ES2324582B1 - INTERACTIVE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE HELMET FOR EMERGENCY UNITS WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICE LOCATOR, VISUALIZER AND INTEGRATED INTERCOM. - Google Patents

Abstract

Interactive personal protective helmet for units of
emergencies with electronic locator device, vi-
monitor and integrated intercom.

Specially designed personal protective helmet for emergency units in forest fires, earthquakes, floods, military units, etc. with the purpose that from the central or forward command post, you can learn the exact location of each component of these units. The post command will be able to view and intercommunicate with the users of the interactive helmet using an LCD screen, computer, thank you to the central server and through a satellite map of the place previously entered in the central computer. Units in area may transmit information to the command post via wireless type voice, real-time images and sound as well as vital signs of each component of the unit. By having all this information, the command will be able to make decisions with better criteria and effectiveness, sending units voice messages or images, plans, photos, etc. A emergency device which, in an emergency, can activate the own user or a third party, automatically indicating their situation exact, thus facilitating its extraction by helicopter or ambulance. Obviously the operations of the command post can be followed from anywhere in the world thanks to a website conveniently coded.

To do this, we integrate the following items:

Satellite positioner, non-volatile memory, voice recorder, microprocessor, speaker and / or headphones, display

for image reception, micro video camera, microphone, broadcast systems - wireless reception receiver vital signs and battery.

All these elements are managed with a specific software for both helmet and computer level central.

Description

Interactive personal protective helmet for emergency units with electronic locator device, display and integrated intercom.

Technical sector

This new integrated system of intercom for emergency units is framed in the sector of new information technologies, positioning global and wireless communication.

State of the art

There are no integrated systems of communication, positioning and visualization of similar characteristics.

Detailed description of the system

The present system aims to improve communications, visualization and coordination between the position command and emergency services units. It will be of especially useful for forest firefighters and fire emergencies in earthquakes, floods, military units, etc.

The new interactive helmet will have two fundamental electronic elements:

Global positioning satellite receiver

Wireless transmitter - receiver.

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The command center, thanks to the chip satellite location, you will receive the exact position of all units in zone and display them on a screen. The command, perfectly viewing all your troops on the screen, you will have best criteria for action in the analysis and transmission phases of the orders. All of them thanks to the combination, in a helmet personnel, the capabilities of positioning networks satellite and wireless phone networks.

To do this, we integrate the following items:

1)

Satellite positioner.

2)

Broadcast systems - wireless reception to the network telephony

3)

Non-volatile memory.

3)

Voice player.

4)

Microprocessor.

5)

Speaker and / or headphones.

6)

Screen.

7)

Micro video camera.

8)

Microphone.

9)

Batteries

10)

Vital sign receptor.

All this managed by software specific.

Mode of realization

The device, integrated into the protective helmet to leave the user's hands free, you will receive at all times satellite signals that, by triangulation, will allow us to know in the exact position of the user in the area at all times. So automatic, managed by specific software, the position of the user will be issued uninterruptedly to the command post through of electromagnetic impulses via wireless network. Usually, when mobile phone coverage is available, systems such as GPRS, 3G and even Wi-Fi, however, in places without proximity to commercial networks for mobile telephony, you can have its own band or frequency that will allow sending and receive the signal to a forward command post, even via satellite, Iridium network type, although in general the network ordinary wireless phone. once the signal reaches the central command post, position data, images, messages, etc, they are self-decoded by the specific software of the server, and are displayed on an LCD screen, on a computer laptop, on a projector, etc., always depending on the needs of the emergency unit.

On this screen, the command responsible for the operations will be able to see a pre-recorded satellite image of the area, although it may also have a map mode and even a hybrid between various cartographic representation systems.

The command, once the positions and movements of users, you can make decisions with better criteria, transmitting, when deemed appropriate, to the devices in the area, pictures of the situation, maps, orders in voice form, texts, etc. The server user in the position of command, always supported by specially designed software, You can also send real images to devices in the area and at the time of the fire, earthquake, etc. by means of inserting into the system of images transmitted in real time by air or other means. In addition, the micro camera, installed on the user's helmet, it will allow sending to the I send real-time images of the situation for your evaluation.

The system installed in the helmet may have of many useful accessories, for example, you can have a vital signs receiver, type heart rate monitor, which will allow the command to know the constants of the users, heart rate, indoor and outdoor temperature, blood pressure, etc. The device installed in the helmet will also have a button help that can be activated by the user, or a third party, indicating to the control that the user is in danger or injured and must be evacuated. The system will allow knowing the exact position of that user in danger, facilitating its extraction by helicopter or ambulance.

For this, the system consists of two elements intercoms: Central server and Device integrated in the helmet First element: Server

Server for storage and distribution of data and access to wireless networks. In it will reside the application management system, the content database and the application files and Database: Maps (GoogleMap, OpenStreetMap, or others), texts, etc.

Second element: Device

The device integrated in the helmet interactive, will incorporate, in addition to the satellite signal receiver to obtain the position, a chip for access to telephony networks commercial type GPRS, 3G, Iridium or similar and / or a receiver transmitter in specific frequency or band, for when there is no telephone coverage.

Relations between the first and second element

The interactive helmet satellite connection (second element) will allow obtaining the position in real time exact user. Once the exact point where it is located the device, it will send by means of a signal said coordinates via GPRS, SMS, Iridium satellite telephony, etc., at server, which will fix the position of the device on the screen or specific computer.

Interactive helmet functions in the area

to)

Determine the current and constant position of the user thanks to the location chip (GPS or GALILEO).

b)

Sending positioning coordinates to server.

c)

Reception and / or issuance of information to the server. Voice, sound or images.

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Server functions in the central command post or advanced

to)

Real-time display of all devices in zone.

b)

Receive images, text messages or audio of users of the interactive helmet in the area.

c)

Emission of images, texts or audio to users.

d)

Information management.

and)

Image reception, display and transmission real contributed by air or land means.

Claims (1)

1. Interactive personal protective helmet for emergency units with electronic locator device, display and integrated intercom, characterized by having an integrated satellite positioning system and the ability to intercommunicate with command posts through the emission and reception of data through wireless phone network. For this it has been integrated into a single device the following items:

1)

Satellite positioner.

2)

Broadcast systems - wireless reception to the network telephony

3)

Non-volatile memory.

3)

Voice player.

4)

Microprocessor.

5)

Speaker and / or headphones.

6)

Screen.

7)

Micro video camera.

8)

Microphone.

9)

Batteries

10)

Vital sign receptor.

All this managed by software specific.