KR100951194B1 - Necklace life saving device with a function of transmitting a position of sufferer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A life saving necklace having a position transmitting function is provided to facilitate locating a sufferer by automatically operating the life saving device and transmitting the current location of the sufferer through GPS. CONSTITUTION: A life saving necklace having a position transmitting function comprises an expansion part(100), a sensor(110), a compressed gas part(120), a GPS part(130), and a controller(140). The sensor is attached to the expansion part and senses the pressure or impact applied to the necklace. The compressed gas part supplies gas to inflate the expansion part. The GPS part is coupled to the necklace and transmits the location information of the wearer in distress. The controller controls the operation of the necklace, the deployment of the expansion part and service through the expansion and transmission of the positioning information through the GPS part.

Description

Life-saving necklace device with distress position information transmission function {NECKLACE LIFE SAVING DEVICE WITH A FUNCTION OF TRANSMITTING A POSITION OF SUFFERER}

The present invention relates to a necklace device having a lifesaving function, and more particularly, to a lifesaving necklace device having a function of transmitting position information of a distress person.

If you go swimming in the sea, rivers or lakes, you may suffer unexpected accidents due to the carelessness of the people. Especially, the safety accidents of the elderly and children often occur every year. In addition, in the case of adults, drowning occurs due to a sudden underwater situation, so countermeasures are required. In addition, in the case of a passenger plane or a ship accident, which frequently occurs recently, passengers often fall into the sea or the river, and the necessity of a lifesaving device for them is gradually increasing.

In order to prevent such water safety accidents, large summer resorts are equipped with safety personnel or rent tubes or life jackets. However, in the case of a tube or life jacket, etc., it is inconvenient to wear and bulky, and the cost of one-time use is large and the situation is avoided. Especially in places that are not famous resorts or where there are few crowds, it is difficult to expect such safety personnel or life-saving equipment. Therefore, countermeasures for safety accidents in these places are urgent. This is no different in the case of aircraft or ship accidents.

In order to solve this problem, some structural tools have been developed, but in most cases, when the remaining amount of compressed air is insufficient, the structural tools may not work properly, and the compressed gas (air) cannot be filled. There is a problem. In addition, the countermeasures against the case where the control circuit of the rescue equipment does not operate due to various causes are insufficient, there is a problem that it is impossible to reuse after one use and difficult to identify in the dark at night, so there is a difficulty in rescue work. .

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, when the wearer is in distress, the detection unit of the necklace device detects this and automatically operates the lifesaving device, transmits the position information of the distress by GPS, the electronic device It is an object of the present invention to provide a life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress so as to easily detect the position of the distress in preparation for the malfunction of the distress.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress who can charge the compressed gas and recognize the night when the remaining amount of compressed air is insufficient.

Life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress in accordance with a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, is provided with an inflating portion to expand along the neck circumference of the water distress to perform a life-saving function, during the distress In the life-saving necklace device which inflate an inflation part and saves said rescuer,

A detection unit attached to the expansion unit and detecting information including an amount of pressure or an impact applied to the life necklace device;

A compressed gas unit supplying a gas for expanding the expansion unit;

A GPS unit coupled to the life-saving necklace device to transmit location information of the distress during distress; And

Determine whether or not the life-saving function of the life-saving necklace device in accordance with the information detected by the detection unit, and controls the compressed gas unit to supply gas to expand the expansion unit in accordance with the determination result, the GPS unit the It is characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling to transmit the position information of the distress.

Preferably,

Further comprising an input unit for inputting the life function operating conditions of the necklace device, each classified according to the physical condition of the user using the life necklace device,

If it is determined that the life saving function of the life-saving necklace device is to be performed according to the information detected by the sensing unit, the control unit controls the compressed gas unit based on the condition of the user input through the input unit to control the gas in the expansion unit. It is possible to control the timing and supply of gas.

More preferably, the physical condition of the user may have a classification according to the age, weight and height of the user.

Preferably,

A pressure measuring unit measuring a gas pressure inside the compressed gas unit; And

When the gas filling amount or the gas pressure inside the compressed gas unit measured by the pressure measuring unit corresponds to a preset value, the gas shortage display unit may further include a gas shortage indicating unit.

