue systems are known to utilize a mobile device capable of communicating with a remote contact to wirelessly send an emergency call in case of an emergency, in particular, an avalanche accident.
  • An avalanche rescue system of the above-mentioned type is for example known from WO 2004/107888 A1 and comprises an air bag, an inflation apparatus connected to the air bag and a mobile device having a GPS sensor for determining positioning information of the user.
  • the conventional system detects the emergency situation, automatically triggers the inflation apparatus to expand the air bag and wirelessly transmits the positioning information obtained from the GPS sensor to a remote contact.
  • an avalanche rescue system comprising an air bag configured to be collapsed in a normal state and to expand in the event of an emergency, an inflation apparatus connected to the air bag to cause inflation and thereby expansion of the air bag, a mobile device having wireless voice and data communication functionality and having a notifying means capable of notifying information to a user of the avalanche rescue system, said inflation apparatus and said mobile device being configured a) to wirelessly transmit from the inflation apparatus to the mobile device at least one data signal representing an operational state of the inflation apparatus, b) to notify information about the operational state of the inflation apparatus via the notifying means of the mobile device in the normal state and c) to wirelessly transmit information about the operational state of the inflation apparatus from the mobile device to a remote contact in the event of an emergency.
  • the inflation apparatus and the mobile device are configured to wirelessly transmit, in the normal state, i.e. when there is no emergency, from the inflation apparatus to the mobile device at least one data signal representing an operational state of the inflation apparatus and to notify information about the operational state of the inflation apparatus via the notifying means of the mobile device.
  • the operational state of the inflation apparatus can be monitored in the normal state and any change can be notified to the user such that the user has an information about the functional status of the avalanche rescue system.
  • the user can be notified about the operational state of the inflation apparatus during a walk.
  • the user can take appropriate actions to keep away from dangerous situations and check the rescue system.
  • the operational state notified to the user by means of the mobile device is a readiness state of the inflation apparatus.
  • Having information about a readiness or decreased readiness of the inflation apparatus can be helpful for the user to increase the overall feeling of safety and to decide on actions to be taken during the tour.
  • a notification information by means of either vibration alarm or a speaker output or the like, which informs the user about decreased readiness state of the inflation apparatus is envisaged.
  • the inflation apparatus may comprise a gas generator and a sensor connected to the gas generator for detecting a filling and readiness state of the gas generator, and the at least one data signal received by the mobile device may represent the filling and readiness state of the gas generator.
  • the gas generator for example a pressure sensor
  • the reduced filling state of the gas tank and therefore the decreased readiness of the inflation apparatus can be reported to the user.
  • the system can be configured to automatically notify information about an operational state of the inflation apparatus, for example when the avalanche rescue system is switched on or at any other predetermined point in time.
  • the system may be configured such that a user is allowed to request information about the operational state of the inflation apparatus by inputting a respective command into the mobile device (notification on demand).
  • the system in the normal state, is configured to detect the operational state of the inflation apparatus continuously or at a plurality of times in temporal sequence, and to report changes in the operational state to the user through the notifying means.
  • Such configuration allows a continuous monitoring of the operational state of the inflation apparatus even during the tour, such that any failure or decreased readiness of the inflation apparatus can be detected sufficiently early to allow the user to take appropriate actions.
  • a detection of the operational state could be initiated in specific time intervals short enough to guarantee early notification of a change in the operational state and long enough to have an energy saving effect.
  • the avalanche - rescue system may be characterised in that the mobile device stores at least one contact information of a remote contact, wherein the system is configured to automatically wirelessly transmit, in the event of an emergency, information about a state of the avalanche system through the mobile device to the remote contact based on the contact information.
  • the wireless functionality of the mobile device is utilized not only for a communication between the inflation apparatus and the mobile device but also for transmitting information to a remote contact in the event of an emergency, for example to transmit an emergency call or to transmit positioning information of the user.
  • an automatic transmission it is ensured that the remote contact, for example a rescue station, is immediately informed about the avalanche accident such that measures for rescue can be initiated promptly.
  • An automatic report does not require the victim to manually initiate the transmission which might be impossible for the user in the particular situation.
  • the transmission of the information could be triggered by either the event of an ignition of the inflation apparatus or any sensor signal detecting typical data characteristic for an avalanche accident (noise sensor, acceleration sensor or the like).
