WO2019215598A1 - Portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person - Google Patents

Portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person Download PDF

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WO2019215598A1
WO2019215598A1 PCT/IB2019/053717 IB2019053717W WO2019215598A1 WO 2019215598 A1 WO2019215598 A1 WO 2019215598A1 IB 2019053717 W IB2019053717 W IB 2019053717W WO 2019215598 A1 WO2019215598 A1 WO 2019215598A1
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  • the present invention concerns a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person.
  • the portable signaling device is destined for people who visit areas that are difficult to access with respect to frequented communication routes, such as hills, mountains, rivers, seas, woods, deserts, etc., or that are isolated, or with great environmental dangers, linked to wars or natural disasters (floods, landslides, tsunamis, etc.).
  • the portable signaling device according to the invention can be very useful for people who foresee that they might encounter a situation of possible danger for their physical and/or mental integrity.
  • the portable signaling device according to the invention can be advantageously used for all those moving in open spaces whose position requires to be continuously monitored because, for example, they suffer from an illness or disorder or are untrustworthy (Alzheimer's disease, small children, wild teenagers).
  • the portable signaling device according to the invention is useful in hazardous situations that can limit, either partly or wholly, the person's will.
  • WO 01/78032 Al discloses a portable remote signaling device of the position of a lost and/or injured person, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, which allows a considerable and drastic reduction in the search and rescue times of the person injured and/or lost for reasons beyond their control.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable signaling device as specified, which is also of aid in the search aimed at finding a deceased or is unconscious person and allows the body of the deceased person to be found in the shortest time possible.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a portable signaling device as specified, which facilitates the search for a missing person by authorities, organizations and the like that act in emergency situations, in order to ensure people's safety.
  • the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, whose essential feature forms the subject matter of claim 1.
  • FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, according to an example of embodiment of the invention.
  • - Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the device of Fig. 1.
  • the numeral 10 indicates as a whole the portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person according to the invention.
  • Said portable remote signaling device 10 is, in the example, configured as a pocket-sized box-shaped casing 11, having on at least an outer surface 11.1 manual control means of electrical, respectively mechanical, operation, and viewing means, and containing inside mechanical control means and/or electric / electronic circuit means and telecommunication means, as will be more apparent hereunder.
  • Said portable signaling device 10 inside the box-shaped casing 11, above all comprises:
  • - telecommunication means via cellular and/or satellite telephone network (known per se and not illustrated), configured at least as electronic transmitter means of at least a remote assistance radio signal with preset call to at least one predetermined telephone number, and provided with electronic satellite geolocation means and with electric storage battery means;
  • timer means (known per se and not illustrated), electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means and configured to delay the electrical closing of said electronic control circuit for a predetermined delay time.
  • said timer means include a rotor rotating freely around an axis with respect to which a spring motor, elastically loaded through the movements of said rotor caused by the movements of said casing 11, is connected.
  • Said automatically loaded spring motor timer means are configured to electrically close said electronic control circuit of the power supply when the elastic load of said spring motor is exhausted.
  • said timer means include a spring motor that is elastically loaded by means of manual loading means 15.
  • Said manually loaded spring motor timer means are configured to electrically close said electronic control circuit of the power supply when the elastic load of said spring motor is exhausted.
  • said spring motors are known and therefore not described and illustrated in further detail.
  • said telecommunication means comprise a plurality of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards configured with corresponding ID device unique identification numbers, with which pre-recorded remote assistance radio signals, which are transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, are operatively associated.
  • SIM Subscriber Identity Module
  • Said portable signaling device 10 comprises electric rotary selector means 13, manually operated and which include, above all, two rotated selection positions, to which the ON / OFF states of electrical connection / disconnection of said electronic control circuit of the power supply respectively correspond. Moreover, said electric selector means 13 in the ON state of electrical connection electrically connect a first SIM card of said telecommunication means with respect to said electronic control circuit means of the power supply, through said timer means.
  • said electric rotary selector means 13 comprise another three rotated selection positions, to each of which a respective SIM card of said plurality of SIM cards corresponds.
  • Each of said three further SIM cards of said telecommunication means, when selected through said selector means 13, is electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means of the power supply through electric push button means 12, when taken manually to an electrically closed position.
  • said electric push button means 12 are normally arranged in an electrically open position of said electronic control circuit, in which they interrupt the electrical connection of the circuit with respect to said SIM cards of said telecommunication means.