Preferably,

It may further include a gas filling port for receiving a gas to be provided to the compressed gas unit from the outside.

Preferably, the expansion portion,

A gas discharge part for discharging the gas filled in the expansion part; And

Located along the outer surface of the inflation portion, when the inflation portion of the gas discharged by the gas discharge portion is folded and rolled up, the adhesive portion for adhering and storing the dried inflation portion to maintain the form before the inflation portion to be recycled It may include.

Preferably, the expansion portion,

It may be configured to penetrate through the entirety or to expand only a portion thereof.

Preferably,

Further comprising a dye storage unit containing a dye material that emits or colors in water,

The dye storage unit may be discharged into the water dye stored in the dye storage unit by the manual operation of the distress.

Preferably,

Further comprising a dye storage unit containing a dye material that emits or colors in water,

The dye storage unit may be discharged into the water stored in the dye storage unit by the control of the control unit according to the operation of the life-saving function of the life-saving necklace device.

According to the life-saving necklace device having the function of transmitting the position information of the distress of the present invention, when the wearer is in danger of distress by transmitting the position information of the distress by GPS, it is easy to track the position during the distress accident, and can perform a quick rescue operation. have.

In addition, by facilitating the location of the distress by the dye material that displays or emits color in the water, it is possible to quickly determine the location of the distress even when the electronic equipment such as GPS is broken.

In addition, in preparation for the gas shortage of the compressed gas provided to the lifesaving device, it is possible to indicate whether there is a shortage of charged gas so as to fill the gas in advance, thereby preventing the inability to rescue due to the shortage of the filling gas. This can be done to prevent waste of resources.

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

1 is a view showing the wearing state of the life-saving necklace device having a distress position information transmission function according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 has a distress position information transmission function according to an embodiment of the present invention A control block of the life necklace device 10 is shown. As shown in Figure 1 and 2, the life-saving necklace device 10 having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, is expanded along the neck of the water distress to perform a lifesaving function When the wearer is provided with the expansion unit 100, the wearer is submerged in a water level above a certain level, or the impact of a certain size or more by a plane crash or a fall in a ship, the detection unit 110 of the necklace device detects this, through the control unit ( It is a life-saving necklace device that automatically operates the lifesaving mechanism under the control of 140, and transmits the position information of the distress by the GPS unit 130 to prevent drowning accidents and to easily track the position of the distress during the distress accident. . Life-saving necklace device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, depending on the physical conditions, such as classification according to the age, weight, and height of the user using the device, for example, the life of each of the upper, middle, lower or five steps By inputting the function operating conditions differently, when the control unit 140 controls the compressed gas unit 120 at the time of performing the lifesaving function of the life-saving necklace device, the supply time and the gas supply amount of the gas supplied to the expansion unit 100 are adjusted. Done. For example, a heavier adult male might be more healthy than a young child or the elderly, so choose a step 2 or 3 to determine when to deliver gas, that is, how long the life preserver will operate. Or it can be set to operate later than the elderly. In addition, even in the case of gas supply, the adult female or young children weigh less when based on an adult male, so that the amount of gas supplied to an adult male can be maximized, and the rest can be configured to be adjusted stepwise. .

Life-saving necklace device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the compressed gas unit is provided with a gas filling port (see reference numeral 170 in FIG. 3) to receive the gas to be provided to the compressed gas unit 120 from the outside (120) The gas pressure inside corresponds to a preset value, for example, an insufficient amount of gas (air) for the user lifesaving in any of the five stages, or an amount of gas (air) required for the lifesaving of the user in three of the five stages. If only the remaining value indicates that the gas inside the expansion unit 100 to be filled, the user will provide the gas to the compressed gas unit 120 from the outside of the life-saving necklace device 10 through the gas filling port 170 Make sure you get the In addition, the life-saving necklace device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is expanded once so that the recycling of the necklace device used for life-saving is possible because of the use of resources, as well as discarding the life-saving device once used The amount of waste generated can also be reduced. To this end, after discharging the gas of the inflating part 100 to the outer surface of the necklace device 10, do not fold the inflating part, and the rolled inflating part is adhered lightly by an adhesive means such as, for example, Velcro tape before expansion An adhesive part 190 is provided to store the same while maintaining the same. This is the same principle as storing the original shape by velcro or zipper rather than folding the hat portion attached to the travel or sports clothes. In the case of reuse of the necklace device 10, the gas is injected into the expansion unit 100 under the control of the control unit 140 together with the operation of the lifesaving function and the expansion unit 100 that is lightly adhered and stored by the pressure thereof. It is inflated again as a life preserver. Of course, in order to use the life-saving necklace device 10 once again before the life-saving, it is of course necessary to fill the gas through the gas filling port 170 before use. By such a configuration, it is possible to sufficiently overcome the problem that it is impossible to reuse after a single use of a conventional lifesaving tool.

