The present disclosure generally relates to disaster management. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to disaster management system through UAV drones whereby the drones are configured to track location of people trapped in particular area under effects of natural calamities. The present disclosure also relates to delivering essential goods to such people.
BACKGROUND
As the natural events occurring at a faster pace, there have been many-many natural disasters occurring in many areas around the world, for example Eastern states of India are prone to water logging due to heavy rainfall and storms. There have been organizations (public and private) which tend to save people and animals from areas of such disaster, for example National Disaster Response Forces.
While saving people, such rescue forces are usually unaware of the geographical area they are going for rescue work. Thus, their plan of action to evacuate the survivors to a safe place, becomes very inefficient. They just work blind folded. They try to locate people only by visual aids in areas they are not aware of. However, electricity grids are usually turned off due to risk of electrical shocks. Moreover, low mobile networks also lead to “no” communication with survivors in the area. Therefore, the survivors in such areas are unable to give a call for help or to even communicate to rescue forces.
The most recent conventional art is to utilize drones in such areas. One of the prior arts relate to controlling a disaster situation through image processing which itself is a time taking procedure. In addition, the survivors still may be unable to communicate to the rescue forces. There are some drones which enable communication in such areas however no system of providing support to the people.
Therefore, there requires a need for developing rescue systems which can not only enable easy communication in areas hit with natural calamities but also enable providing support to the people
All publications herein are incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. Where a definition or use of a term in an incorporated reference is inconsistent or contrary to the definition of that term provided herein, the definition of that term provided herein applies and the definition of that term in the reference does not apply.
In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, properties such as concentration, reaction conditions, and so forth, used to describe and claim certain embodiments of the invention are to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term “about.” Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the written description and attached claims are approximations that can vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by a particular embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parameters should be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of the invention are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as practicable. The numerical values presented in some embodiments of the invention may contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in their respective testing measurements.
As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
The recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. All methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g. “such as”) provided with respect to certain embodiments herein is intended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element essential to the practice of the invention.
Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred to and claimed individually or in any combination with other members of the group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description of all Markush groups used in the appended claims.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
An object of the present disclosure is to overcome one or more drawbacks associated with conventional methods.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a disaster management system in areas of natural calamities.
An object of the present disclosure is to enable communication in areas of natural calamities when hit therewith along with providing support thereto.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for enabling communication in areas of natural calamities and provide support such as food, shelter accordingly.
SUMMARY
Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the inventive subject matter will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like components.
The present disclosure relates to disaster management. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to disaster management system through UAV drones whereby the drones are configured to track location of people trapped in particular area under effects of natural calamities. The present disclosure also relates to delivering essential goods to such people.
In an aspect, the present invention discloses a disaster management system (100). The system (100) includes a plurality of GSM users (102) in an area of natural calamities; a control room (104) in communication with all of the plurality of the GSM users; a plurality of drones (106) deployed in the area in communication with the control room. The drones (106) further include a microcontroller (108) coupled with a transient memory (110) and a processor (112). The processor (112) is further configured to determine location of the survivors and supply essentials thereto.
In another aspect, a method (200) for rescuing survivors from the areas of natural calamities. The method (200) involves determining and locating a safe place in the area, followed by developing a wireless hotspot in proximity to the users (102). The method (200) involves initiating to create a mess network over the area, followed by tracing location of survivor(s). The method (200) includes receiving requests from survivors regarding essentials, followed by processing the requests. The method (200) involves delivering the essentials to the survivors, followed by sending location data of the survivors to rescue forces for evacuation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other objects, features, and advantages of the embodiment will be apparent from the following description when read with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:
Referring to Figure 1, shows a schematic of a disaster management system (100) deployed in an area hit with natural calamities, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of a present disclosure; and
Referring to Figure 2, shows a flowchart depicting a method (200) for rescuing survivors from the areas of natural calamities, in accordance with the embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The following discussion provides many example embodiments of the inventive subject matter. Although each embodiment represents a single combination of inventive elements, the inventive subject matter is considered to include all possible combinations of the disclosed elements. Thus, if one embodiment comprises elements A, B, and C, and a second embodiment comprises elements B and D, then the inventive subject matter is also considered to include other remaining combinations of A, B, C, or D, even if not explicitly disclosed. The embodiments herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodiments that are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and detailed in the following description. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.
