Patent ID: 6608559
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G01S,G08B,G08G,Y02A

Abstract:
A method of providing an automated, wide area, danger warning and emergency response comprising the acts of:(a) transmitting information signals from a detection location via radio transmission signals to a control center for analysis, (b) analyzing the received information signals in the control center in computer systems employing expert system technology, (c) determining in the control center the existence of danger at the detection location based on analysis of the received information signals, (d) generating in the control center a danger warning, (e) generating in the control center an emergency response including a danger index indicating a degree of danger, (f) broadcasting the danger warning and emergency response from the control center to a plurality of remotely located warning devices each of which has a GPS receiver and the ability to calculate its own location in GPS coordinates, (g) receiving via the broadcast signals the danger warning and emergency response in the remotely located warning devices, and comparing in each remotely located warning device the coordinates of the dangerous situation with its own GPS coordinates for determining the proximity of the remote warning device to the detection location, and (h) automatically issuing from the control center a signal corresponding to the extent to which the remotely located warning device is in danger.