In addition, the life-saving necklace device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the position of the distress occurs when the GPS unit 130, due to the failure of the electronic equipment, or when it is difficult to identify in the dark The difficulty of tracking can be solved. Searching in the open seas requires a lot of time, and in good weather it is difficult to identify the victims by the sunlight reflected by the sea water. This difficulty can also be solved. In order to solve this problem, the life-saving necklace device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may exhibit a variety of colors that can be easily recognized in the water, or dye storage unit 200 including a dye material emitting in the dark ). The dye storage unit 200 is discharged into the water by manual operation of the distress or by automatic control of the control unit so that the rescuer can easily identify the distress, and failure of the electronic device such as the control unit 140 and the GPS unit 130 may occur. In contrast, the distress dye is also discharged by manual operation to increase the recognition ability of the rescuer.

Each component of the life-saving necklace device 10 having the function of transmitting the distress position information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The expansion unit 100 is expanded along the neck circumference of the water distress and performs a lifesaving function, and when expanded, serves as a life preserver such as a tube. In order to serve as such a life-saving mechanism, the expansion unit 100 is preferably made of a waterproof material. The shape of the inflation portion 100 is not limited to a specific shape, the inflation portion 100 may be in the form of the entire penetrating inflation or only a portion of the inflation, even in the case of the appearance of the inflation portion. It may have a variety of forms, such as the shape of a square or polygon rather than a circle as shown in 2.

The detection unit 110 is attached to the expansion unit 100 serves to detect information including the amount of pressure and impact applied to the life necklace device 10. For example, the pressure detecting unit 110 may be implemented by a water pressure sensor. In the case of the water pressure sensor, the controller 140 detects a water pressure where the current wearer obtains a dangerous range. It will provide information to determine whether you are inside. In addition, in the case of the impact amount, it may be implemented by an impact amount detection sensor that can detect the amount of impact that may occur when the crash of the aircraft or a person on the ship falls into the sea or river.

The compressed gas unit 120 stores compressed gas for expanding the expansion unit 100 and supplies compressed gas stored therein under the control of the controller 140 to the expansion unit 100. At this time, the compressed gas supplied to the expansion part 100 has a low risk of danger to the human body and the environment, and uses a gas having a safe structure against external impact.

GPS unit 130 is coupled to the life-saving necklace device serves to transmit the position information of the distress during distress. In the embodiment described in the present invention, the GPS unit 130 is configured to protrude to the outside, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and according to the embodiment may be configured to be embedded in the necklace device. Since the configuration and operation of the GPS unit corresponds to a known technology through a navigation device, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The control unit 140 determines whether or not the life saving function of the life-saving necklace device according to the information including the pressure, the impact amount sensed by the detection unit 110, the compressed gas unit 120 is a gas according to the determination result It supplies to expand the expansion unit 100 to operate the lifesaving function, and serves to control the GPS unit 130 to transmit the position information of the distress with the operation of the lifesaving function. In addition, the control unit 140 may be configured to vary the operation criteria of the life-saving function according to the user's physical condition, wherein the user's physical condition, for example, may be configured to input the user's age, height, weight, etc. have. As such, the necklace device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured to variously adjust the water pressure determined as a dangerous range in which there is a possibility of drowning according to the physical condition of each user.

