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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
John Franklin Ebersole, Bedford, NH (US);
Andrew Wesley Hobgood, Nashua, NH (US);
John Franklin Ebersole, Jr., Bedford, NH (US);
John Franklin Ebersole, Bedford, NH (US);
Andrew Wesley Hobgood, Nashua, NH (US);
John Franklin Ebersole, Jr., Bedford, NH (US);
Information Decision Technologies, LLC, Bedford, NH (US);
Abstract
A method for using Augmented Reality (AR), in conjunction with a real or simulated thermal imager. A primary application is to train emergency first responders. Particularly, the system uses a thermal imaging camera or standard video camera, and tracking system to provide a tracked viewpoint in an AR environment. The augmented portions of the environment can consist of fire, smoke, extinguishing agent, or other emergencies. This allows for inexpensive, flexible, and realistic on-site training of fire fighting, damage control, search and rescue, and other first responder techniques using thermal imaging.