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Guiding a user to safety from the premises of an industrial plant

US9299245B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 2012
Grant dateMar 29, 2016
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B27/006
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method, safety route guiding device and a computer program product enables users in the premises of an industrial plant to reach safety in case of an emergency, where said users are equipped with mobile terminals, where the safety route guiding device includes a guiding unit that receives alarm data concerning an emergency in a clearance zone of the premises, the alarm data being relevant for a user of a mobile terminal, obtains data of a set of other users affected by the emergency, guides the user from the clearance zone to a security zone outside the premises, obtains status data concerning the other users in the set, and presents the status data to the user via the mobile terminal.

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