The input unit 150 serves to input the life function operating conditions of the necklace devices classified according to the physical condition of the user who uses the life necklace device 10. In order to control according to the lifesaving function operating conditions, the control unit 140 determines that the lifesaving function of the life-saving necklace device is to be performed according to the information detected by the sensing unit 110 and inputs through the input unit 150. The compressed gas unit 120 is controlled based on the user's conditions such as the age, weight, and height of the received user to control the timing and the gas supply amount of the gas to the expansion unit 100.

The pressure measuring unit 160 serves to measure the gas pressure inside the compressed gas unit 120. By the pressure measured by the pressure measuring unit 160, it is possible to confirm whether or not the amount of gas required to perform the function of the life-saving function is sufficient, and if the measured gas amount is not enough, it is displayed on the gas shortage display unit 210 to be insufficient gas. It can prevent the out of rescue situation.

The gas shortage display unit 210 serves to indicate whether the gas is insufficient when the gas filling amount or the gas pressure in the compressed gas unit 120 measured by the pressure measuring unit 160 corresponds to a preset value. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the unstructured situation due to the lack of the amount of gas charged due to reuse or long-term storage.

3 and 4 is a view showing an expanded state of the life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 3 and 4, the life-saving necklace device 10 having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress according to an embodiment of the present invention, supply the gas to be provided to the compressed gas unit 120 from the outside Receiving gas filling unit 170, the gas discharge unit 180 for discharging the gas filled in the expansion unit 100, located along the outer surface of the expansion unit 100, the gas by the gas discharge unit 180 When the discharged expansion part 100 is folded and rolled up, the dried expansion part is bonded and stored so that the expansion part maintains its form before expansion so as to be recycled and includes a dye material that displays color or emits light in water. The dye storage unit 200 is configured to include.

The gas filler 170 is a component for receiving (filling) gas to be provided to the compressed gas unit 120 from the outside by a user when the compressed gas stored in the compressed gas unit 120 is insufficient. In addition to the use of the life preserver not only for one-time use, but also for recycling, the expanded portion that operates as a life preserver when the compressed gas stored in the compressed gas unit 120 is not stored for a predetermined amount or more due to passage of time or use. It also solves the risk that the 100 is not fully inflated and can no longer function as a life preserver.

The gas discharge unit 180 is a component for discharging the gas filled in the expansion unit 100, and is not only a one-time use but also can be recycled by folding the expansion unit 100 in which the gas is reduced and the volume is reduced. Done.

The adhesive part 190 is located along one outer surface of the inflation part, and when the inflation part in which the gas is discharged by the gas discharge part is folded and rolled up, the adhesive part 190 adheres and stores the inflation part that is curled so that the inflation part maintains its form before inflation so that it can be recycled. Do it. The adhesive part 190 discharges the gas of the inflated part 100 expanded by the compressed gas ejected from the compressed gas part 120, and then folds the inflated part 100 again so as to form a necklace in its original shape. Enable adhesion The adhesive part 190 has adhesiveness such that the expansion of the expansion part 100 is smooth by the compressed gas jet during reuse.

The dye storage unit 200 is a component for storing a dye material that exhibits color or emits light in water, and rescues the distressed person by discharging the dye stored in the dye storage unit 200 into water by automatic or manual operation of the distress. Make it easy to locate. Dye automatic discharge for early detection of the distress can be made automatically by the control of the control unit 140 according to whether the life-saving function of the life-saving necklace device. In addition, the manual operation has the advantage that it is possible to quickly determine the location of the distress even when electronic equipment such as GPS is broken. As the dyeing material that emits color or emits light, for example, a high-performance fluorescent dye, a barium sulfide-based or radon-based sulfide-based material having a luminous property, or a phosphorus-containing material that can emit light at night may be used. In addition, the light emission time can be maintained to a degree corresponding to the average time (12 hours to a day) required for the structure.

The life-saving necklace device 10 shown in FIG. 3 is configured to discharge the dye stored therein into the water when the dye storage unit 200 is destroyed by manual operation, and the life-saving necklace device 10 shown in FIG. ) The dye storage unit 205 attached to a part of the expansion unit 100 under the control of the control unit 140, the life saving function is activated and at the same time the dye storage unit 205 by the electrical signal from the control unit 140 Destroyed and stored dyes are released into the water to help locate distresses.

