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US 10,948,564 B2Granted
Networkable digital life jackets and associated methods
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRoland Nelson Freeman, Karrie Ruth Guymon, Robert John Rencher
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Abstract
Networkable digital life jackets and associated methods are disclosed. An example life jacket includes a state manager and a swarm manager. The state manager is configured to selectively operate the life jacket in one of multiple operational states of the life jacket based on data obtained from one or more sensors of the life jacket. The swarm manager is configured to form a swarm network including the life jacket and one or more other life jackets.
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A life jacket, comprising:
- a state manager configured to selectively operate the life jacket in one of multiple operational states of the life jacket based on data obtained from one or more sensors of the life jacket;
- and
- a swarm manager configured to:
- form a swarm network including the life jacket and one or more other life jackets;
- and
- identify a lead life jacket of the swarm network from among the life jacket and the one or more other life jackets of the swarm network, the lead life jacket to transmit swarm status data indicating a respective status for the life jacket and for each of the one or more other life jackets of the swarm network.
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A life jacket, comprising:
- a state manager configured to selectively operate the life jacket in one of multiple operational states of the life jacket based on data obtained from one or more sensors of the life jacket, the multiple operational states including a stowed state and at least one of a motion state, an installed state, or an immersed state;
- a movement evaluator configured to determine whether the life jacket has moved by more than a threshold amount, wherein the state manager is configured to operate the life jacket in the stowed state prior to the movement evaluator determining that the life jacket has moved by more than the threshold amount;
- and
- a swarm manager configured to form a swarm network including the life jacket and one or more other life jackets.
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A method, comprising:
- selectively operating a life jacket, by executing a computer-readable instruction with one or more processors of the life jacket, in one of multiple operational states of the life jacket based on data obtained from one or more sensors of the life jacket;
- forming a swarm network including the life jacket and one or more other life jackets;
- and
- identifying, by executing a computer-readable instruction with the one or more processors, a lead life jacket of the swarm network from among the life jacket and the one or more other life jackets of the swarm network, the lead life jacket to transmit swarm status data indicating a respective status for the life jacket and for each of the one or more other life jackets of the swarm network.
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A method, comprising:
- selectively operating a life jacket, by executing a computer-readable instruction with one or more processors of the life jacket, in one of multiple operational states of the life jacket based on data obtained from one or more sensors of the life jacket, the multiple operational states including a stowed state and at least one of a motion state, an installed state, or an immersed state;
- determining, by executing a computer-readable instruction with the one or more processors, whether the life jacket has moved by more than a threshold amount;
- operating the life jacket in the stowed state prior to determining that the life jacket has moved by more than the threshold amount;
- and
- forming a swarm network including the life jacket and one or more other life jackets.
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