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US 11,108,995 B2Granted
System and method for gas detection
AssigneeDraeger Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorRichard Alexander Wilson, Jr.
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Abstract
A method for gas detection including monitoring a concentration of a gas measured by a gas detection device to determine whether or not the concentration of the gas exceeds a threshold, when the concentration of the gas is determined to exceed the threshold, obtaining an image from a camera, the image capturing an area in proximity to the gas detection device at a time when the concentration of the gas is determined to exceed the threshold, annotating the obtained image to overlay a value of the concentration of the gas that exceeds the threshold on the captured area in proximity to the gas detection device, and transmitting the augmented image.
Claims28
A method for gas detection performed using a gas detection device and a camera capable of capturing an image, the method comprising:
- monitoring concentrations of one or more gases measured by the gas detection device to determine whether or not the concentration of one of the monitored gases exceeds a threshold;
- when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold, obtaining the image from the camera, the image capturing an area in proximity to the gas detection device at a time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold;
- augmenting the obtained image by overlaying on the image one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases that exceeds the threshold on the captured area in proximity to the gas detection device, at the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold;
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- transmitting the augmented image overlaid with the one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases from the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold.
2 more elements
A system for gas detection, the system comprising:
- a gas detection device capable of measuring concentrations of one or more gases and wirelessly transmitting the concentrations of the one or more gases;
- a camera capable of capturing an image of an area in proximity to the gas detection device and wirelessly transmitting the image;
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- a computer that is wirelessly connected to the gas detection device to receive the concentrations of the one or more gases, and wirelessly connected to the camera to receive the image of the area in proximity to the gas detection device, wherein:
- the computer is configured to monitor the concentrations of the one or more gases received from the gas detection device to determine whether or not the concentration of one of the monitored gases exceeds a threshold, and
- when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold, the computer is configured to
- (i) obtain the image from the camera, the image capturing the area in proximity to the gas detection device at a time when the concentration of one of the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold,
- (ii) augment the obtained image by overlaying on the image one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases that exceeds the threshold on the captured area in proximity to the gas detection device, at the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold, and
- (iii) transmit the augmented image overlaid with the one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases from the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold.
6 more elements
A method for gas monitoring, the method comprising:
- displaying a map image of a worksite, the map image including (i) a first icon representing a gas detection device capable of measuring concentrations of one or more gases and (ii) a second icon representing a camera capable of capturing an image of an area in proximity to the gas detection device;
- obtaining the image from the camera;
- monitoring the concentrations of the one or more gases measured by the gas detection device to determine whether or not the concentration of one of the monitored gases exceeds a threshold;
- augmenting the obtained image by overlaying on the image one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases at a time when the image is obtained from the camera on the captured area in proximity to the gas detection device;
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- displaying the augmented image to be the least partially overlapped with the displayed map image;
- when the concentration of the one or the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold, altering a characteristic of the displayed augmented image overlaid with the one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases to indicate that the concentration of the one of the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold, at the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold;
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- transmitting the augmented image overlaid with the one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases from the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold.
6 more elements
A system for gas monitoring, the system comprising:
- a gas detection device capable of measuring concentrations of one or more gases and wirelessly transmitting the concentrations of the one or more gases;
- a camera capable of capturing an image of an area in proximity to the gas detection device and wirelessly transmitting the image;
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- a computer that is wirelessly connected to the gas detection device to receive the concentrations of the one or more gases, and wirelessly connected to the camera to obtain the image of the area in proximity to the gas detection device, wherein the computer is configured to:
- display, on a display, a map image of a worksite, the map image including (i) a first icon representing the gas detection device and (ii) a second icon representing the camera,
- monitoring the concentrations of the one or more gases received from the gas detection device to determine whether or not the concentration of one of the monitored gases exceeds a threshold,
- augment the obtained image by overlaying on the image one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases at a time when the image is obtained from the camera on the captured area in proximity to the gas detection device,
- display, on the display, the augmented image to be at least partially overlapped with the displayed map image,
- when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold, alter a characteristic of the displayed augmented image overlaid with the one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases to indicate that the concentration of the one of the monitored gases is determined to exceed the threshold, at the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold, and
- transmit the augmented image overlaid with the one or more numerical values of the concentration of the one of the monitored gases from the time when the concentration of the one of the monitored gases was determined to exceed the threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.