Retrofittable mask mount system for cognitive load reducing platform

A method for providing a retrofittable mount system for a mask having a mask window, comprising:

• removably mounting a sensor to the mask to collect information about an environment as sensor data, wherein the sensor is removably mounted to the mask with a first mount mechanism that does not penetrate the mask window;
• coupling a processor to the sensor, wherein the processor executes one or more cognitive enhancement engines to process the sensor data into enhanced characterization data;
• removably mounting an output device to the mask with a second mount mechanism without penetrating the mask window, the output device to electronically receive the enhanced characterization data from the processor and to communicate the enhanced characterization data to a wearer of the mask such that the enhanced characterization data to a wearer of the mask such that the enhanced characterization data is integrated into natural senses of the wearer and optimized for performance of a specific task of the wearer to reduce a cognitive load of the wearer;
• implementing the second mount mechanism as a flexible bridge connecting a left frame member and a right frame member, wherein the left frame member and the right frame member have contours that substantially match contours of the interior of the mask;
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• implementing at least one of the left frame member and the right frame member to fold inwards about a vertical axis of the flexible bridge folded for insertion into the mask until the left frame member and the right frame member are placed against the contours of an interior of the mask.

A retrofittable mount system for a mask of breathing apparatus, the mask having a mask window enclosed by a mask frame, comprising:

• a thermal imaging camera (TIC) removably mounted to the mask to collect thermal images of an environment as sensor data, wherein the TIC is removably mounted to the mask with a first mount mechanism that does not penetrate the mask window;
• a processor coupled to the sensor, wherein the processor executes one or more cognitive enhancement engines, including an edge enhancement engine, the edge enhancement engine to process the thermal images into enhanced characterization images that enhances edges of objects and declutters information in the thermal images;
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• a display unit removably mounted to the mask with a second mount mechanism without penetrating the mask window, the display unit configured to electronically receive the enhanced characterization images from the processor and to display the enhanced characterization images in a line of sight of a wearer,
• wherein the second mount mechanism comprises a flexible bridge connecting a left frame member and a right frame member, wherein the left frame member and the right frame member have contours that substantially match contours of the interior of the mask, and
• wherein at least one of the left frame member and the right frame member are folded inwards about a vertical axis of the flexible bridge folded and then inserted into the mask, wherein once released the left frame member and the right frame member flex back to an original shape and press against the contours of an interior of mask.