JP7210046B2 - portable distress signal transmitter - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to distress signal transmitters, and more particularly to portable distress signal transmitters.

As national income increases and interest in using leisure time to improve quality of life increases, there is an increasing demand for marine leisure in the country to meet these desires. However, due to the increasing demand for marine leisure, marine safety accidents are also increasing rapidly.

A closer look at the 2014 maritime distress accident statistics published by the Coast Guard and Safety Headquarters shows that sea leisure and sea tourism for ordinary people, such as fishing boats, passenger boats, guide boats, and others (motorboats, yachts, inflatable boats, personal watercraft and barges) accidents are increasing. By distance, 87.2% of all accidents occurred in territorial waters (within 12 miles) such as harbor boundaries and narrow waterways, and most of the accidents occurred in coastal waters close to land.

Along with this, life jackets having a position confirmation function have also been developed for quick rescue of victims. A prior art document, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0850470 entitled "Life Jacket Equipped with a Distress Signal Transmitting Device" (hereinafter referred to as "prior art") describes the structural features of a life jacket as well as a distress signal attached to the corresponding life jacket. It relates to a technology equipped with a delivery device.

However, in the prior art, the life jacket worn by the victim is equipped with a device capable of transmitting the location information of the victim by radio signals, but the user must operate it so that the distress signal and location information can be directly transmitted. must.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0850470 "Life jacket equipped with a distress signal sending device" Korean Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1597779 "Clothing equipped with a rescue signal device"

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed in consideration of the above-mentioned matters, and the present invention relates to a portable distress signal transmitter which is easy for a user to carry and which can easily generate a distress signal.

A portable distress signal transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention is detachably attached to a main body magnetic part provided in a space formed inside a main body and a mounting part provided on one side of the space, A cap magnetic part including a magnetic material is included, and when the cap magnetic part is attached to the attachment part, the magnetic force acts on the main body magnetic part and the main body magnetic part interacts with the cap magnetic part. By being positioned close to each other, the body magnetic part is not in contact with the contact part positioned in the space, and when the cap magnetic part is detached from the mounting part, the main body magnetic part is connected to the cap. A distress signal is generated when the magnetic portion loses its magnetic force and contacts the contact portion, and the control portion senses contact between the main body magnetic portion and the contact portion.

The portable distress signal transmitter according to the present invention generates a distress signal in conjunction with the inflating motion of the life jacket that occurs when the user is in a distress situation at sea. has the effect of generating a distress signal.

In addition, since it uses a magnetic sensor that detects the occurrence of a distress situation for the user and is linked to the expansion of the life jacket, there is no need to worry about malfunctions, and the distress signal can be quickly generated without the user having to operate separately. effective.

1 is a perspective view of a distress signal transmitter applied to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a rear view of a distress signal sending device applied to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a reference diagram showing the appearance of a life jacket equipped with a distress signal sending device applied to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cap magnetic part is attached and detached from the distress signal sending device applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing detachment and attachment of a cap magnetic part from the distress signal transmitter applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention when a distress situation occurs; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing detachment and attachment of a cap magnetic part from the distress signal transmitter applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention when a distress situation occurs;

Before specifically describing embodiments according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the configurations illustrated in the following detailed description or the accompanying drawings, but can be used and implemented in various ways.

Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description only and should not be regarded as limiting.

That is, terms such as "mounted", "installed", "connected", "coupled", "supported", "coupled", etc. The broad term is used to include all direct and indirect attachments, installations, connections, couplings, supports and couplings, unless indicated or limited as such. The terms "connected", "coupled" and "coupled" are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, couplings or couplings.

In the present specification, directional terms such as upper, lower, downward, upward, rearward, bottom, forward, rearward, etc. are used to describe the drawings, but such terms are used for convenience. For the purposes of this figure, it indicates the orientation (when viewed normally) relative to the drawing. Such directional terms should not be accepted as limiting or restricting the present invention in any way.

Also, the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. used herein are for descriptive purposes only and should be considered as meaning relative importance. should not.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the distress signal sending device 10 applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention and the jacket 400 having the same will be described, and then the distress management system will be described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a distress signal transmitter 10 applied to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear view of the distress signal transmitter 10 applied to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The distress signal transmitter 10 applied to the preferred embodiment of the invention includes a body portion 100, a cap magnetic portion 200 and a coupling portion 300. As shown in FIG.

