VR Snorkel Mask Comprehensive Thermal Imaging and Other Technologies Fire Rescue Competition Times [Full Text]

In the event of a sudden disaster such as a fire or an earthquake, the trapped person will often be in the darkness of the building. As a fire brigade, it is necessary to search and rescue trapped people in the shortest possible time to ensure their safety. So, how to search for life in a smoke-filled, dark space? High-precision intelligent thermal imager can be called fire department in this case to attack the fire magic, to solve the difficult "Sighting."

A reliable piece of fire in a burning building is a thermographic imager, a piece of equipment that allows them to see through smoke. Unfortunately, in order to use it, the firemen had to stop, take pictures, and then calculate and analyze the information they saw on the screen. Under normal circumstances, that few seconds may not really affect anything. But for the fire alarm, a few seconds may be the difference between life and death.

A company called Qwake is trying to use virtual reality sneak masks to return the critical seconds to the fire. This mask uses a system called C-THRU, which combines thermal imaging, sensors, and edge detection techniques.

"One second could be a human life," said Mark Dejnozka, an 18-year-old firefighter from the Saratoga Mineral Springs, part of the New York Fire Department. "The technology behind the Qwake helmet does provide that crucial few seconds of advantage, which is very important in the fire."

The C-THRU system incorporates several technologies: avatar positioning technology, thermal vision cameras, cloud computing, noise selectivity exclusion, target acquisition, and an AR technology. The above techniques are all adopted by helmets, so helmets can help fires locate in real time out of sight. If the fire wants to pass through a building faster, the information that these technologies bring is indispensable. At some moments the speed of crossing the building can even be five times faster.

"The cameras are two or three pounds and they are heavy," Dejnozka said. "When you use it, you can't free that hand. Qwake helmets can be heavily weighted so that I can free my hands to walk away, which greatly increases the safety of the fire, and of course greatly increases the success of our firefighting. rate."

The firemen generally marched on the floor while handcuffing the wall to help them cross the room, but the C-THRU system helped them eliminate this, while using the AR technology to provide a clearer border to help them see the wall. Things, doors, and even people. The system collects real-time data and sends it to hand-held equipment called smoke pilots installed outside the fire floor. The information is then analyzed and sent back to the helmet, forming a brand new 3D wireframe, which is then displayed on the face positioner's front avatar, much like Microsoft's holographic lens.

The 3D wireframe can help the fire mark the contours of the surrounding environment and help them ignore the surrounding visibility through three visual devices - sensitive boundary reconnaissance, hotspot ID, and thermal boundaries. The C-THRU device is roughly the size of a deck of cards, capable of integrating auxiliary sensors and pre-known situational awareness of wireless data provided by the Nvidia Tegra mobile data processor.

Together with the submersible helmet, C-THRU is a cutting-edge platform that can adapt to drones, handheld devices and robotic devices.

"I went to close the door to spread fire. I was on the third floor, but I lost through the smoke and situation analysis. I couldn't tell. Maybe I figured out that the fire was over." Dejnozka continued. "The ability to promptly distinguish where the wall is and where it is can effectively prevent this problem."

The biggest part of fighting with the fire is how to keep in touch with the organization. Wearing a breathing mask and communicating over the radio is a nuisance, Dejnozka said. "Radio becomes very noisy and you have to talk slowly." In some cases, you have to say one word at a time. . Like Dejnozka shows, "Need more / more water." If you say fast, the information will become fragmented. Qwake helmets can provide better communication between the fire alarms through noise filtering technology. This allows liaisons to filter out noises from the user's breathing, enhance communication between the players, and enhance the voice of the victim and wall structure, such as the sound of a wall or floor that is about to collapse.

The Qwake smoke helmet equipped with C-THRU is the company's first product, but perhaps it guides the future for fire equipment. As Dejnozka said: "This helmet gives me the ability to better help others, not only their belongings, but also their memories."

The Qwake team has already considered their new generation of helmets. The new generation helmets include object recognition and flow road markings. The project was initiated by the Umea Fire Brigade.

The original title of integrated thermal imaging, sensors and other technologies, this VR fire helmet can help!