5 is a view showing a state before and after the life-saving function of the life-saving necklace device having the function of transmitting the position information of the distress in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5A is a view showing a state where the wearer wears the necklace device 10 having the lifesaving function before performing the lifesaving function. If the wearer's head is on the water or the head is submerged on a surface that is not too deep during swimming, the life saving function does not need to be activated, so the necklace-shaped inflation (life equipment) is not expanded and still maintains the necklace shape. Figure 5b shows that when the head of a wearer wearing a necklace device having a lifesaving function enters a certain depth below the surface, that is, the hydraulic pressure sensor of the necklace device detects a water pressure above a dangerous level, or a certain amount of impact due to a fall of a ship or an aircraft. When detected, it represents a necklace device in which gas is injected into the expansion unit (lifesaving device) by the action of the control unit to perform a function as a lifesaving device.

The present invention described above may be variously modified or applied by those skilled in the art, and the scope of the technical idea according to the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

1 is a view showing a wearing state of the life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a control block diagram of the life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4 are views showing a state in which the life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is expanded.

5A and 5B are diagrams showing states before and after the lifesaving function of the life-saving necklace device having the function of transmitting the position information of the distress according to the embodiment of the present invention, respectively;

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

10 : life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress

100: inflation

110: detector

120: compressed gas part

130: GPS unit

140: control unit

150: input unit

160: pressure measuring unit

170: gas filling

180: gas discharge unit

190: adhesive part

200, 205: dye storage

210: gas shortage display

Claims (9)

In the life-saving necklace device having an inflating portion to expand along the neck of the water distress to perform a life-saving function, to expand the inflating portion in the case of distress to save the survivor, A detection unit attached to the expansion unit and detecting information including an amount of pressure or an impact applied to the life necklace device; A compressed gas unit supplying a gas for expanding the expansion unit; A GPS unit coupled to the life-saving necklace device to transmit location information of the distress during distress; And Determine whether or not the life-saving function of the life-saving necklace device in accordance with the information detected by the detection unit, and controls the compressed gas unit to supply gas to expand the expansion unit in accordance with the determination result, the GPS unit the Control unit for controlling the location information of the distress Life-saving necklace device having a position information transmission function of the distress characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, Further comprising an input unit for inputting the life function operating conditions of the necklace device, each classified according to the physical condition of the user using the life necklace device, If it is determined that the life saving function of the life-saving necklace device is to be performed according to the information detected by the sensing unit, the control unit controls the compressed gas unit based on the condition of the user input through the input unit to control the gas in the expansion unit. Life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress, characterized in that for controlling the timing and supply of gas. According to claim 2, wherein the user's physical condition, life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress, characterized in that the classification according to the age, weight and height of the user. The method of claim 1, A pressure measuring unit measuring a gas pressure inside the compressed gas unit; And If the gas filling amount or the gas pressure in the compressed gas unit measured by the pressure measuring unit corresponds to a predetermined value further comprises a gas shortage display unit indicating whether there is a gas shortage position information of the distress Lifejacket device. The method of claim 1, Life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress characterized in that it further comprises a gas filling port for receiving the gas to be provided to the compressed gas unit from the outside. The method of claim 1, wherein the expansion portion, A gas discharge part for discharging the gas filled in the expansion part; And Located along the outer side of the inflation portion, when the inflation portion of the gas discharged by the gas discharge portion is folded, the adhesive portion for adhering and storing the dried inflation portion to maintain the form before the inflation portion can be recycled further Life-saving necklace device having a positional information transmission function of the distress. The method of claim 1, The inflation portion is a life-saving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress, characterized in that the entire form is in the form of inflating or only a portion thereof is inflated. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a dye storage unit containing a dye material that emits or colors in water, The dye storage unit lifesaving necklace device having a function of transmitting the position information of the survivor, characterized in that the dye stored in the dye storage unit is discharged into the water by manual operation of the distress. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a dye storage unit containing a dye material that emits or colors in water, The dye storage unit for lifesaving having a function of transmitting the position information of the distress, characterized in that the dye stored in the dye storage unit is discharged into the water by the control of the control unit according to the operation of the life-saving function of the life-saving necklace device Necklace device.

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