Demonstration of monitoring of mountain climbers using 5G drones - Contributing to reducing the burden of rescue by understanding the situation of victims by transmitting 4K video from the sky -

National University Corporation Shinshu University (Headquarters: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, President: Shizuhiro Hamada, hereinafter referred to as Shinshu University), Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture (Mayor: Koji Sugimoto, hereinafter referred to as Komagane City), KDDI Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi, hereinafter referred to as On October 16, 2019, Prodrone Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, President and CEO: Masakazu Kono, hereinafter referred to as PRODRONE), and Chuo Alps Kanko Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture, President and CEO: Yoshitake Ezaki, hereinafter referred to as Chuo Alps Kanko) announced that the 5th generation mobile communication system "5G" (hereinafter referred to as "5G") will be installed near Senjojiki Station on the Komagatake Ropeway on October 16, 2019. We conducted a demonstration experiment (hereinafter referred to as "this experiment") of monitoring mountain climbers using a drone provided by PRODRONE using 5G). This initiative was conducted as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' 5G comprehensive demonstration test.

Aircraft used in this experiment: PD6B-TypeII

Sequence of this experiment

In recent years, mountain accidents have been on the rise, and Nagano Prefecture has the highest number of mountain accidents in Japan. During distress and rescue operations, there are many situations in which it is difficult to confirm the location of the victim or grasp the situation at the scene, and there is a need to quickly ascertain the location of the distress scene and reduce the burden on rescue workers. At Shinshu University, in response to the increasing number of mountain climbers and the resulting increase in the burden on rescue workers, we are developing a ``mountain climber monitoring system'' that monitors and monitors mountain climbers' location information. In this experiment, we assume a situation where a mountain climber monitoring system detects the possibility of a climber in distress, and a drone equipped with a 5G tablet, 4K camera, and loudspeaker autonomously flies to the location to check the site and understand the climber's situation. At the time of discovery, we used 4K camera footage that takes advantage of the high-speed, high-capacity 5G technology and loudspeaker calls to accurately grasp the situation at the scene, determine the physical condition of the victim at the mountain rescue headquarters, and conduct a demonstration to confirm whether rescue is necessary. PRODRONE provided the drone and is in charge of operation in this experiment. The parties will combine the results obtained through this experiment with Shinshu University's knowledge to consider ways to improve monitoring and rescue support for mountain climbers. For details, please see the KDDI announcement materials. https://news.kddi.com/kddi/corporate/newsrelease/2019/10/16/4086.html