  • Said portable remote signaling device 10 also comprises electronic viewing means 14 connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means and to said electric rotary selector means 13, wherein said viewer means 14 are configured to view a respective graphical indication for each operating selection position of said electric rotary selector means 13 corresponding to each of said three further SIM cards.
  • said rotary selector means 13 comprise a rotary knob 13.1, which can be manually and sequentially taken to one of five different selection positions, namely the positions: OFF, ON, 13A, 13B, 13C, which are identified by corresponding graphical indications located on said surface 11.1 of the box-shaped casing 11, wherein :
  • said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to said first SIM card of said telecommunication means through said timer means;
  • said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to a second SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electric push button means 12;
  • said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to a third SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electric push button means 12;
  • said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to a fourth SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electric push button means 12.
  • a pre-recorded SMS (Short Message Service) message is associated with said first SIM card, which can be transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, which notifies of the possible death of the person using the device 10.
  • Three different pre-recorded SMS messages are, respectively, associated with the other second, third and fourth SIM cards, which can be transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, for example relating to three different conditions of trauma and/or illness of the person using the device 10.
  • said electronic viewing means 14 are connected, through said electronic control circuit means, with respect to said manual selector means 13, so that said viewing means 14 display, at each rotated selection position 13A, 13B, 13C of said rotary knob 13.1, a respective graphical indication, for example an alphanumeric symbol, corresponding to a respective SMS message sent via a corresponding SIM card of said telecommunication means.
  • the device 10 comprises electrically charged storage battery means and the rotary knob 13.1 of the rotary selector means 13 is rotated to the OFF position.
  • the user connects the power supply of the electronic control circuit means, taking the rotary knob 13.1 of the rotary selector means 13 to the rotated ON position.
  • said telecommunication means connect to a remote server, in which a mobile application (such as Google maps, Runtastic, and/or other applications) resides, for digital mapping of the route that will be taken by the user (route, distance, altitude, calories, time, etc.) and which can be recorded in electronic recording and memory means (known per se) electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit of the device 10.
  • a mobile application such as Google maps, Runtastic, and/or other applications
  • said electronic control circuit of the power supply is electrically connected with respect to said first SIM card of said telecommunication means through said timer means, which interrupt the electrical connection for the delay time preset in the timer means.
  • the remote signaling device 10 is therefore in "stand by" status and no telephone communication is emitted by the telecommunication means. Case of prolonged period in which the user of the device 10 is not moving
  • said timer means include a spring motor, which is automatically loaded for the whole of the time in which the user moves, or, in a variant, a spring motor, which is loaded manually by the user at the beginning of use of the device 10.
  • the delay time preset in said timer means is determined by the duration of the elastic load of the spring motor.
  • said spring motor means operate for the remaining time permitted by the accumulated elastic load and, when this load runs out, determine the electrical closing of said electronic circuit means, which determine the supply of power to said first SIM card of said telecommunication means and therefore emission by the respective transmitter means of at least one remote assistance radio signal via SMS preset and transmitted to at least one predetermined telephone number.
  • said timer means are produced through electronic timer means (know per se), in which a delay time for the supply of power to a SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electronic control circuit means is pre-recorded. After the delay time has elapsed, said electronic control circuit means supply power to said first SIM card in the same way described above.
  • said electronic circuit means automatically determine the supply of power to said telecommunication means and emission by the respective transmitter means of at least one remote assistance radio signal through emission of at least one SMS to at least one predetermined telephone number.
  • radio signal at least one authority responsible for searching for missing people is alerted and notified of the position of the missing person through said GPS geolocation means associated with said telecommunication means.
  • the user In case of injury or illness, the user holds the casing 11 of the device 10, and rotates (starting from the ON position) the rotary knob 13.1 of the selector means 13 to one of the three operating positions 13A, 13B or 13C, in particular the operating position to which a graphical indication (for example, "fracture” or "heart"), corresponding to the condition of trauma and illness of the user, automatically corresponds on the electronic viewing means 14.
  • a graphical indication for example, "fracture” or "heart”
  • said electronic control circuit means supply power to the SIM card, of said three further SIM cards, corresponding to the operating position selected through the rotary selector means 13 and said telecommunication means then transmit the corresponding SMS message pre-recorded in said SIM card to at least one predetermined telephone number.
  • the remote signaling device 10 alerts, for example, rescue authorities, of the request for help of the user, whose position is geolocated through the satellite localization means with which the device is provided.
