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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Jeroen Adrianus Johannes Thijs, Aachen, DE;
Guido Muesch, Linnich, DE;
Jens Muehlsteff, Aachen, DE;
Robert Pinter, Aachen, DE;
Jeroen Adrianus Johannes Thijs, Aachen, DE;
Guido Muesch, Linnich, DE;
Jens Muehlsteff, Aachen, DE;
Robert Pinter, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an emergency response system. The emergency response system () comprises a central station () for receiving information about emergencies, whereby position information of a victim is provided and stored in a look-up table () of the central station (). The central station addresses a list () of publicly available actuatable emergency response devices and selects a suitable device. The central station () transmits a trigger signal by means of a suitable communication network () to the selected remote actuatable emergency response device (), which comprises communication means () for activating the signaling means () upon receipt of the trigger signal. Also, the actuatable emergency response device () comprises storage means () arranged to store the position information of the emergency response device and the provided position information of the victim. Upon receipt of a suitable signal from the communication means (), the signaling means () start broadcasting a message arranged to attract as many potential emergency responders to the victim as possible. The emergency response device () comprises navigation means (), arranged to provide a routing to the victim, which is being fed-back to the responder by the user interface. The invention further relates to an emergency response device and a method for summoning an emergency responder and for routing said responder to the victim.