AdaptiTrace Drone Tracking

In emergency situations, locating first responders in indoor settings is crucial. Time is everything and precision is essential. Existing systems for general indoor location tracking come with varying strengths and weaknesses but all lack the versatility, dependability, and accuracy needed in an effective approach to tracking first responders that AdaptiTrace can offer. Indoor location tracking systems currently on the market all require pre-existing infrastructure to be installed in a building prior to usage for tracking. This makes these systems unsuitable for use by first responders, who can be deployed to unknown buildings lacking any location-tracking infrastructure at a moment’s notice. AdaptiTrace effectively addresses this problem by making indoor location tracking infrastructure mobile through drone technology, removing the need for any pre-existing infrastructure in the building. AdaptiTrace functions by first generating a to-scale, high quality 3D map of the target building that a first responder is deployed to through state-of-the-art drone imaging technologies. The AdaptiTrace software uses positional data from the map to calculate the optimal positioning of a network of LTE enabled drones, each equipped with ultra wide-band (UWB) reader beacons, which are distributed at key locations on the exterior of the target building. First responders carrying unique UWB tags can then enter the building, and their position can be tracked with high-accuracy (less than 10 cm error) in real-time through calculated time-of-flight data from each UWB reader beacon. The AdaptiTrace software then visualizes this location on the previously generated 3D map, allowing for intuitive analysis of the location of a team of first-responders deployed to a target building.

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In emergency situations, locating first responders in indoor settings is crucial. Time is everything and precision is essential. Existing systems for general indoor location tracking come with varying strengths and weaknesses but all lack the versatility, dependability, and accuracy needed in an effective approach to tracking first responders that AdaptiTrace can offer.
Indoor location tracking systems currently on the market all require pre-existing infrastructure to be installed in a building prior to usage for tracking. This makes these systems unsuitable for use by first responders, who can be deployed to unknown buildings lacking any location-tracking infrastructure at a moment’s notice. AdaptiTrace effectively addresses this problem by making indoor location tracking infrastructure mobile through drone technology, removing the need for any pre-existing infrastructure in the building.
AdaptiTrace functions by first generating a to-scale, high quality 3D map of the target building that a first responder is deployed to through state-of-the-art drone imaging technologies. The AdaptiTrace software uses positional data from the map to calculate the optimal positioning of a network of LTE enabled drones, each equipped with ultra wide-band (UWB) reader beacons, which are distributed at key locations on the exterior of the target building. First responders carrying unique UWB tags can then enter the building, and their position can be tracked with high-accuracy (less than 10 cm error) in real-time through calculated time-of-flight data from each UWB reader beacon. The AdaptiTrace software then visualizes this location on the previously generated 3D map, allowing for intuitive analysis of the location of a team of first-responders deployed to a target building.