The main body 100 includes an electronic circuit board for distress signal generation, a communication module and a battery (not shown), etc., and is waterproofed for safe operation at sea.

Also, the main body 100 is provided with a charging terminal (not shown) for charging the battery.

The cap magnetic part 200 is a part for controlling the generation of a distress signal in conjunction with the detection of the occurrence of a distress situation. Perceived. This will be explained in detail below.

The connecting part 300 is a part for connecting the distress signal transmitting device 10 to the life jacket 400. In this description, it will be described separately from the main body part 100, but this is a section for easy description, The coupling portion 300 can also be interpreted as part of the body portion 100 .

FIG. 3 is a reference diagram showing a life jacket 400 equipped with a distress signal transmitter 10 applied to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The distress signal transmitter 10 is provided inside the life jacket 400. .

The life jacket 400 is worn by anglers, fish farmers, and fishermen, and is attached to the user's upper body using a separate binding device (not shown). configured as

A lifesaving tube 430 is provided inside the life jacket 400, and the lifesaving tube 430 is provided to be inflated when the user is in distress at sea.

That is, a distress sensing part (not shown) is provided on one side of the lifesaving tube 430, and when water enters the distress sensing part, gas is released from a gas storage part (not shown). It can be configured to squirt inside the lifesaving tube 430 to inflate the lifesaving tube 430 .

In addition, when the distress sensor does not operate or the user determines that it needs to be operated separately, the manual operation unit 420 is operated so that the gas from the gas storage unit is ejected into the life-saving tube 430 . can be configured to

Also, if the gas is not sufficiently jetted inside the lifesaving tube 430, the user can blow air into the breathing apparatus 310 to inflate the lifesaving tube 430. FIG.

The example of inflating the life jacket 400 has been described as an example, and various known techniques can be applied to this example according to the user's selection.

The distress signal sending device 10 applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is fixed inside a life jacket 400 in such a manner that a connecting part 300 formed in a recessed semicircular shape is inserted into a cylindrical respirator 310. .

In addition, the life jacket 400 is provided with a lifesaving tube 430 positioned on the back of the distress signal sending device 10 .

One end of a detachable part 350 in the form of a long string is fixed to the ring groove 212 of the magnetic part of the cap, and the other end of the detachable part 350 is attached to the outer side of the lifesaving tube 430 located on the back of the distress signal transmitter 10 . is fixed in a ring groove 320 formed on one side of the coupling part 300 after surrounding the .

Therefore, when the lifesaving tube 430 located on the rear side of the distress signal sending device 10 is inflated, the attachment/detachment part 350 in the form of a long cord is also inflated outward, and the cap ( Cap) The magnetic part is detached from the mounting part 112 of the distress signal transmitting device 10 .

The distress signal transmitting device 10 applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is detachably attached to the mounting portion 112 of the main body 100. The cap magnetic portion 200 is formed with rounded edges, and the surface is made of silicon. Since it is surrounded by , it is stably attached to the attachment part 112, but the corner part does not touch the attachment part 112 and can be easily detached when detached.

Hereinafter, a technique for detecting the occurrence of a distress situation when the cap magnetic part 200 is separated from the body part 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing detachment of a cap magnetic part 200 in the distress signal transmitting device 10 applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a distress signal according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing detachment of the cap magnetic part 200 from the distress signal transmitter 10 when a situation occurs, and the distress signal transmitter 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention uses magnetic force to attach the cap. (Cap) When the magnetic part 200 is separated from the body part 100, it is sensed that a distress situation has occurred.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a pair of main body magnetic parts having different polarities (N pole, S pole) in a space formed inside the main body part 100 so as to attract each other. 140 , 150 and a cap magnetic part 200 including a magnetic body 240 which is detachably attached to the mounting part 112 provided on one side of the space part.

When the cap magnetic part 200 is mounted on the mounting part 112, the cap magnetic part 200 attracts one of the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 having different polarities (N pole, S pole) located in the space. As shown in FIG. 5(a), the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 positioned in the space are not in contact with each other by positioning them close to the cap magnetic part 200. make it

Next, as the lifesaving tube 430 expands at the mounting portion 112 of the cap magnetic portion 200 , the detachable portion 350 in the form of a long string expands outward, and the ring groove 212 of the cap magnetic portion 200 expands. When the cap magnetic portion 200 is attached and detached by pulling the cap magnetic portion 200, the attractive force acting on the cap magnetic portion 200 is released, and the pair of main body magnetic portions 140 and 150 positioned in the space are brought into contact with each other. contact by the gravitational pull of the two to generate a distress signal.

