Patent ID: 9558643
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G01S,G08B

Claim:
1. An emergency alert assembly configured to alert authorities when an individual falls overboard from a maritime vessel, said assembly comprising: a base unit configured to be positioned within a control room of a maritime vessel thereby facilitating a rescue of an individual who falls overboard from the maritime vessel; a base control circuit positioned within said base unit; a display coupled said base unit; a plurality of actuators coupled to said base unit, each of said actuators being electrically coupled to said base control circuit such that said actuators control operational parameters of said base control circuit; a base transceiver positioned within said base unit, said base transceiver being electrically coupled to said base control circuit, said base transceiver being configured to be in electromagnetic communication with an external communications network, said base transceiver selectively initiating an alarm sequence when the individual falls overboard; a gps positioned within said base unit, said gps being electrically coupled to said base control circuit, said gps determining coordinates of the maritime vessel, said base unit marking the coordinates of the maritime vessel when said base transceiver initiates said alarm sequence wherein said gps is configured to locate the individual thereby facilitating a rescue effort; an alarm positioned within said base unit, said alarm being electrically coupled to said base control circuit such that said alarm emits an audible alert when said base transceiver initiates said alarm sequence; a power supply positioned within said base unit, said power supply being electrically coupled to said base control circuit; and a detection network configured to be coupled to the maritime vessel such that said detection network electronically monitors a perimeter of the maritime vessel, said detection network detecting motion between the perimeter of the maritime vessel and a surface of water such that said detection network is configured to detect when the individual falls overboard from the maritime vessel; wherein said detection network comprising a plurality of cameras, each of said cameras being configured to be coupled to the maritime vessel, said cameras being evenly spaced apart such that said cameras are configured to monitor an entire perimeter of the maritime vessel, each of said cameras being positioned to observe water proximate the maritime vessel, each of said cameras being in electromagnetic communication with said base transceiver wherein said display displays an image recorded by said cameras; and wherein said detection network further comprising a plurality of sensors, each of said sensors being configured to be coupled to the maritime vessel and directed downwardly such that a range of the sensors is configured to extend both forwardly and rearwardly from said sensor, said sensors being evenly spaced apart such that said sensors are configured to monitor the entire perimeter of the maritime vessel, each of said sensors detecting motion such that said sensors are configured to detect when the individual falls overboard from the maritime vessel, each of said sensors being in electromagnetic communication with said base transceiver wherein said base transceiver initiates said alarm sequence when said sensors detect the individual has fallen overboard, said sensors alternating in position with said cameras wherein said cameras and said sensors are configured to overlap in monitoring of the water around the maritime vessel.