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US 2003/0158635 A1Published application
Firefighting vehicle with network-assisted scene management
AssigneeOshkosh Truck Corporation
InventorsDuane R. Pillar, Bradley C. Squires
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Abstract
A method comprises acquiring information pertaining to a scene of a fire. The acquiring step is performed by a sensor connected to a first computer. The method further comprises transmitting the information from the first computer to a second computer by way of a wireless communication network. The second computer is mounted to a fire fighting vehicle and is connected to a display. The method further comprises displaying the information at the fire fighting vehicle using the display.
Claims29
A method comprising:
- acquiring information pertaining to a scene of a fire, the acquiring step being performed by a sensor connected to a first computer;
- transmitting the information from the first computer to a second computer by way of a wireless communication network, the second computer being mounted to a fire fighting vehicle and being connected to a display;
- and
- displaying the information at the fire fighting vehicle using the display.
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A system comprising:
- a wireless communication network;
- and
- a plurality of fire fighting vehicles including a respective plurality of on-board computer systems, each one of the plurality of on-board computer systems being connected to remaining ones of the plurality of on-board computer systems by way of the wireless communication network.
A method comprising:
- generating digital video information, the generating step being performed by a digital camera mounted on a first fire fighting vehicle;
- transmitting the digital video information from the first fire fighting vehicle to a second fire fighting vehicle over a wireless communication network that connects the first fire fighting vehicle and the second fire fighting vehicle, the digital video information comprising video images of a fire in progress;
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- displaying the digital video information at the second fire fighting vehicle.
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A system comprising:
- (A) a wireless communication network;
- (B) a plurality of fire fighting vehicles, each of the plurality of fire fighting vehicles comprising
- (1) an on-board computer system, the on-board computer system being connected to the wireless communication network, and
- (2) a camera capable of generating digital video information, the digital camera being connected to the wireless communication network by way of the on-board computer system;
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- (C) a display, the display being connected to the wireless communication network and being capable of receiving the digital video information over the wireless communication network;
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- wherein the on-board computer system of each of the plurality of fire fighting vehicles is capable of transmitting the digital video information over the wireless communication network.
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A system comprising:
- (A) a building monitoring system for a building, the building monitoring system comprising
- (1) a network of fire/smoke detection sensors distributed throughout the building, and
- (2) a building computer system, the building computer system storing information pertaining to the building;
- (B) a fire fighting vehicle, the fire fighting vehicle having an on-board computer system and a display;
- wherein the on-board computer system and the building computer system are capable of establishing a wireless network communication link to transfer the building information from the building computer system to the on-board computer system.
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A system comprising:
- (A) fire fighting vehicle, the fire fighting vehicle further including
- (1) a plurality of supplies of exhaustible resources,
- (2) an on-board computer system, and
- (3) a plurality of sensors that monitor respective ones of the plurality of supplies of exhaustible resources;
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- (B) a dispatch computer system and a display, the dispatch computer system receiving information pertaining to resource levels for the fire fighting vehicle by way of a wireless communication network, and the display displaying resource levels for the fire fighting vehicle based on information provided by the plurality of sensors.
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A method of communicating emergency information to an operator of a fire fighting vehicle, comprising:
- detecting a fire at a building, the detecting step being performed by a building monitoring system;
- retrieving stored emergency information pertaining to the building, the stored information comprising at least one of
- (1) building map information, (2) locations of active fire/smoke detection sensors in the building, and (3) locations of hazardous materials stored throughout the building;
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- transmitting the stored information to an on-board computer of the fire fighting vehicle by way of a wireless communication network in response to the detecting step.
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A real-time resource management method for managing resources of a plurality of fire fighting vehicles, comprising:
- acquiring resource supply information from the plurality of fire fighting vehicles;
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- generating a display that provides comparative information regarding availability of resources on the fire fighting vehicles.
A method of displaying information pertaining to a fire, comprising:
- displaying a building map of a building that is a site of a fire in progress;
- displaying locations of a plurality of fire fighting vehicles relative to the building;
- displaying locations of active fire/smoke detection sensors inside the building;
- displaying locations of firefighters inside the building;
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- wherein the locations of the fire fighting vehicles, the locations of the active fire/smoke detection sensors, and the locations of the firefighters are updated in real time during the fire in progress.
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A method comprising:
- acquiring information pertaining to wind speed and direction;
- determining a rate of movement of a hazardous material based on the wind speed and direction;
- generating information pertaining to an affected geographic area threatened by the hazardous material based on the rate of movement;
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- generating a display of a street map and superimposing the information pertaining to the geographic area on the street map.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.