Christopher M Alexander

US Patent:

20220317233, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Jun 9, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/836908

Inventors:

Christopher Michael Alexander Verlinden - Clarksburg MD, US

International Classification:

G01S 5/02
B63C 9/00
B63C 9/01
B63C 9/20
B64C 39/02

Abstract:

A system and a method of detecting and notifying of an occurrence of an overboard passenger on a vessel are used to automatically and immediately track and locate the overboard passenger as soon as the passenger has fallen overboard. In order to accomplish this, the method uses at least one tracking beacon and at least one central computing device. The central computing device is mounted onto a water-faring vessel to passively track the status and location of the tracking beacon so that the central computing device can automatically locate the tracking beacon once an overboard occurrence is detected. The tracking beacon utilizes spatial-positioning and orientation data and water submersion data to transmit an emergency alert when the passenger wearing the tracking beacon falls overboard from the water-faring vessel. Once the emergency alert is received, the central computing device executes a rescue response to expedite the rescue of the overboard passenger.