  • the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, which allows a considerable and drastic reduction in the search and rescue times of the person injured and/or lost for reasons beyond their control.
  • the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device as specified, which is also of aid in the search aimed at finding a deceased person and allows the body of the deceased person to be found in the shortest time possible.
  • the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device as specified, which facilitates the search for a missing person by authorities, organizations and the like that act in emergency situations, in order to ensure people's safety.

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Portable remote signaling device (10) of the position of an injured and/or lost person, comprising: - telecommunication means via cellular and/or satellite telephone network, configured at least as electronic transmitter means of at least a remote assistance radio signal through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, and provided with electronic satellite geolocation means and with electric storage battery means; wherein said telecommunication means comprise a plurality of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards configured with corresponding ID device unique identification numbers, with which respective pre-recorded remote assistance radio signals are operatively associated; - electronic circuit means configured to control the power supply of said telecommunication means through said electric storage battery means; - electric push button means (12) having an operating position of electrical closing of said electronic control circuit means of the power supply; - electric rotary selector means (13), manually operated and which include a plurality of rotated selection positions (13A, 13B, 13C), to each of which a respective SIM card of said plurality of SIM cards corresponds, which when selected through said selector means (13) is electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means of the power supply through electric push button means (12) taken manually to an electrically closed position, so as to determine the emission by said transmitter means of at least one remote assistance radio signal. According to the invention, said telecommunication means comprise a plurality of SIM cards configured with corresponding ID device unique identification numbers, with which pre-recorded remote assistance radio signals, which are transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, are operatively associated.

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PORTABLE REMOTE SIGNALING DEVICE OF THE POSITION OF AN INJURED AND/OR LOST PERSON
The present invention concerns a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person.
The portable signaling device according to the present invention is destined for people who visit areas that are difficult to access with respect to frequented communication routes, such as hills, mountains, rivers, seas, woods, deserts, etc., or that are isolated, or with great environmental dangers, linked to wars or natural disasters (floods, landslides, tsunamis, etc.).
Moreover, the portable signaling device according to the invention can be very useful for people who foresee that they might encounter a situation of possible danger for their physical and/or mental integrity.
Also, the portable signaling device according to the invention can be advantageously used for all those moving in open spaces whose position requires to be continuously monitored because, for example, they suffer from an illness or disorder or are untrustworthy (Alzheimer's disease, small children, wild teenagers).
Furthermore, the portable signaling device according to the invention is useful in hazardous situations that can limit, either partly or wholly, the person's will.
The document WO 01/78032 Al, for example, discloses a portable remote signaling device of the position of a lost and/or injured person, according to the preamble of claim 1.
An object of the present invention is to provide a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, which allows a considerable and drastic reduction in the search and rescue times of the person injured and/or lost for reasons beyond their control. Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable signaling device as specified, which is also of aid in the search aimed at finding a deceased or is unconscious person and allows the body of the deceased person to be found in the shortest time possible.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a portable signaling device as specified, which facilitates the search for a missing person by authorities, organizations and the like that act in emergency situations, in order to ensure people's safety.
In view of these objects, the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, whose essential feature forms the subject matter of claim 1.
Further advantageous features of the invention are described in the dependent claims.
The aforesaid claims are intended as fully incorporated herein.
Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of an example of embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows important details for the invention, and from the claims. The features illustrated are not necessarily to scale and are represented so that the specific features according to the invention are clearly highlighted. The different features can be produced individually or in any combination with one another, as variants of the invention.
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- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, according to an example of embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the device of Fig. 1.
In said figures, the numeral 10 indicates as a whole the portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person according to the invention.
Said portable remote signaling device 10 is, in the example, configured as a pocket-sized box-shaped casing 11, having on at least an outer surface 11.1 manual control means of electrical, respectively mechanical, operation, and viewing means, and containing inside mechanical control means and/or electric / electronic circuit means and telecommunication means, as will be more apparent hereunder.
Said portable signaling device 10, inside the box-shaped casing 11, above all comprises:
- telecommunication means via cellular and/or satellite telephone network (known per se and not illustrated), configured at least as electronic transmitter means of at least a remote assistance radio signal with preset call to at least one predetermined telephone number, and provided with electronic satellite geolocation means and with electric storage battery means;
- electronic circuit means (known per se and not illustrated), configured to control the power supply of said telecommunication means through said electric storage battery means;
- timer means (known per se and not illustrated), electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means and configured to delay the electrical closing of said electronic control circuit for a predetermined delay time.
