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Design of Monocular Head-Mounted Displays for Increased Indoor Firefighting Safety and Efficiency
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| Author | Wilson, Joel Steingart, Dan Romero, Russell Reynolds, Jessica Mellers, Eric Redfern, Andrew Lim, Lloyd Watts, William Patton, Colin Baker, Jessica Wright, Paul |
| Abstract | Four monocular Head-Mounted Display (HMD) prototypes from the Fire Information and Rescue Equipment (FIRE) project at UC Berkeley are presented. The FIRE project aims to give firefighters a system of information technology tools for safer and more efficient firefighting in large buildings. The paper begins by describing the FIRE project and its use of a custom wireless sensor network (WSN) called SmokeNet for personnel tracking. The project aims to address urban/industrial firefighting procedures in need of improvement. Two “user-needs ” studies with the Chicago and Berkeley Fire Departments are briefly presented. The FIRE project’s initial HMD prototype designs are then discussed with regard to feedback from the user-needs studies. These prototypes are evaluated in their potential costs and benefits to firefighters and found to need improvement. Next, some currently available commercial HMDs are reviewed and compared in their cost, performance, and potential for use by firefighters. Feedback from the Berkeley Fire Department user-needs study, in which the initial prototypes were demonstrated, is compiled into a concept selection matrix for the next prototypes. This matrix is used to evaluate a variety of HMDs, including some of the commercial units presented, and to select the best design options. Finally, the current prototypes of the two best design options are presented and discussed. |
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| Subject Keyword | Monocular Head-mounted Display Indoor Firefighting Safety Fire Project Design Option User-needs Study Efficient Firefighting Uc Berkeley Commercial Unit Custom Wireless Sensor Network Current Prototype Next Prototype Berkeley Fire Department User-needs Study Initial Prototype Information Technology Tool Available Commercial Hmds Potential Cost Initial Hmd Prototype Design Fire Information Concept Selection Matrix Rescue Equipment Large Building Urban Industrial Firefighting Procedure Berkeley Fire Department |
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