Patent ID: 9683856
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01C

Claim:
1. A system for emergency evacuation navigation comprising: a control system configured for real-time managing a digital map of a selected environment; a database configured to store said digital map of said selected environment and to download said digital map onto an emergency responder agent, wherein said database comprises a removable data storage device disposed in a secured box at a location proximate or within said selected environment, said removable data storage device containing a copy of said digital map of said selected environment, and wherein, in the instance of an emergency, said control system is configured to communicate said location of said secured box to said emergency responder agent and to remotely unlock said secured box; a positioning network available within said selected environment and configured to report a position of a handheld device within said digital map of said selected environment to said control system; and a wireless communication interface disposed within said selected environment and configured to facilitate communications between said emergency responder agent and said handheld device, wherein said removable storage device provides information to said emergency responder agent for accessing said wireless communication interface.