Automatic emergency and position indicator
Patent Number: 6,175,329
Date of Patent: 16 January 2001
Inventors: Leandra Vicci (Siler City, N.C.)
Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Appl. No.: 447,446
Filed: 22 November 1999
Int. Cl.: H04B 007/185
U.S. Cl.: 342/357.09; 342/357.06; 342/357.13; 701/208; 701/213
4 Claims
Abstract
An automatic emergency and position indicator includes a trigger; a global positioning system receiver for receiving a plurality of global positioning system satellite signals; a processor, responsive to the global positioning system receiver, for providing global positioning system coordinates from the received global positioning system satellite signals; a geographic information system database coupled to the processor wherein the processor, in response to the global positioning system coordinates and the database, generates a local geographic position; and a transmitter, responsive to the trigger, for transmitting to a predetermined receiving station the local geographic position.