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System for supervising and guiding persons in construction

US4709330A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 1984
Grant dateNov 24, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B25/014
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for supervising and guiding workers at various places in a construction such as an underground substation, underground market, building, or tunnel is disclosed which includes a number of receivers arranged in a number of sections of the construction for receiving infrared radiation emitted from workers to produce a detection signal, a detection device arranged in a central control room for processing the detection signals supplied from the receivers to detect positions of workers in the construction, and communication devices provided in each section and the central control room for providing the workers with various kinds of instructions, commands and messages for preventing a disaster and escaping an emergency.

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