System For Remote Communications Between Scout And Monitor

A system for providing two-way communication between a monitoring user and one or more scouts remote from the monitoring user, the system comprising a monitoring device and one or more scouting devices, the monitoring device being in two-way communication with each of the scouting devices, each scouting device including:

• a portable, body-mountable camera operable to capture a video image,
• a positioning device operable to detect and update a position of the scout,
• a memory unit operable to save video images captured by the camera,
• a microphone operable to input audio information to transmit to the monitoring device,
• a speaker operable to output audio information received from the monitoring device, and
• a transceiver operable to transmit the captured video image and the detected position to the monitoring device;
• and the monitoring device including a display operable to display each captured video image and to display each detected position on a map.

A system for providing two-way communication between a monitoring user and a plurality of scouts remote from the monitoring user, the system comprising a monitoring device and a plurality of scouting devices, the monitoring device including:

• a transceiver providing two-way communication between the monitoring device and each of the plurality of scouting devices, the transceiver being operable to receive a plurality of captured video images, and the transceiver being operable to receive a plurality of detected positions,
• an input transducer operable to input information to transmit to each scouting device, and
• a database operable to store a map and a plurality of positions,
• a display operable to display the plurality of detected positions on the map and to display a video image overlaid on the map.