The present disclosure relates to disaster management. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to disaster management system through UAV drones whereby the drones are configured to track location of people trapped in particular area under effects of natural calamities. The present disclosure also relates to delivering essential goods to such people.
A drone is basically an unarmed aerial vehicle that usually operates in an unarmed aerial system. Such crafts can usually carry out an impressive range of tasks, ranging from military operations to package delivery. Drones are very efficient and safe because of their compatibility and how easily they can be operated. Close-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have a range of around 30 miles. Drones with a short range of up to 90 miles are mostly employed for espionage and information collection.
Figure 1 illustrates an exemplary schematic of a disaster management system (100). The system (100) a plurality of GSM users (102) in an area of natural calamities; a control room (104) in communication with all of the plurality of the GSM users; a plurality of drones (106) deployed in the area in communication with the control room. The drones (106) may be deployed such that the drones (!06) cover a larger area. They are configured to connect with plurality of GSM users (102) through wireless communication mode. In the drones (106), one drone is referred as a moment drone which starts its wireless hotspot with respect to all the mobile phones in that area and may be configured to connect automatically. The Control room (104) receives a detailed report of total mobile phone a small area.
In the embodiment, the moment phone connects to the nearest drone, a prompt may appear in the phone. The drone (106) receives a request form. The survivor can request for various essentials. The essentials may include such as but not limited to water, food, medicines, or emergency Evacuation and other information such as number of people stuck, age, gender, etc. All such information is routed to the Control room (104).
The system (100) includes a plurality of sensors. The sensors are configured to determine to determine physiological parameters. The sensors may include such as but not limited to proximity, ultrasonic, IR sensors, Active infrared and radar.
The system (100) includes a microcontroller (108) which further includes a non-transitory memory (110). The memory (110) is coupled with one or more of processors (112) operable to execute one or more subunits. The processor (112) is configured to determine and locate a safe place in the area; develop a wireless hotspot in proximity to the users (102); initiate to create a mess network over the area; trace location of survivor(s); receive requests from survivors regarding essentials; process the requests; deliver the essentials to the survivors; and send location data of the survivors to rescue forces for evacuation.
Now the rescue forces can collect the location data and start evacuating the lost people and their belongings.
The drones (106) may also be equipped with modular wireless boxes. The boxes are self-sustained with small solar panels to recharge themselves and continue covering there.
As would be understood, the disclosed architecture is only an exemplary architecture and any other change in configuration thereof such as incorporation of one or more network security devices such as firewalls, gateway devices, Intrusion detection systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), among other like devices are well within the scope of present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the microcontroller (104) is Arduino Uno based on the ATmega328. It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. The ATmega328 provides UART TTL (5V) serial communication, which is available on digital pins 0 (RX) and 1 (TX). An ATmega16U2 on the board channels this serial communication over USB and appears as a virtual com port to software on the computer. The '16U2 firmware uses the standard USB COM drivers, and no external driver is needed. However, on Windows, a.inf file is required. The Arduino software includes a serial monitor which allows simple textual data to be sent to and from the Arduino board. The RX and TX LEDs on the board flash when data is being transmitted via the USB-to-serial chip and USB connection to the computer (but not for serial communication on pins 0 and 1). The microcontroller further includes a non-transitory memory (e.g. semiconductor memories, such as ROMs, PROMs, random access memories (RAMs), etc.) to store various software or firmware or executable instructions and/or data, one or more processors, a battery (i.e. a rechargeable Li-ion battery, a solid-state battery, etc.) to provide electric energy to one or more components of the system (100), a charging system to charge the battery, other electronic components, data transceiver/data transmission means which can be arranged to receive and transmit data to one or more other components of the system (100). All the aforementioned elements/components of the system (100) can be operatively coupled with each other.
