Self-rescue system and method for people in distress in an aquatic environment, personal beacon and u-shaped buoy configured to carry out the self-rescue method in an aquatic environment

Abstract

SummaryThe present invention relates to a system and method of self-rescue of people in distress in an aquatic environment, personal beacon (10) emitting distress and location signals and a U-shaped buoy (20), self-propelled by turbines and battery powered, configured to carry out the self-rescue method and provided with an electronics module (30) in the said U-shaped buoy (20), equipped with signal processing and data processing means, operatively connected to the turbines (40).

1 . Self-rescue system for people in distress in an aquatic environment comprising:
 a personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals;   a U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) self-propelled by turbines ( 40 ) and battery powered, equipped with an electronics module ( 30 ), which includes a locator for determining the location of the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) and a receptor of distress and location signals emitted by the said personal beacon;   a controller in the electronics module ( 30 ) in the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ), equipped with signal processing and data processing means, operably connected to the turbines characterised by:
 the aforementioned processing means are configured to: 
 actuate detachment and/or initiation automata, positioned on the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) that release the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) from the support device ( 50 ) and/or initiate and direct the movement of the said U-shaped ( 20 ), after receiving a distress signal by means of signal reception of the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ), 
 actuate automata positioned next to the turbines ( 40 ), these automata then modify the orientation of the said turbines ( 40 ) according to the rescue route, determined from the reception of the first location signal after receiving the distress signal, the mentioned route is corrected in real time according to the location signals, emitted in real time from the personal beacon ( 10 ) carried by the person in distress. 
   
     
     
         2 . Self-rescue system for a person in distress in an aquatic environment according to the  1 st claim, characterised by the U-shaped buoy locator ( 20 ) which is a GPS device. 
     
     
         3 . Self-rescue system for people in distress in an aquatic environment according to the  1 st claim, characterised by the location signals being obtained by a GPS device incorporated in the personal beacon ( 10 ). 
     
     
         4 . Self-rescue system for a person in distress in an aquatic environment according to the  1 st claim, characterised by the referred signals being RF signals. 
     
     
         5 . Self-rescue system for people in distress in an aquatic environment according to the  1 st claim, characterised by the referred signals being sound wave signals. 
     
     
         6 . Self-rescue system of a person in distress in an aquatic environment according to the  1 st claim characterised by the location of the person in distress being determined by magnetic wave triangulation. 
     
     
         7 . Self-rescue method for people in distress in an aquatic environment characterised by:
 after receiving a distress signal issued from a personal beacon ( 10 ), actuate the detachment and/or initiation of a U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) from a support device ( 50 ),   determine and correct, in real time, a rescue route in an aquatic environment, depending on the relative position of the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) and the location signals emitted in real time from a personal beacon ( 10 ),   actuate position automata of the turbines of the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) directing the said U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) in real time to the place where the person carrying the personal beacon is ( 10 ).   
     
     
         8 . Rescue method of a person in distress in an aquatic environment according to the previous claim characterised in that the position of the person in distress is determined by cameras ( 60 ) operatively connected and directed to the person in distress carrying a personal beacon ( 10 ). 
     
     
         9 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitter of distress and location signals characterised by including a locator for determining the location, an emitter of distress and location signals, configured to be received by a signal receptor of a U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) and carry out the rescue method as described in  claim 3 . 
     
     
         10 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals according to the previous claim, characterised by the locator being a GPS device. 
     
     
         11 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals according to the previous claim, characterised by the locator being a radio frequency emitter operatively connected to video surveillance cameras ( 60 ) configured to determine in real time the relative position of the signal-emitting beacon and transmit the location data of the person in distress to the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ). 
     
     
         12 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals according to  claim 9 , characterised in that it includes a support ( 11 ) and an initiator device ( 15 ). 
     
     
         13 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals according to the previous claim, characterised by the support ( 11 ) being a bracelet. 
     
     
         14 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals according to the previous claim, characterised by the initiating device being a button ( 15 ). 
     
     
         15 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals according to  claim 4 , characterised by the initiator device being a pin. 
     
     
         16 . U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) self-propelled by turbines and battery powered, which includes a locator for determining the location of the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) and with means of receiving distress signals and location signals emitted by the said personal beacon ( 10 ), characterised by,
 a controller with signal and data processing means, operably connected to the turbines, characterised by:   the aforementioned processing means being configured to:   actuate detachment and/or initiation automata, positioned on the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) that release the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) from the support device ( 50 ) and/or initiate and direct the movement of the said U-shaped buoy ( 20 ) after receiving a distress signal by means of signal reception of the U-shaped buoy ( 20 ).   actuate automata positioned next to the turbines ( 40 ), these automata then modify the orientation of the said turbines ( 40 ) according to the rescue route, determined from the reception of the first location signal after receiving the distress signal, the mentioned route is corrected in real time according to the location signals, emitted in real time from the personal beacon ( 10 ) carried by the person in distress.   
     
     
         17 . Personal beacon ( 10 ) emitting distress and location signals according to  claim 5 , characterised by the initiator device being a pin.