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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Alessandra Asaro, Rome, IT;
Giulia Carnevale, Rome, IT;
Marco Gianfico, Sant'Antimo, IT;
Roberto Ragusa, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 25/01 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 7/066 (2013.01); G01C 21/206 (2013.01); G08B 7/062 (2013.01); G08B 25/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An evacuation system which maintains an active count of people in real time in a location, for example a building or other geographic area with defined boundaries and dynamically calculates the best path for a user or group of users to follow when an emergency situation occurs. The people in the location may be tracked by a user wearable RFID device and may classify the people based on specific needs or other criteria.