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Emergency alarm method and system utilizing cross cueing and ranging techniques

US4746912A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1985
Grant dateMay 24, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 30, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B25/016
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An alarm signalling method and system utilizing cross cueing between radio, audio and visible alarm signals which are emitted by an alarm signalling unit. A method and system for measuring the range between the alarm signalling unit and a receiver carried by a rescuer wherein the differences in the time of receipt at the receiver of simultaneously emitted radio and audio signals is used as a measure of range.

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