In particular, according to a first example of embodiment, said timer means include a rotor rotating freely around an axis with respect to which a spring motor, elastically loaded through the movements of said rotor caused by the movements of said casing 11, is connected. Said automatically loaded spring motor timer means are configured to electrically close said electronic control circuit of the power supply when the elastic load of said spring motor is exhausted.
On the other hand, according to another example of embodiment, said timer means include a spring motor that is elastically loaded by means of manual loading means 15. Said manually loaded spring motor timer means are configured to electrically close said electronic control circuit of the power supply when the elastic load of said spring motor is exhausted. It should be noted that said spring motors are known and therefore not described and illustrated in further detail. Advantageously, said telecommunication means comprise a plurality of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards configured with corresponding ID device unique identification numbers, with which pre-recorded remote assistance radio signals, which are transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, are operatively associated.
Said portable signaling device 10 comprises electric rotary selector means 13, manually operated and which include, above all, two rotated selection positions, to which the ON / OFF states of electrical connection / disconnection of said electronic control circuit of the power supply respectively correspond. Moreover, said electric selector means 13 in the ON state of electrical connection electrically connect a first SIM card of said telecommunication means with respect to said electronic control circuit means of the power supply, through said timer means.
Moreover, said electric rotary selector means 13 comprise another three rotated selection positions, to each of which a respective SIM card of said plurality of SIM cards corresponds. Each of said three further SIM cards of said telecommunication means, when selected through said selector means 13, is electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means of the power supply through electric push button means 12, when taken manually to an electrically closed position. On the other hand, said electric push button means 12 are normally arranged in an electrically open position of said electronic control circuit, in which they interrupt the electrical connection of the circuit with respect to said SIM cards of said telecommunication means.
Said portable remote signaling device 10 also comprises electronic viewing means 14 connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means and to said electric rotary selector means 13, wherein said viewer means 14 are configured to view a respective graphical indication for each operating selection position of said electric rotary selector means 13 corresponding to each of said three further SIM cards. In particular, according to this example of embodiment in which said device 10 comprises four SIM cards, said rotary selector means 13 comprise a rotary knob 13.1, which can be manually and sequentially taken to one of five different selection positions, namely the positions: OFF, ON, 13A, 13B, 13C, which are identified by corresponding graphical indications located on said surface 11.1 of the box-shaped casing 11, wherein :
- in the rotated position OFF said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical disconnection of said electronic control circuit;
- in the rotated position ON said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to said first SIM card of said telecommunication means through said timer means;
- in the rotated position 13A said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to a second SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electric push button means 12;
- in the rotated position 13B said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to a third SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electric push button means 12;
- in the rotated position 13C said rotary knob 13.1 implements electrical connection of said electronic control circuit with respect to a fourth SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electric push button means 12.
A pre-recorded SMS (Short Message Service) message is associated with said first SIM card, which can be transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, which notifies of the possible death of the person using the device 10.
Three different pre-recorded SMS messages are, respectively, associated with the other second, third and fourth SIM cards, which can be transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, for example relating to three different conditions of trauma and/or illness of the person using the device 10.
Moreover, said electronic viewing means 14 are connected, through said electronic control circuit means, with respect to said manual selector means 13, so that said viewing means 14 display, at each rotated selection position 13A, 13B, 13C of said rotary knob 13.1, a respective graphical indication, for example an alphanumeric symbol, corresponding to a respective SMS message sent via a corresponding SIM card of said telecommunication means.
Operation of the device 10
Initial condition : the device 10 comprises electrically charged storage battery means and the rotary knob 13.1 of the rotary selector means 13 is rotated to the OFF position.
First of all, the user connects the power supply of the electronic control circuit means, taking the rotary knob 13.1 of the rotary selector means 13 to the rotated ON position.
According to an optional feature of the device 10, which is provided with GPS geolocation means associated with said telecommunication means, in said ON position of the selector means 13.1, said telecommunication means connect to a remote server, in which a mobile application (such as Google maps, Runtastic, and/or other applications) resides, for digital mapping of the route that will be taken by the user (route, distance, altitude, calories, time, etc.) and which can be recorded in electronic recording and memory means (known per se) electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit of the device 10.
In this operating condition of the device 10, said electronic control circuit of the power supply is electrically connected with respect to said first SIM card of said telecommunication means through said timer means, which interrupt the electrical connection for the delay time preset in the timer means.