  • the system may further comprise a positioning sensor in the form of a GPS sensor which detects a current position of the user and the information about the state of the avalanche rescue system may include positioning information retrieved from the positioning sensor.
  • a positioning sensor in the form of a GPS sensor which detects a current position of the user and the information about the state of the avalanche rescue system may include positioning information retrieved from the positioning sensor.
  • GPS sensor could be integrated in the mobile device as conventionally known for smartphones, for example.
  • the system may be configured to retrieve, in the event of an emergency, a plurality of positioning records obtained from readings of the positioning sensor in temporal sequence, and to automatically transmit the positioning records to the remote contact.
  • a plurality of positioning records in temporal sequence it is possible to track a path of movement of the user, in particular during the fall when the user gets caught in an avalanche.
  • First, such track represents more reliable and more accurate positioning information than just a single record of the position of the user and allows a better estimation of the final position of the victim for the rescue team.
  • Second, when detecting a plurality of positioning records as a track it is possible to even estimate the final position of the victim in a case that the mobile device becomes damaged and inoperative during the accident and stops transmission of positioning information at some point in time during the accident.
  • At least three positioning records from readings of the positioning sensor at predetermined time intervals such as to have over-determined information about the path of movement which allows particular improvement of accuracy and predictability in determining the final position of the victim.
  • predetermined time intervals an information about the speed of movement can be derived from the positioning records as well.
  • the avalanche rescue system may be configured to automatically transmit each positioning record of the number of positioning records within a separate message to the remote contact as soon as the respective positioning record is obtained from the reading of the positioning sensor.
  • the avalanche rescue system may be characterised in that the mobile device stores an emergency-call list containing a plurality of contact information records of a plurality of different remote contacts, wherein the system is configured to automatically transmit, in the event of an emergency, information about a state of the avalanche system through the mobile device to the contact information records of the emergency-call list.
  • Setting up such emergency-call list in the mobile device allows a multiplication of the transmission function in order to efficiently report the information about the state of the avalanche system to a number of remote contacts at the same time to efficiently initiate rescue.
  • Such list could be managed in a corresponding application run by the mobile device such that the user can edit the list to store therein preferred contacts to be informed in case of the emergency.
  • the avalanche rescue system may be further characterised in that the mobile device runs an application which stores the emergency-call list and which further stores a user-editable phone-book list containing a plurality of contact information records of a plurality of different remote contacts, wherein the application has user input means allowing a user to define at least one contact information to be in the emergency-call list but not to be in the phone-book list and/or to define at least one contact information to be in the phone-book list but not to be in the emergency-call list.
  • the user may pick some of the contacts stored in the phone book of the mobile device to be on the emergency-call list.
  • the application storing the emergency-call list is preferably a dedicated application to control and monitor the functions of the avalanche rescue system and includes features for setting and editing the emergency-call list, features for checking the readiness state of the inflation apparatus and/or features for monitoring the avalanche rescue system and for notifying failures in a suitable manner by means of the notifying means.
  • the notifying means may comprise at least one of a display device, a speaker or a vibration alarm device.
  • a status of the system, in particular the inflation apparatus could be displayed on the display device such that the user can verify the state on demand.
  • a speaker or a vibration alarm device could be used to notify or warn a user about any change of the state of the system such as a failure of the inflation apparatus, which is detected by the application through a continuous or regular monitoring of the avalanche rescue system.
  • the above-described features of the present invention could be most preferably implemented using a smartphone as a mobile device such that the smartphone functionalities could be efficiently used for the wireless communication between the mobile device and the inflation apparatus or any other parts of the avalanche rescue system as well as for the wireless communication with the remote contact.
  • a speaker and/or a vibration alarm device of the smartphone and/or the display device of the smartphone could be utilized as the notifying means and the integrated micro-controller and electronic devices of the smartphone could be utilized to run a suitable dedicated application for controlling and monitoring the avalanche rescue system as described above.
  • An avalanche rescue system 10 comprises an air bag 12, for example a left air bag 121 and a right air bag 12r shown in figure 1 in an expanded state.
  • the air bag 12 is part of a backpack 14 in the illustrated embodiment, such as to be carryable on a user's back, but it could be attached to or part of any other carrying system suitable to be carried by the user.
