Providing A Simulation of Fire Protection Features and Hazards to Aid the Fire Industry
AssigneeFire Solutions Group
InventorJames Andy Lynch
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Abstract
A system and method of preparing an augmented reality (AR) composite view, configured to create, edit, store, and display fire safety information, hazards, and location information. The system includes an AR editing tool such that a user may edit and input information into an electronically stored database. The system includes an AR viewing tool, where the relevant information from the electronically stored database is determined based on each user's location, and optionally view direction. The AR viewing tool displays a composite image representative of each user's view and incorporating icons representative of useful information, including fire protection features and hazards.
Claims20
An augmented reality system comprising:
- an augmented reality tool editor and an augmented reality tool viewer, the augmented reality tool editor configured to allow editing and entry of volume information for access by the augmented reality tool viewer configured to generate an augmented reality composite image;
- wherein the augmented reality tool editor includes:
- an editor display device,
- electronic memory storage,
- a computer accessible database containing volume information identifying fire protection features and fire protection hazards stored in the electronic memory, and
- a computational device and editing software configured to allow selective modifications to the volume information;
- and,
- wherein the augmented reality tool viewer includes:
- a viewer display device,
- a user interface,
- a camera,
- a computing device and viewing software configured to electronically access the computer accessible database, and create a composite image for viewing on a display, the composite image comprising volume information overlaid upon an image.
A method of using an augmented reality system configured to provide a composite augmented reality image comprising volume information and an image, the method comprising:
- providing an augmented reality tool editor and an augmented reality tool viewer;
- providing an electronically accessible database containing volume information identifying fire protection features and fire protection hazards stored in an electronic memory;
- providing image representative of a user perspective;
- determining volume information from the electronically accessible database correspondingly located within the image,
- overlaying an icon representative of each volume information onto the image to provide a composite augmented reality image;
- and
- providing the composite augmented reality image on a user display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.