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Augmented reality-based system and method to show the location of personnel and sensors inside occluded structures and provide increased situation awareness

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-09-11
EXCELIS INC
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Further, given the large number of buildings in a metropolitan area, it is very rare that a map or a 3D model will be available for every building.

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[0025]The situation awareness system described herein makes use of Augmented Reality (AR) technology to provide the necessary view to the user. AR is like Virtual Reality, but instead of using completely artificial images (e.g. maps or 3D models), AR superimposes 3D graphics on a view of the real world. A very simple example of AR is used in football games to show the first down with a yellow line. An example of an AR system that can be employed is one described in the examples of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 441,241 in combination with the present disclosure.

[0026]An AR visualization system comprises: a spatial database, a graphical computer, a viewpoint tracking device, and a display device.

[0027]The working principle of an Augmented Reality system is described below. A display device that displays dynamic images corresponding to a user's view is tracked. That is, the display's position and orientation are measured by a viewpoint tracking device. A spatial database and a graphical...

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An augmented reality system provides enhanced situational information to personnel located within an environment. A tracking system obtains viewpoint information corresponding to a real-time view of said environment. A processing system receives information from one or more sensors. Information includes sensor location information and status information about the environment and personnel therein. The processing system generates graphics using the sensor location information and the viewpoint information. Graphics include visual representations of said status information. A display displays the generated graphics on a display at a supervisor station that is outside of said environment such that graphics are superimposed on the real-time view.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is related to the following co-pending U.S. Patent applications, the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference:[0002]1. U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 441,241 entitled “System and Method to Display Maintenance and Operation Instructions of an Apparatus Using Augmented Reality,” filed May 26, 2006; and[0003]2. U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / ______ entitled “Augmented Reality-Based System and Method Providing Status and Control of Unmanned Vehicles,” filed Mar. 8, 2007.[0004]3. U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 516,545 entitled “Method and System for Geo-Referencing and Visualization of Detected Contaminants,” filed Sep. 7, 2006.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0005]This relates to showing the location and relevant data about personnel and sensors within an environment on top of a view of the environment.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING[0006]The following description, given with respect to the attached draw...

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IPC IPC(8): G08B19/00
CPCG08B13/19621G08B25/14G08B25/016G08B21/02G06F3/012
Inventor BAILLOT, YOHAN
Owner EXCELIS INC
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