Systems and methods for providing augmented reality emergency response solutions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10762768-B2
Application number	US-201916378392-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2019
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

An emergency response system (ERS) configured to acquire target terminal location data, emergency responder terminal location data, and equipment location data, engage a camera component of the emergency responder terminal to capture images of at least a portion of the surrounding real-world scene, providing such images for display on the touchscreen display of the emergency responder terminal, and providing one or more menu items associated with a selected target terminal display object, the one or more menu items configured to activate a resource of the target terminal of the selected target terminal display object to assist the emergency responder to locate the target terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An emergency response system (ERS) comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine readable instructions which when executed by a processor cause the ERS to:
obtain target terminal location data for a plurality of target terminals, the target terminal location data including a latitude measure, a longitude measure, and an altitude measure, wherein each of the plurality of target terminals comprise a GPS circuit, an altimeter, and a communications circuit;
obtain emergency responder terminal location data for an emergency responder terminal, the emergency responder terminal location data including a latitude measure, a longitude measure, and an altitude measure, wherein the emergency responder terminal comprises a GPS circuit, an altimeter, a camera component, a touchscreen display, a communication circuit, a processing engine, and a memory;
determine a horizontal distance measure between the emergency responder terminal in each of the plurality of target terminals, the horizontal distance measure computed from the target terminal location data and the emergency responder terminal location data;
determine a vertical distance measure between the emergency responder terminal and each of the plurality of target terminals, the vertical distance measure computed from the target terminal location data and the emergency responder terminal location data;
engage the camera component of the emergency responder terminal to capture images of at least a portion of a surrounding real-world scene, and provide such images for display on the touchscreen display of the emergency terminal;
provide a target terminal display object for display on the touchscreen display of the emergency responder terminal such that, when an image provided for display spans a region of the surrounding real-world scene within which a target terminal is located, the target terminal display object overlays a segment of the image associated with the target terminal location data, whereupon selection of the target terminal display object causes registered user details to be displayed on the touchscreen display, the registered user details including a physical characteristic including an attribute of the registered user's body;
provide one or more menu items associated with a selected target terminal display object, the one or more menu items configured to activate a physical resource of the target terminal of the selected target terminal display object to propagate a signal from the target terminal to assist the emergency responder to locate the target terminal.

2. The ERS of claim 1 , wherein the resource of the target terminal includes a speaker of the target terminal to propagate an alarm sound, a light source of the target terminal to propagate a flashing light, or a combination thereof.

3. The ERS of claim 1 , wherein the target terminal location data is obtained from one or more of: components internal to a housing of the target terminal; components external to a housing of the target terminal; selection input from a user of the target terminal; textual input from a user of the target terminal; voice input from a user of the target terminal; and
video input from a user of the target terminal.

4. The ERS of claim 3 , wherein the components internal to the housing of the target terminal may include one or more of a GPS sensor, an altimeter, and a pressure sensor.

5. The ERS of claim 3 , wherein the components external to the housing of the target terminal include one or more target vicinity components located in the vicinity of the target at a scene of an ongoing emergency.

6. The ERS of claim 3 , wherein the components external to the housing of the target terminal include one or more target vicinity components located in the vicinity of the target at a scene of an ongoing emergency, wherein the target vicinity components include a plurality of proximity beacons configured to communicate with target terminals.

7. The ERS of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further stores machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the ERS to:
obtain equipment location data from a plurality of equipment location components, the plurality of equipment location data including a latitude measure, a longitude measure, and an altitude measure, wherein the plurality of equipment location components comprising one or more of a GPS sensor, an altimeter, a pressure sensor, a proximity beacon, or an RFID tag;
determine a horizontal distance measure between the emergency responder terminal and each of the plurality of equipment location components, the horizontal distance measure computed from the equipment location data and the emergency responder terminal location data;
determine a vertical distance measure between the emergency responder terminal and each of the plurality of equipment location components, the vertical distance measure computed from the equipment location data and the emergency responder terminal location data; and
provide an equipment location display for each of the plurality of equipment location components for display on the touchscreen display of the emergency responder terminal such that, when an image provided for display spans the region surrounding real-world scene within which a target terminal is located, each of the equipment location display objects overlay the segment of the image associated with each equipment location component.

8. The ERS of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of equipment location components are associated with one or more of a fire extinguisher, an epinephrine pen, an axe, a mask, a defibrillator, a hose, a fire alarm, a fire hydrant, and a rope.

9. The ERS of claim 7 , wherein each of the equipment location display objects comprises an icon specific for a category of equipment associated with each equipment location component.

10. The ERS of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further stores machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the ERS to:
transmit a mission assignment to the emergency responder to render assistance to a specific target among the plurality of targets, the mission assignment based on: registered user details about the users of the plurality of target terminals, registered user details about the user of the emergency responder terminal, and priority scores among the plurality of target terminals; and
provide a mission route display object representing a suggested path of travel between the emergency responder terminal and the specific target terminal.

11. The ERS of claim 10 , wherein the mission assignment is generated by an emergency management entity communicatively coupled with but physically detached from the emergency responder terminal.

12. A method comprising:
obtaining target terminal location data for a plurality of target terminals, the target terminal location data including a latitude measure, a longitude measure, and an altitude measure, wherein each of the plurality of target terminals comprise a GPS circuit, an altimeter, and a communications circuit;
obtaining emergency responder terminal location data for an emergency responder terminal, the emergency responder terminal location data including a latitude measure, a longitude measure, and an altitude measure, wherein the emergency responder terminal comprises a GPS circuit, an altimeter, a camera component, a touchscreen display, a communication circuit, a processing engine, and a memory;
determining a horizontal distance measure between the emergency responder terminal in each of the plurality of target terminals, the horizontal distance me

Assignees

• Titan Health & Security Tech Inc
• Merjanian Vic

Inventors

• Merjanian Vic
• Khalili Ryan
• Juarez Eduardo
• Merjanian Ed
• Nasser Serene
• Wallengren Daniel

Classifications

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• G08B26/007

  Wireless interrogation · CPC title

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title

• H04W4/90

  Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] · CPC title

• G08B27/001

  Signalling to an emergency team, e.g. firemen · CPC title