SBIR Phase II: TRX Sentinal First Responder Tracking System

SBIR 第二阶段：TRX Sentinal 急救员追踪系统

• 批准号: 0750498
• 负责人: Carole Teolis
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: TRX SYSTEMS INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-01 至 2012-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0750498&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; TRX; Sentinal

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project addresses the critical problems of tracking and monitoring firefighters or other first responders inside structures. Whereas many available systems such as GPS fail indoors or require an overwhelming number of access points to obtain accurate information, our system requires only a base station that can be quickly set up at a command post outside (or inside) a building and small devices worn by the responders. Our system sets up a mesh network to communicate data amongst responders, as well as between the responders and the command post base station(s). The mesh network extends the range of the base station by allowing data to be relayed through another team member if a responder goes out of range. Our prototype system has been demonstrated to provide accurate tracking and location of personnel performing simple motions in complex structures from a base station outside of the structure. This project will focus on improving tracking algorithms such that complex motions can be recognized and accurately tracked. The expected outcome of the project is a much improved interface between the typical command center and the first responders.The initial market impacted by this project development is firefighter location and monitoring. Firefighting is one of the most dangerous jobs in the US. An average of 95 firefighters have been lost every year over the past decade. Some of these deaths could have been prevented if only the firefighter's distressed condition and exact position were known. No commercial technology currently exists that pinpoints the location of a downed firefighter. Critical time can be wasted before a downed firefighter is even first detected. Subsequently, critical resources are often diverted in frantic searches in hazardous conditions and extremely poor visibility. The seconds saved by knowledge of firefighter alarms and their positions could mean the difference between minor and severe injuries or death.

这个小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第二阶段项目解决了跟踪和监控建筑物内消防员或其他急救人员的关键问题。尽管 GPS 等许多可用系统在室内出现故障，或者需要大量接入点才能获取准确信息，但我们的系统只需要一个可以在建筑物外部（或内部）的指挥所快速建立的基站以及响应人员佩戴的小型设备。我们的系统建立了一个网状网络，以便在响应者之间以及响应者和指挥所基站之间传输数据。如果响应者超出范围，网状网络允许通过另一个团队成员中继数据，从而扩展了基站的范围。我们的原型系统已被证明可以通过结构外部的基站对在复杂结构中执行简单运动的人员进行准确的跟踪和定位。该项目将专注于改进跟踪算法，以便能够识别并准确跟踪复杂的运动。该项目的预期成果是大大改进典型指挥中心和急救人员之间的接口。该项目开发影响的最初市场是消防员定位和监控。消防是美国最危险的工作之一。过去十年平均每年有 95 名消防员丧生。如果知道消防员的痛苦状况和确切位置，其中一些死亡是可以避免的。目前还没有商业技术可以精确定位被击落的消防员的位置。在首次发现倒下的消防员之前，就可能浪费关键时间。随后，在危险条件和能见度极差的情况下进行疯狂搜索时，关键资源常常被转移。了解消防员警报及其位置所节省的时间可能意味着轻伤和重伤或死亡之间的区别。