The remote signaling device 10 is therefore in "stand by" status and no telephone communication is emitted by the telecommunication means. Case of prolonged period in which the user of the device 10 is not moving
According to the particular embodiment of the invention described above, said timer means include a spring motor, which is automatically loaded for the whole of the time in which the user moves, or, in a variant, a spring motor, which is loaded manually by the user at the beginning of use of the device 10. In both cases, the delay time preset in said timer means is determined by the duration of the elastic load of the spring motor.
Therefore, in case of a prolonged period in which the user and therefore the device 10 is not moving (for example due to death of the user), said spring motor means operate for the remaining time permitted by the accumulated elastic load and, when this load runs out, determine the electrical closing of said electronic circuit means, which determine the supply of power to said first SIM card of said telecommunication means and therefore emission by the respective transmitter means of at least one remote assistance radio signal via SMS preset and transmitted to at least one predetermined telephone number.
On the other hand, in a variant, said timer means are produced through electronic timer means (know per se), in which a delay time for the supply of power to a SIM card of said telecommunication means through said electronic control circuit means is pre-recorded. After the delay time has elapsed, said electronic control circuit means supply power to said first SIM card in the same way described above.
In any case, after the delay time controlled through said timer means has elapsed, if the rotary knob 13.1 of the rotary selector means 13 is rotated to the ON position, said electronic circuit means automatically determine the supply of power to said telecommunication means and emission by the respective transmitter means of at least one remote assistance radio signal through emission of at least one SMS to at least one predetermined telephone number. Through this radio signal at least one authority responsible for searching for missing people is alerted and notified of the position of the missing person through said GPS geolocation means associated with said telecommunication means.
Case of injury of the user of the device 10
In case of injury or illness, the user holds the casing 11 of the device 10, and rotates (starting from the ON position) the rotary knob 13.1 of the selector means 13 to one of the three operating positions 13A, 13B or 13C, in particular the operating position to which a graphical indication (for example, "fracture" or "heart"), corresponding to the condition of trauma and illness of the user, automatically corresponds on the electronic viewing means 14. The user then presses and holds the electric push button 12 for a few seconds. In this condition, said electronic control circuit means supply power to the SIM card, of said three further SIM cards, corresponding to the operating position selected through the rotary selector means 13 and said telecommunication means then transmit the corresponding SMS message pre-recorded in said SIM card to at least one predetermined telephone number.
In this way, the remote signaling device 10 alerts, for example, rescue authorities, of the request for help of the user, whose position is geolocated through the satellite localization means with which the device is provided.
As can be seen from the foregoing, with the present invention it is possible to achieve the objects indicated in the introductory part of this specification in a simple and effective manner.
In particular, the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device of the position of an injured and/or lost person, which allows a considerable and drastic reduction in the search and rescue times of the person injured and/or lost for reasons beyond their control.
Moreover, the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device as specified, which is also of aid in the search aimed at finding a deceased person and allows the body of the deceased person to be found in the shortest time possible. On the other hand, the present invention provides a portable remote signaling device as specified, which facilitates the search for a missing person by authorities, organizations and the like that act in emergency situations, in order to ensure people's safety.

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1. Portable remote signaling device (10) of the position of an injured and/or lost person, comprising :
- telecommunication means via cellular and/or satellite telephone network, configured at least as electronic transmitter means of at least a remote assistance radio signal through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, and provided with electronic satellite geolocation means and with electric storage battery means; wherein said telecommunication means comprise a plurality of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards configured with corresponding ID device unique identification numbers, with which respective pre-recorded remote assistance radio signals are operatively associated;
- electronic circuit means configured to control the power supply of said telecommunication means through said electric storage battery means;
- electric push button means (12) having an operating position of electrical closing of said electronic control circuit means of the power supply;
- electric rotary selector means (13), manually operated and which include a plurality of rotated selection positions (13A, 13B, 13C), to each of which a respective SIM card of said plurality of SIM cards corresponds, which when selected through said selector means (13) is electrically connected with respect to said electronic control circuit means of the power supply through electric push button means (12) taken manually to an electrically closed position, so as to determine the emission by said transmitter means of at least one remote assistance radio signal, characterized in that said telecommunication means comprise a plurality of SIM cards configured with corresponding ID device unique identification numbers, with which pre-recorded remote assistance radio signals, which are transmitted through preset telephone call to at least one predetermined telephone number, are operatively associated.
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