  • the avalanche rescue system further comprises an inflation apparatus 16 suitably connected to the air bag 12, for example by a tube 18, such as to supply gas to the interior of the air bag to deflate and expand the air bag.
  • the inflation apparatus can have a gas generator, for example a tank containing compressed gas and a valve operable to open in the event of an actuation of the inflation apparatus such as to release the gas into the air bag 12.
  • the gas is a breathable gas containing in particular oxygen such that it can be released from the air bags after a certain amount of time after the expansion of the air bag and can support breathing of the user under the snow.
  • the inflation apparatus 16 further comprises a control unit 20 which includes electronic components to control activation of the inflation apparatus to expand the air bag as well as sensor components including a sensor for detecting a readiness state of the inflation apparatus.
  • control unit 20 comprises a gas sensor 22 detecting a filling state of a gas tank of the inflation apparatus which may be a pressure sensor arranged within the gas tank or any other suitable means for detecting readiness of the gas generator.
  • the control unit 20 includes a wireless transmitting unit 24 which is adapted for wireless data communication with a mobile device 26 to be described below.
  • the wireless transmission and data communication could be established by any suitable means, in particular short-range wireless communication, for example blue tooth.
  • the avalanche rescue system 10 further comprises a mobile device 26 which preferably is a smartphone featuring input and output means as conventionally known for mobile phones, as well as wireless communication means for voice and data communication.
  • the mobile device 26 may have one or more of the following input and output features: a display unit, a speaker, a microphone, a keypad, a touch screen and a vibration alarm.
  • the mobile device 26 preferably further comprises one or more of the following features: a GPS positioning unit, a cellphone unit, a WIFI unit and a blue tooth unit.
  • the mobile device 26 may have one or more of the following electronic components and features: a micro-processor, a battery, a RAM, a ROM and a memory unit, such that the mobile device 26 is able to run applications loaded into the RAM and is further able to store and retrieve data into and from the memory unit (for example a flash memory).
  • the mobile device 26 preferably runs a dedicated application or app which controls and/or monitors the avalanche rescue system and in particular the inflation apparatus 16.
  • the application is adapted to determine the operational status of the inflation apparatus 16 and for this purpose may wirelessly receive from the wireless transmitting unit 24 a signal representing a detection result of the gas sensor 22.
  • the application may further be adapted to send to the wireless transmitting unit 24 a command signal requesting a detection result from the sensor 22 to be transmitted back to the mobile device 26 through the wireless transmitting unit 24.
  • the application may be adapted to continuously receive information about the operational state of the inflation apparatus 16 through the wireless transmitting unit 24 or the application may follow a predetermined schedule of timings at which a request for reporting the operational status of the inflation apparatus 16 is sent from the mobile device 26 to the wireless transmitting unit 24.
  • the application may determine a failure and may report the same by suitable notification means of the mobile device 26, for example the speaker or the vibration alarm, to the user.
  • the application will likewise cause the mobile device 26 to notify the user by means of the notification means.
  • the display device of the mobile device 26 may display information representing the status information received from the wireless transmitting unit 24 and in particular may also display readiness of the system, i. e. the absence of any failure, such that the user can verify that the system is ready or armed, in particular the gas generator is ready to activate the inflation apparatus 16 in the event of an emergency.
  • the application run by the mobile device 26 may further store at least one contact information editable by the user which contains information necessary to establish contact to a particular remote contact, for example a particular phone number.
  • the application stores an emergency-call list of contact information records to which information are to be transmitted simultaneously in the event of an emergency.
  • the application may provide suitable means as conventionally known to edit such emergency-call list and, in particular, to select one or more of the contact information records stored in a separate general phone-book list of the mobile device 26 in order to define that the selected records be records of the emergency-call list.
  • the application preferably allows to input new contact information records and/or to delete certain contact information records from the emergency-call list without deleting them from the general phone-book list.
  • the avalanche rescue system 10 is adapted to recognize the event of an emergency, in particular the event of an avalanche accident, by any suitable detecting means such as an acceleration sensor, a noise sensor or the like.
  • detection means could be provided in the inflation apparatus 16 and/or in the mobile device 26.
  • the control unit 20 initiates a wireless transmission of a signal indicating the event of emergency through the wireless transmitting unit 24 to the mobile device 26 such as to inform the mobile device 26 about this event.
