Method for detecting drowning and device for detecting drowning

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9799194-B2
Application number	US-201515110315-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2015
Priority date	Jun 3, 2015
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A method for detecting drowning is disclosed. The method includes steps of: collecting a plurality of detection signals; recording the plurality of detection signals and determining whether a drowning is happening or not by calculating and analyzing each of the detection signals; and sending out a drowning signal K when it is determined from all of the detection signals that the drowning is happening. A device for detecting drowning is further disclosed. An intelligent and quick detection for drowning situation is achieved, and an accuracy of drowning detection is improved, since the plurality of detection signals sent by a plurality of sensors worn by a drowner are detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for detecting drowning of a user submerged in water, comprising steps of:
collecting, by a signal detecting unit, a plurality of detection signals comprising a temperature signal, a pressure signal and an acceleration signal; the signal detecting unit comprising a temperature signal detecting subunit, a pressure signal detecting subunit and an acceleration signal detecting subunit;
recording, by a control unit, the plurality of collected detection signals and determining, by the control unit, whether a drowning is happening or not by calculating and analyzing each of the collected detection signals; and
wirelessly sending out to an internet, by a signal sending unit, a signal representing a drowning state K when it is determined, by the control unit, from all of the analyzed collected detection signals that the drowning is happening;
wherein the drowning state K comprises at least K 1 , K 2 , and K 3 drowning states;
wherein a step of processing the temperature signal comprises:
recording, from the user, a temperature signal T i at time t i ;
comparing the temperature signal T i with a temperature signal T i−1 at time t i−1 and obtaining a temperature difference ΔT i =|T i −T i−1 |;
determining that the drowning state K 1 is happening and sending out a signal representing the drowning state K 1 in a case of ΔT i ≧ΔT 0 , ΔT i+n =0 and t i+n −t i ≧t T , where ΔT 0 is a preset temperature difference value, t T is a preset time value, and i and n are positive integers.

2. The method for detecting drowning of a user submerged in water according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining whether a drowning is happening or not by calculating and analyzing each of the collected detection signals by the control unit comprises: comparing a result obtained by calculating and analyzing a currently collected detection signal with a result obtained by calculating and analyzing a previously collected detection signal.

3. The method for detecting drowning of a user submerged in water according to claim 1 , wherein a step of processing the pressure signal comprises:
recording, from the user, a pressure signal P i at time t i ;
comparing the pressure signal P i with a pressure signal P i−1 at time t i−1 and obtaining a pressure difference ΔP i =|P i −P i−1 |;
determining that the drowning state K 2 is happening and sending out a signal representing the drowning state K 2 in a case of ΔP i >0, P i+n >0, ΔP i+n =0 and t i+n −t i ≧t P , where t P is a preset time value, and i and n are positive integers.

4. The method for detecting drowning of a user submerged in water according to claim 1 , wherein a step of processing the acceleration signal comprises:
recording an acceleration signal of the water;
calculating a frequency f at which motion of the water directions change, and comparing the frequency f with a preset frequency value f 0 , and
determining that the drowning state K 3 is happening and sending out a signal representing the drowning state K 3 in a case of f≧f 0 .

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Tao
• Guo Yuanzheng
• Du Xiaobo

Classifications

• G08B21/088 Primary

  by monitoring a device worn by the person, e.g. a bracelet attached to the swimmer · CPC title

• G08B21/0446

  worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait · CPC title

• G08B21/08 Primary

  responsive to the presence of persons in a body of water, e.g. a swimming pool; responsive to an abnormal condition of a body of water · CPC title

• G08B25/08

  using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)} · CPC title