WO2009105603A1 - Système pour la fourniture d'information concernant les bâtiments et les installations, de façon à pouvoir réagir aux situations d'urgence et gérer les crises - Google Patents

Système pour la fourniture d'information concernant les bâtiments et les installations, de façon à pouvoir réagir aux situations d'urgence et gérer les crises Download PDF

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WO2009105603A1
WO2009105603A1 PCT/US2009/034625 US2009034625W WO2009105603A1 WO 2009105603 A1 WO2009105603 A1 WO 2009105603A1 US 2009034625 W US2009034625 W US 2009034625W WO 2009105603 A1 WO2009105603 A1 WO 2009105603A1
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  • the present invention relates, in general, to crisis management and emergency response and, in particular, to a system providing digital, interactive mappings of the interiors of buildings and facilities, such as large commercial and governmental buildings via a secure network.
  • the present invention provides digital, interactive mappings of the interiors of buildings and facilities, such as large commercial and governmental buildings. Pertinent areas of these facilities are documented for access and use by police, fire and other emergency personnel, enabling first responders to pinpoint the exact location of the emergency at hand.
  • 360° panoramic photographs are taken of the entire facility, and are matched to their exact locations through a digital interior map.
  • Critical areas such as the location of electrical control panels, hydrants, fire escapes, roof access, water valves, etc., are highlighted. All of this data is housed on secure servers, and is accessible via the internet upon password authentication.
  • all of this information is accessed and presented to the user via an internet browser interface.
  • Four related viewing areas are simultaneously presented, including 1) a high-level map of the facility; 2) a more detailed map of a portion of the facility surrounding the currently selected location, including dot-shaped links to panoramic photographed areas; 3) a panoramic photograph of the current location, about which the user may pan and zoom; and 4) a legend area showing icons associated with highlighted critical areas (electrical panels, pipes, alarms, etc.).
  • a user may navigate through the map in six ways, including 1) room selection; 2) utility or roof access selection; 3) area selection; 4) floor selection; 5) point-and-click navigation of a dot- shaped link in the detailed map portion; and 6) clicking on a numbered region in the high- level map.
  • Aerial views of the exterior facility may also be referenced. Whenever such navigation occurs, there related viewing areas are automatically and simultaneously updated, by reference to pre-stored mapping and image data in an associated database, to reflect the newly selected location.
  • the present invention accordingly provides the user with an intuitive, easy to use interface, enabling responders, including those having little or no prior training in the system and little if any familiarity with a given associated building or facility, to easily perform virtual navigation within the facility.
  • Fig. 1 of the drawings is a block diagram of certain hardware components of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user login portion of the user interface component of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 of the drawings is a screen capture of the facility selection portion of the user interface component of the present invention.
  • Fig. 4 of the drawings is a block diagram of the primary display fields of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 5 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, direct navigation to a specific enumerated room of a building;
  • Fig. 6 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, the result of navigation to a specific enumerated room of a building;
  • Fig. 7 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, navigation to a specific enumerated utility or roof access portion of a building;
  • Fig. 8 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular the result of navigation to a specific enumerated utility or roof access portion of a building;
  • Fig. 9 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, navigation to a specific enumerated general area of a building;
  • Fig. 10 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular the result of navigation to a specific enumerated general area of a building;
  • Fig. 11 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, navigation to a specific enumerated floor of a building
  • Fig. 12 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular the result of navigation to a specific enumerated floor of a building;
  • Fig. 13 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, navigation to a specific location identified by predetermined indicia;
  • Fig. 14 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular the result of navigation to a specific location identified by predetermined indicia;
  • Fig. 15 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, a request for general information concerning a building or facility;
  • Fig. 16 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular the presentation of general information concerning a building or facility;
  • Fig. 17 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, a request for satellite imagery of a building or facility;
  • Fig. 18 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular the presentation of satellite imagery of a building or facility;
  • Fig. 19 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, the presentation of an image of a region of a building at a standard zoom level;
  • Fig. 20 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular the presentation of an image of a region at an enhanced zoom level;
  • Fig. 21 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of a first embodiment of the present invention and showing, in particular, a live video feed of a user selected portion of a building or facility;
  • Fig. 22 of the drawings is a depiction of the design of the Areas table of the database of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 23 of the drawings is a depiction of the design of the Locations table of the database of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 24 of the drawings is a depiction of the design of the Nodes table of the database of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Figs. 25 A and 25B of the drawings is a depiction of the design of the Schools table of the database of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 26 of the drawings is a depiction of the design of the Descriptions table of the database of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 27 of the drawings is a depiction of the design of the States table of a first embodiment of the database of the present invention.