  • the control unit 20 operates the inflation apparatus 16 to activate the gas generator and to expand the air bag 12.
  • the application run on the mobile device 26 is further adapted to start an emergency event program as soon as it receives information about the occurrence of an emergency, i. e. an avalanche accident.
  • the emergency program at least reports the occurrence of the emergency and/or positioning information of the current position of the user to a remote contact by using the wireless data communication means of the mobile device 26.
  • the application causes the mobile device 26 to send a message, for example a message using the short message service (SMS), to the at least one remote contact immediately after recognizing the event of emergency.
  • SMS short message service
  • the remote contact at least receives the information that the user has an accident and preferably further receives at least one positioning information of the user as soon as possible and rescue can be initiated even if the mobile device 26 gets damaged or destroyed shortly thereafter.
  • the mobile device After sending a first message of this kind, the mobile device proceeds with sending additional messages in short time intervals, each message reporting a current position of the user by sending current positioning information.
  • the time interval between subsequent messages of this type can be between 0,2 and 5 seconds and preferably, the time interval between subsequent messages is as short as possible to transmit to the remote contact as much positioning information as possible.
  • the remote contact therefore receives a number of positioning information which form a track of movement of the user during the avalanche accident.
  • the message sent by the mobile device 26 in the event of an emergency can include a number of subsequent readings of the positioning sensor, i. e. may include the track of movement or a part of the track of movement of the user.
  • the amount of positioning information measured and reported per time can be increased.
  • the first message includes an information that an accident has occurred and/or only one or a view positioning information records such that the first message can be transmitted at an early point in time and will be transmitted reliably. Subsequent messages can then contain a number of positioning information records in order to increase efficiency of data communication.
  • the operation of the avalanche rescue system will be described below using the example of a skier.
  • she/he starts the dedicated application at the mobile device 26 and may switch-on the avalanche rescue system 10.
  • the user can verify the operational status of the inflation apparatus 16 and the overall avalanche rescue system 10 via the display device such as to verify that the system works properly and is ready for use.
  • the application may then start to monitor the operational state of the system continuously or at predetermined time intervals and the skier starts skiing and may enter dangerous regions of her/his tour.
  • the avalanche rescue system is normally in the normal state in which the air bag 12 is deflated and folded to be stored in the backpack 14 or any other suitable cover.
  • the operational state of the inflation apparatus 16 is monitored during the normal state and any changes of the operational state, in particular any failure of the inflation apparatus 16, is reported to the skier such that appropriate actions can be taken.
  • the user can manually verify the operational state and in particular the readiness of the system by checking the display device of the mobile device 26 at any time she/he wishes to confirm that the system is properly armed.
  • the user may manually activate the inflation apparatus 16 or the detection unit of the avalanche rescue system 10 may automatically detect this event and activate the inflation apparatus 16 to expand the air bag 12 to help to keep the user above the snow or at least ensure some space around the user when she/he gets under the snow.
  • the application runs the emergency event program to send at least one message as described before to report the emergency to a remote contact and to transmit at least one positioning information that assists rescue of the avalanche victim.

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  1. Lawinenrettungssystem (10), umfassend
    einen Airbag (12), welcher dazu eingerichtet ist, in einem Normalzustand kollabiert zu sein und sich in dem Fall eines Notfalls auszudehnen,
    eine Aufblasvorrichtung (16), welche mit dem Airbag verbunden ist, um ein Aufblasen und damit eine Ausdehnung des Airbags (12) zu bewirken,
    ein Mobilgerät (26), welches eine drahtlose Sprach- und Datenkommunikationsfunktionalität aufweist und ein Mitteilungsmittel aufweist, welches dazu in der Lage ist, einem Benutzer des Lawinenrettungssystems (10) Informationen mitzuteilen,
    wobei die Aufblasvorrichtung (16) und das Mobilgerät (26) dazu eingerichtet sind,
    a) von der Aufblasvorrichtung (16) an das Mobilgerät (26) wenigstens ein Datensignal drahtlos zu übertragen, welches einen Betriebszustand der Aufblasvorrichtung (16) darstellt,
    b) in dem Normalzustand Informationen über den Betriebszustand der Aufblasvorrichtung (16) über das Mitteilungsmittel des Mobilgeräts (26) mitzuteilen und
    c) in dem Fall eines Notfalls Informationen über den Betriebszustand der Aufblasvorrichtung (16) von dem Mobilgerät (26) an einen entfernten Kontakt drahtlos zu übertragen.
