Method and system for information management for an incident response

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9508248-B2
Application number	US-201414568261-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A method and system for information management for an incident response. The method comprises the following steps: A first communication allocating a responder to a specific assignment relating to the incident is received at a computing device from a command device. A second communication identifying assignment information that corresponds to the specific assignment is transmitted from the computing device to a graphic display device associated with the responder. Real-time sensor data is received at the computing device from one or more sensors. A third communication indicating progress in the specific assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data is transmitted from the computing device to one or more of the command device and the graphic display device.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method of information management for an incident response, comprising:
receiving, at a computing device from a command device, a first communication allocating a responder to a specific work assignment relating to the incident;
receiving, at the computing device, workflow information associated with the specific work assignment;
causing, by the computing device, a graphic display device associated with one of the responder and a commander associated with the incident response, to indicate assignment information that corresponds to the specific work assignment;
receiving, at the computing device from one or more sensors, real-time sensor data associated with the specific work assignment; and
causing, by the computing device, the graphic display device to indicate a progress made in the specific work assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data and the workflow information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein allocating to the responder the specific work assignment comprises one or more of the following:
allocating the responder to a responder group that is allocated to the specific work assignment; and
allocating a responder group including the responder to the specific work assignment.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the assignment information is based at least in part on a role of the responder in the responder group.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assignment information includes at least one of the following:
an objective for the responder;
one or more locations associated with the incident;
one or more objects associated with the incident;
one or more people associated with the incident; and
one or more other responder devices allocated to the incident.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: generating the workflow based on incident scene data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time sensor data includes one or more of the following:
a location of the responder;
a motion of the responder;
an orientation of the responder;
video of a view seen by the responder; and
audio at the responder.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, via the computing device based on the real-time sensor data, one or more objects, people or locations associated with the specific work assignment.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
transmitting, from the computing device to the graphic display device, a further communication identifying the one or more objects or people associated with the specific work assignment.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time sensor data includes an acknowledgement of the specific work assignment in the form of one of the following:
a video or image of a gesture;
an image of a drawn symbol;
an audio acknowledgement; and
a voice to text transcript.

10. A method of information management for an incident response, the method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device of a head-up display (HUD) associated with a responder, a first communication identifying assignment information that corresponds to a specific work assignment of the responder at the incident;
receiving, at the computing device, workflow information associated with the specific work assignment;
receiving, at the computing device from one or more sensors, real-time sensor data;
causing, by the computing device, a graphic display of the HUD to indicate the assignment information and to indicate a progress made in the specific work assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data and the workflow information.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the assignment information includes at least one of the following:
an objective for the responder;
one or more locations associated with the incident;
one or more objects associated with the incident;
one or more people associated with the incident; and
one or more other responder devices allocated to the incident.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of the following:
an accelerometer;
a gyroscope;
a digital camera;
a microphone;
a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver; and
a proximity sensor.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more sensors include a camera associated with the HUD and the method further comprises:
detecting an object of interest associated with the specific work assignment in at least one video frame of a video stream from the camera.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the object of interest is one of the following within the view of the responder:
an asset;
a vehicle;
a person of interest; and
another responder.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
displaying instructions for interacting with the object of interest on the HUD graphic display.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising: highlighting the object of interest on the HUD graphic display.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
determining first metadata to identify the object of interest; and
displaying the first metadata on the HUD graphic display.

18. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
receiving, via one or more of the sensors, feedback that the first metadata does not match the object of interest; and
associating a second metadata with the object of interest based on the feedback.

19. A responder system for managing information for an incident response, the responder system comprising:
a heads up display (HUD) graphic display;
one or more sensors; and
a responder device in communication with the HUD and the one or more sensors and associated with a responder, the responder device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing computer program code components executable by the processor to perform the following:
receive, at the computing device, assignment information that corresponds to a specific work assignment of the responder at the incident;
receive workflow information associated with the specific work assignment;
receive, from the one or more sensors, real-time sensor data; and
cause the graphic display of the HUD to display the assignment information and an indication of progress in the specific work assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data and the workflow information.

Assignees

• Motorola Solutions Inc
• Motorola Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Nakfour Juana E
• Griesmann Daniel S

Classifications

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• G08B25/016 Primary

  Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12) · CPC title

• H04W4/90

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

• H04W4/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W76/007

  Electricity · mapped topic