At this time, it is preferable that the cap magnetic part 200 has a greater magnetic force than the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 . If the magnetic force of the magnetic body 240 included in the cap magnetic part 200 is not stronger than the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150, the magnetic attraction of the magnetic body 240 included in the cap magnetic part 200 causes the pair of magnetic bodies 240 located in the space to move. This is because the main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 cannot be kept in non-contact with each other.

Also, one of the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 having different polarities (N pole, S pole) located in the space is fixed to the space and the other is movable. preferably provided.

As described above, if one of the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 is not fixed, the other one of the main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 is magnetically attracted by the magnetic body 240 included in the cap magnetic part 200, and the space is This is because the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 positioned at the two sides cannot be kept in non-contact with each other.

That is, the distress signal transmitter 10 and the life jacket 400 including the same applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention are reusable. 150 cannot be set so as not to contact each other.

Next, in the distress signal transmitting device 10 applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the magnetic body 240 included in the cap magnetic part 200 and the pair of main body magnetic parts 140, 150 are positioned in a vertical relationship as shown in FIG. In addition to the forms, other forms can also be used.

That is, the magnetic body 240 included in the cap magnetic part 200 and the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 are not vertically positioned as shown in FIG. 5, but are positioned horizontally to each other. , and the magnetic body 240 included in the cap magnetic part 200 may be positioned on the upper side.

Alternatively, according to the user's choice, one of the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 is fixed in the space, and the other is a ball positioned on the moving path. It is also possible to have a form in which the magnetic body 240 included in the cap magnetic part 200 is positioned on the upper side.

Therefore, when the cap magnetic part 200 is removed from the mounting groove, the main body magnetic bodies in the form of balls move in the passage and come into contact with each other by attractive force.

Alternatively, according to the user's choice, one of the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 fixed to the space may be formed in the form of an electromagnetic magnet, and power may be turned off after one use. The pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 that are in contact with each other can be easily separated from each other to improve ease of reuse.

In the distress structure system including life jackets with improved rescue efficiency according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the pair of main body magnetic parts 140 and 150 located in the space part come into contact with each other due to mutual attraction, the contact A distress signal generator (not shown) outputs GPS information, an identification number set for each individual distress signal transmitter 10, date and time information, etc. to the outside.

The distress structure system further includes a drone system for dispatching a drone for distress identification or rescue to the distressed person based on the distress signal information transmitted from the distress signal transmitting device.

Normally, when a shipwreck occurs at sea, the tidal currents and waves cause the shipwrecked person to leave the initial distress location considerably. If too much time is required, the victim may experience a dangerous situation such as hypothermia.

However, the distress structure system including the life jacket with improved rescue efficiency according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can thus quickly dispatch the drone to the victim when the first distress situation occurs, and can determine the location of the victim. is tracked through a video camera, etc., installed in the drone, it is possible to search for the victim and quickly rescue the victim, thereby further improving the efficiency of the rescue of the victim.

In the distress structure system including the life jacket with improved rescue efficiency according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the life jacket includes either a light emitting device or a sound transmitting device for identifying the victim. Including further.

Therefore, there is an effect that the distressed person can be searched quickly even in bad weather or at night.

Next, the distress structure system including the life jacket with improved distress rescue efficiency according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the distress signal is sent from the distress signal sending device, the distress signal is sent according to the information set by the user. Send status occurrence information.

Therefore, since the distress information is quickly transmitted to the family members and co-workers set by the user, it is effective in quickly recognizing and coping with the occurrence of the distressed person.

The distress structure system including a life jacket with improved rescue efficiency according to the present invention uses a magnetic force sensor that detects the occurrence of a distress situation of the user in conjunction with the expansion of the life jacket, so that the distress signal sending device malfunctions. There is an effect that the distress signal can be generated quickly without any separate operation by the user.

In addition, when a distress situation occurs, the drone is dispatched to the victim based on the distress signal, so there is an effect that the victim identification and structure can be processed quickly.

A portable distress signal transmitter, which is another embodiment of the distress signal transmitter 10, will be described below.