  2. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Betriebszustand ein Bereitschaftszustand der Aufblasvorrichtung (16) ist.
  3. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufblasvorrichtung (16) einen Gasgenerator (19) und einen mit dem Gasgenerator (19) verbundenen Sensor (22) zum Detektieren eines Füll- und/oder Bereitschaftszustands des Gasgenerators (19) umfasst und dass das von dem Mobilgerät (26) empfangene wenigstens eine Datensignal den Füll- und/oder Bereitschaftszustand des Gasgenerators (19) darstellt.
  4. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das System (10) in dem Normalzustand dazu eingerichtet ist, den Betriebszustand der Aufblasvorrichtung (16) kontinuierlich oder zu einer Mehrzahl von Zeitpunkten in zeitlicher Abfolge zu detektieren und dem Benutzer durch das Mitteilungsmittel Änderungen des Betriebszustands zu melden.
  5. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Mobilgerät (26) wenigstens eine Kontaktinformation eines entfernten Kontakts speichert, wobei das System (10) dazu eingerichtet ist, in dem Fall eines Notfalls Informationen über einen Zustand des Lawinensystems (10) durch das Mobilgerät (26) an den entfernten Kontakt auf Grundlage der Kontaktinformation automatisch drahtlos zu übertragen.
  6. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ferner einen Positionierungssensor, vorzugsweise einen GPS-Sensor, umfasst, welcher eine aktuelle Position des Benutzers detektiert, und wobei die Informationen über den Zustand des Lawinensystems von dem Positionierungssensor abgerufene Positionierungsinformationen umfassen.
  7. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das System dazu eingerichtet ist, in dem Fall eines Notfalls eine Mehrzahl von aus Ablesungen des Positionierungssensors in zeitlicher Abfolge erhaltenen Positionierungsaufzeichnungen abzurufen und die Positionierungsaufzeichnungen automatisch an den entfernten Kontakt zu übertragen.
  8. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das System dazu eingerichtet ist, wenigstens drei Positionierungsaufzeichnungen aus Ablesungen des Positionierungssensors in vorbestimmten Zeitintervallen, vorzugsweise in konstanten Zeitintervallen, zu erhalten.
  9. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach Anspruch 7 oder Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das System dazu eingerichtet ist, jede Positionierungsaufzeichnung der Anzahl von Positionierungsaufzeichnungen innerhalb einer separaten Nachricht an den entfernten Kontakt automatisch zu übertragen, sobald die jeweilige Positionierungsaufzeichnung aus der Ablesung des Positionierungssensors erhalten worden ist.
  10. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach wenigstens einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Mobilgerät (26) eine Notfall-Anrufliste speichert, welche eine Mehrzahl von Kontaktinformationsaufzeichnungen einer Mehrzahl verschiedener entfernter Kontakte enthält, wobei das System dazu eingerichtet ist, in dem Fall eines Notfalls Informationen über einen Zustand des Lawinensystems (10) durch das Mobilgerät (26) an die Kontaktinformationsaufzeichnungen der Notfall-Anrufliste automatisch zu übertragen.
  11. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass auf dem Mobilgerät (26) eine Anwendung läuft, welche die Notfall-Anrufliste speichert und welche ferner eine vom Benutzer editierbare Telefonbuchliste speichert, welche eine Mehrzahl von Kontaktinformationsaufzeichnungen einer Mehrzahl verschiedener entfernter Kontakte enthält,
    wobei die Anwendung Benutzereingabemittel aufweist, welche einem Benutzer ermöglichen, zu definieren, dass sich wenigstens eine Kontaktinformation in der Notfall-Anrufliste befindet, aber nicht in der Telefonbuchliste befindet, und/oder zu definieren, dass sich wenigstens eine Kontaktinformation in der Telefonbuchliste befindet, aber nicht in der Notfall-Anrufliste befindet.
  12. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Mitteilungsmittel wenigstens eines aus einem Anzeigegerät, einem Lautsprecher oder einem Vibrationsalarmgerät umfasst.
  13. Lawinenrettungssystem (10) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Mobilgerät (26) ein Smartphone ist.
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