Personnel monitoring and locating system
US4495496A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S379/913
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A personnel monitoring and locating system is disclosed that is particularly well suited for monitoring and/or locating underground miners. A plurality of remote terminals having transceivers associated therewith are positioned in a mine and periodically are caused to transmit interrogation signals. Each miner to be monitored is equipped with a transponder that replies to the interrogation signal with the reply signal being timewise delayed by a predetermined amount of time that is different for each of the transponders in use so that the reply from each transponder is timewise spaced from every other interrogated transponder. A host computer at the surface is linked to each remote terminal for transmission of information with information from the remote terminal being indicative of the location of each transponder equipped miner. The transponder carried by each miner is powered by the battery normally carried by the miner for powering a lamp, and the cord extending between the battery and the lamp is utilized by the transponder as a transmitting and receiving antenna.
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