Method and apparatus for tactical planning
OwnerSean Kelley, Mark Newhouseinventors
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Abstract
A method and apparatus as provided for aiding in the strategy and tactical planning for emergency response teams by dividing a site into a plurality of locations and making 360° photographs of the site from each location. The site is interrogated at each location to obtain interrogation information of the site. Each of the photographs corresponding to each location and interrogation information for each location is stored on a computer-readable medium. A location of interest is selected and the photograph and interrogation information for the selected location are displayed.
Claims24
A method for tactically planning for an emergency response at a site comprising the steps of:
- dividing the site into a plurality of locations;
- making a three hundred sixty degree photograph of the site from each location;
- interrogating the site at each location to obtain interrogation information;
- storing each photograph corresponding to each location and the interrogation information for each location of a site on a computer-readable medium;
- selecting a location of interest;
- displaying the photograph and interrogation information for the selected location on a display device.
A computer readable product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer readable data files embodied in said medium for causing said computer to display data for planning a strategy for responding to a an emergency situation at a site comprising:
- a first computer readable file, the file having 360° photographs of the site from each of a plurality of locations;
- a second computer readable data file containing interrogation information for each of said plurality of locations of a site, said interrogation information for each location being mapped to a respective 360° photograph for said location such that display of the photograph causes display of the corresponding interrogation information.
A method for tactically planning for an emergency response at a site utilizing a display device and database, said database having a 360° photograph at each of a plurality locations within a site and interrogation information for each location stored therein comprising steps of:
- accessing said database;
- selecting a location of interest;
- displaying a 360° photograph of the location of interest;
- and
- displaying interrogation information for the location of interest with the display of the photograph.
The method of claim 22, wherein said hotspot information includes information regarding at least one of hazardous materials, personnel, and dangerous situations likely to exist at the selected location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.