Device and method for locating missing persons and/or objects

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for locating missing persons and/or objects, which device consists of at least one locator transmitter with a transceiver and at least one locator receiver which is designed as receiving transmitter and receives data telegrams sent from the transceiver and optically and/or acoustically displays the same as data enabling the locating. The invention further relates to a method for locating missing persons and/or objects, in which method at least one locator transmitter with a transceiver communicates in a wireless fashion with at least one locator receiver with a receiving transmitter and receives data telegrams sent from the transceiver and optically and/or acoustically displays the same as data enabling the locating. In order to design a device and a method in such a way that the aforementioned disadvantages are avoided and that the locating of missing persons and/or objects is made much easier and faster it is provided that the locator receiver (2) includes a transmitter (4) which for the activation of a particular locator transmitter (3) outputs a signal which activates the locator transmitter (3) to transmit the data telegram, with the transmitter (4) being adapted for manual operation at least if required, and that the locator transmitter (3) includes a particular individualized code (20) which is stored as data in the locator transmitter (3) and which is received by the locator receiver (2) after the activation of the transmitter (4) of the locator transmitter (3).

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