US 11,727,782 B2
Rescue system and rescue method, and server used for rescue system and rescue method
Hiroki Sawada, Toyota (JP); Masato Tamaoki, Iwakura (JP); Eisuke Ando, Nagoya (JP); Masato Endo, Nagakute (JP); and Kuniaki Hasegawa, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,953.
Application 17/303,953 is a continuation of application No. 16/189,092, filed on Nov. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,107,344.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-218371 (JP), filed on Nov. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0295669 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G08B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/0492 (2013.01) [G08B 21/0423 (2013.01); G08B 21/0476 (2013.01); G08B 27/001 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A rescue system for identifying and rescuing a protection target, using information from a detection device, the rescue system comprising:
a plurality of movable bodies each equipped with the detection device; and
a server configured to communicate with the plurality of movable bodies,
the server being configured to
define a search area to be searched for the protection target,
acquire positional information about the plurality of movable bodies and select, from movable bodies located within the search area, at least one movable body as a selected movable body,
enable to change the selected movable body used for searching, when a new movable body enters the search area, and
output, to the selected movable body, a command for causing the selected movable body to transmit information to the server.