The portable distress signal transmitter is directly carried by the user, and when an emergency situation occurs, the user can directly separate the magnetic part 200 of the cap to generate a distress signal, or use clothing, a life jacket, a ship, etc. It is equipped to automatically generate a distress signal in a distress situation by attaching to or combining with such as.

The description of the same configuration and operation as those of the distress signal transmitter 10 described above will be omitted, and the main features of the portable distress signal transmitter will be mainly described.

The portable distress signal transmitter is detachably attached to a main body magnetic part 140 provided in a space formed inside the main body 100 and a mounting part 112 provided on one side of the space, and includes a magnetic body 240. A cap magnetic part 200 is included, and when the cap magnetic part 200 is attached to the attachment part 112, the magnetic force acts on the main body magnetic part so that the main body magnetic part is close to the cap magnetic part 200. By positioning the contact portion 150, the contact portion 150 positioned in the space portion is not contacted.

That is, the body magnetic part 240 and the cap magnetic part 200 are positioned so as to float in the space due to mutual magnetic force.

Next, when the cap magnetic part 200 is detached from the mounting part 112, the main body magnetic part 140 loses its magnetic force with the cap magnetic part 200 and comes into contact with the contact part 150, and the control part It is controlled to generate a distress signal when contact between the body magnetic part 140 and the contact part 150 is sensed.

That is, when the magnetic force with the cap magnetic part 200 is lost, the main body magnetic part 140 falls by gravity and contacts the contact part 150, or when the portable distress signal transmitter moves, the body magnetic part 140 moves to the contact part. 150 will be contacted.

The contact part 150 can be operated in the form of a magnet sensor by forming it with a magnetic material, but it can be implemented in various forms such as a touch sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, etc. that can detect contact according to the user's selection.

The cap magnetic part 200 is screwed to the mounting part 112 to prevent the cap magnetic part 200 from being easily detached from the mounting part 112 due to unconscious actions of the user.

Also, depending on the user's selection, the cap magnetic part 200 can control whether or not to generate a distress signal according to the number of times it is screwed to the mounting part 112 .

That is, when the cap magnetic part 200 is completely coupled and the screw is loosened more than five times, the magnetic force between the main body magnetic part 140 and the cap magnetic part 200 disappears. Can be configured.

In addition, when the body magnetic part 140 loses the magnetic force with the cap magnetic part 200 and a distress signal is generated, the distress signal is displayed using an LED light.

This prevents the risk of loss due to the complete separation of the cap magnetic part 200 and improves the reuse effect.

At the user's option, such a portable distress signal transmitter can be provided to operate in conjunction with the inflation of the life jacket tube.

Although the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, the invention is susceptible to various changes, modifications and equivalents. It is clear that the present invention can be applied equally to the above embodiments with suitable modifications. Accordingly, the above description should not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the limits of the following claims.

10: Distress Signal Transmitter 100: Body Part 200: Cap (Cap) Magnetic Part 300: Coupling Part

Claims (4)

A main body magnetic part (140) provided in a space formed inside the main body (100), and a magnetic body (240) detachably provided in a mounting part (112) provided on one side of the space. ) including a cap (Cap) magnetic part (200),
When the cap magnetic part (200) is mounted on the mounting part (112), a magnetic force acts on the main body magnetic part and the main body magnetic part is positioned so that the main body magnetic part is close to the cap magnetic part (200). By doing so, the contact part (150) located in the space is kept out of contact, and when the cap magnetic part (200) is detached from the mounting part (112), the body magnetic part (140 ) loses its magnetic force with the magnetic portion (200) of the cap (Cap) and comes into contact with the contact portion (150),
the control unit controls to generate a distress signal when detecting contact between the body magnetic part (140) and the contact part (150);
One side of the cap magnetic part (200) is connected to one side of the body part (100) and the other side surrounds a lifesaving tube (430) provided on one side of the body part (100). The lifesaving tube (430) is connected to the attachment/detachment part (350) connected to the magnetic part (200) of the cap (Cap), and as the lifesaving tube (430) expands when the user is in distress, the lifesaving tube (430) is attached by the expansive force of the lifesaving tube (430). A portable distress signal transmitter detachable from the part (112). The portable distress signal transmitter of claim 1, wherein the Cap magnetic part (200) is coupled to the mounting part (112) by screw coupling. 2. The portable distress signal transmitter of claim 1, further comprising one of a light emitting device and a sound transmitting device for identifying a distressed person. A life jacket comprising a portable distress signal transmitter according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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