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Firefighter Tracking System
Sentinel Development Team
MFRI and the Center for Fire Safety Research & Development:p
Customer knowledge and test facilities
University of Maryland, ECE:RSSI h i d dRSSI homing advanced location methods
TRX Systems:Hardware/SoftwareInertial NavigationMappingMappingSensor Fusion
Development supported at TRX by
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DHS/TSWG, MTTF, NSF, DOD and MFRI.
TRX Team
Who are we?Dr. Gilmer Blankenship, Founder/Chairman
Internationall recogni ed e pert in control s stems &Internationally recognized expert in control systems & signal processing; Professor ECE
Dr. Neil Goldsman, Founder/PresidentInternationally recognized expert in electronics; ProfessorInternationally recognized expert in electronics; Professor ECE
Dr. Carole Teolis, CEOBusiness Dev/Expert in control and signal processingsignal processing
Mr. Ben Funk, VP DevelopmentExpert in embedded systems
Ms. Amy Hizoune, VP Financey ,Mr. Amrit Bandy, Lead EngineerMr. Eric Asher Kohn, Software EngineerMr. David Lemus, Mechanical Engineer
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Mr. Matthew Blankenship, Technician
About TRX Systems, Inc
The mission of TRX is to design, develop, and market new cost effective high performance electronic
technologies and systems in the indoor location, tracking, and area monitoring fields.
Develop software and tracking algorithmsDesign customizable, cost effective and reliable hardware
Use COTS componentsIn house design and manufacturing
Partner with other companies to develop whole solutionsPartner with other companies to develop whole solutionsintegration into existing situational awareness base station software.
Collaborate with University researchers to ensure state of
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the art location, networking and monitoring capabilities.
SentinelTM Tracking SystemMobile Unit
Inertial Tracking Unit Communications Sensor Module – location & other sensorslocation & other sensors
Remote Command StationTrackingAccountability - 2 way alarming
Each mobile unit serves asEach mobile unit serves asa repeater to extend range.
Quick and easy to set up and use
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Quick and easy to set up and useAllows incident replay for training and lessons learned.
SentinelTM Tracking System
WBAN sensors
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SentinelTM Tracking System
Preparing to meet standards UL 913 & NFPA 1982: Standard on PASS, 2007
500°F for 5 minutes500 F for 5 minutesSubmerged 10 ft. – maintain 95dBC ld h t li ( 4°F tCold-hot cycling (-4°F to 160°F)442 lb compressive load10 ft. drop testVibration testingDirect flame exposurep
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S t T tSystem Test Results
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Results
Tracking on Multiple Floors
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Tracking in FDNY Building
Test July 2007Test July 20078th to 7th floors of FDNY BuildingFDNY Building
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Raw Data View
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Map Auto-generation Movie
If a map is not available, the historical Four mobile units tracked in a large
paths of the mobile units can be used to
generate a map.
gUniversity of Maryland campus building – AV Williams Building
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Sentinel Improves GPS Tracking
Outdoor tracking ResultsLeft - GPS Alone - note isolated pointsRi ht GPS f d ith S ti l I ti l T kiRight - GPS fused with Sentinel Inertial Tracking information – smooth easy to follow paths
GPS signal degrades in the shadow of a building
GPS Alone GPS & Sentinel Inertial Trackingisolated points
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Sentinel Improves GPS Tracking
GPS Alone
GPS Alone –No indoor tracking.Errors in entrance locations.
GPS & Sentinel Inertial Tracking
Sentinel –Provides indoor tracking.I
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Improves accuracy of location outdoors.
Multiple Buildings
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Search & Rescue Scenario
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Tracking Through a 1 km Tunnel
The C&O Canal Paw Paw Tunnel is 0.95 km long (3118 feet)Figures to the right show aerial and entrance view imagesFigures below show GIS views of tunnel with and withoutof tunnel with and without Sentinel INU tracking enhancement
2 people
GPS signal
p pwalking in line
GPS signal disappears as soon as tunnel
is entered
Sentinel Tracking Through Tunnel GPS alone Tracking Through Tunnel
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TRX Systems IncTRX Systems, Inc.387 Technology Drive, Ste 2104
College Park MD 20742
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College Park, MD 20742(+1) 301-405-5836