The processors are coupled with one or more functional modules. The processor may include such as but not limited to a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a complex instruction set computing (CISC) processor, a reduced instruction set (RISC) microprocessor, or any other type of processing circuit. Furthermore, the term “processor” may refer to one or more individual processors, processing devices, and various elements associated with a processing device that may be shared by other processing devices. Additionally, the one or more individual processors, processing devices and elements are arranged in various architectures for responding to and processing the instructions that drive the system.
In the embodiment, any or a combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning mechanisms such as decision tree learning, Bayesian network, deep learning, random forest, supervised vector machines, reinforcement learning, prediction models, and the like can be employed to learn sensor/hardware components. These mechanisms help in refining the training and learning data as this will lead for next prediction. The Regression and ARIMKA (Auto Regression Integrated Moving Average) are utilized and various functions or factors.
Figure 2 shows a flowchart depicting a method (200) for rescuing survivors from the areas of natural calamities. The method (200) includes determining and locating a safe place in the area at step 202, followed by developing a wireless hotspot in proximity to the users (102) at step 204. The method (200) further includes initiating to create a mess network over the area at step 206, followed by tracing location of survivor(s) at step 208. The method (200) further includes receiving requests from survivors regarding essentials at step 210, followed by processing the requests at step 212, followed by delivering the essentials to the survivors at step 214; and sending location data of the survivors to rescue forces for evacuation at step 216.
Many modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Throughout this specification and the claims which follow, unless the context requires otherwise, the word “comprise”, and variations such as “comprises” and “comprising”, will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or step or group of integers or steps but not the exclusion of any other integer or step or group of integers or steps.
As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an”, “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Further, the terms “like”, “as such”, “for example”, “including” are meant to introduce examples which further clarify more general subject matter, and should be contemplated for the persons skilled in the art to understand the subject matter.
Advantages of the present invention
In accordance with aforementioned embodiment and related aspects of the present invention in the present disclosure, the system (100) is beneficial to disaster management.
An advantage of the present disclosure is to provide a disaster management system in areas of natural calamities.
Another advantage of the present disclosure is to enable communication in areas of natural calamities when hit therewith along with providing support thereto.
Another advantage of the present disclosure is to provide a method for enabling communication in areas of natural calamities and provide support such as food, shelter accordingly.
The foregoing descriptions of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The exemplary embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the disclosure and its practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the disclosure and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is understood that various omissions, substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstance may suggest or render expedient but is intended to cover the application or implementation without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims of the present disclosure.

We Claim

1. A disaster management system (100) comprising:
a plurality of GSM users (102) in an area of natural calamities;
a control room (104) in communication with all of the plurality of the GSM users;
a plurality of drones (106) deployed in the area in communication with the control room, the drones (106) further comprising:
a microcontroller (108) coupled with a transient memory (110) and a processor (112);
the processor (112) is further configured to:
determine and locate a safe place in the area;
develop a wireless hotspot in proximity to the users (102);
initiate to create a mess network over the area;
trace location of survivor(s);
receive requests from survivors regarding essentials;
process the requests;
deliver the essentials to the survivors;
send location data of the survivors to rescue forces for evacuation.
2. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drones (106) comprising a plurality of sensors.
3. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drones (106) comprising modular wireless boxes which further include a plurality of solar panels.
4. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drones (106) comprising modular wireless boxes which further include a plurality of solar panels to charge thereto.
5. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of the drones (106) comprising a plurality of wireless hotspots which together work as a mesh network.
6. The system (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sensors comprising proximity, ultrasonic, IR sensors, Active infrared and radar.
7. A method (200) for rescuing survivors from the areas of natural calamities, the method (200) comprising:
determining and locating a safe place in the area;

developing a wireless hotspot in proximity to the users (102);
initiating to create a mess network over the area;
tracing location of survivor(s);
receiving requests from survivors regarding essentials;
processing the requests;
delivering the essentials to the survivors; and
sending location data of the survivors to rescue forces for evacuation.
8. The method (200) as claimed in claim 7, wherein the essentials comprising water, food, medicines, number of people stuck, age, and gender