  • Fig. 28 of the drawings is a screen capture of the user interface component of another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 29 of the drawings is an enlarged view of a first portion of the screen capture of Fig. 28;
  • Fig. 30 of the drawings is an enlarged view of a second portion of the screen capture of Fig. 28;
  • Fig. 31 of the drawings is an enlarged view of a third portion of the screen capture of Fig. 28;
  • Fig. 32 of the drawings is an enlarged view of a fourth portion of the screen capture of Fig. 28.
  • Fig. 1 The hardware associated with the present invention is shown in Fig. 1 as comprising web server 10 (or a web farm, or server cluster, consisting of a plurality of web servers 10), database server 11, and local terminal 12, preferably in the form of a desktop personal computer.
  • Database server 11 may alternatively be the same server as web server 10.
  • a local area network 13 interconnects the web servers, database server, and local terminal.
  • Router 14 interconnects local area network 13 with global computer network 15, such as the Internet.
  • Remote wired terminal 16 preferably in the form of desktop personal computer, is likewise coupled to the Internet, enabling this terminal to access web pages served by web server 10.
  • HA PIX firewalls HA load balancers, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) servers (not shown) are employed in conjunction with the web server and database server at a primary facility.
  • a redundant mirror (site backup) facility is preferably provided, where fallback servers in a separate location provide backup capabilities.
  • Terrestrial antennas 17 and/or communications satellites 18 provide wireless access to the Internet and, in turn, to web pages served by web server 10.
  • Web server 10 provides a database driven website by which the present invention provides digital, interactive mappings of the interiors of buildings and facilities, such as large commercial and governmental buildings.
  • the application running on web server 10 is written primarily in PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, an interpretive, HTML centric, server side scripting language. Other scripting languages, programming languages, or web application platforms and frameworks may alternatively be used.
  • database server 11 stores a relational database, in the form of a plurality of data tables and an associated set of queries, containing all of the pertinent data regarding all of the buildings and facilities for which emergency response management information may be retrieved.
  • database server 11 employs structured query language database software, such as MySQL, in order to provide responses to queries issued (in the form of program- generated queries) or initiated (in the form of pre-stored queries) by the web application script.
  • MySQL structured query language database software
  • Microsoft SQL Server or other database software, may alternatively be used.
  • the specific MySQL database design for the tables employed in an embodiment of the present invention are shown in Figs. 22 through 27
  • the initial login page served by web server 10 is shown in Fig. 2.
  • This web page, as well as all others served by the present invention preferably employ Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, so as to provide secure, encrypted back and forth transmission of all data.
  • a potential user of the present invention is prompted to enter a username and password. The potential user then clicks the Login button.
  • the web application will authenticate the username/password combination, and determine if access should be granted. If the username is not recognized, or the password is invalid, this login page will again be presented to the user, with an indication of invalid data entry.
  • the site selection page shown in Fig. 3 is presented.
  • a drop-down list box is presented, containing a list of all facilities for which the present user has been granted access. Once a user selects a particular item in the list by clicking on the associated address or other identifier (such as school or building name). Transition is then taken to the primary facility display page, In a first embodiment of the present invention, the regions of the primary facility display page are summarized in Fig. 4.
  • primary facility display page 20 comprises banner region 21, locator boxes 22, 23 and 24, and quadrants 25, 26, 27 and 28.
  • Banner region 21 permits application service provider identifiers, trademarks, and other general information to be displayed.
  • locator box 22 provides the physical address of the currently selected facility, as well as a hypertext link to general information about the facility, and another hypertext link to satellite or other map data showing the position of the current facility.
  • Locator box 23 displays, in textual form, a description of the currently selected location, as indicated and highlighted by a flashing red dot within quadrant 26.
  • Locator box 24 displays an identification of the current region (i.e., a region encompassing the currently selected location/area), which is depicted graphically in quadrant 27.
  • Quadrant 25 shows, at the user's selection either a 360° panoramic photograph, or a live video feed (if available), of the area identified in locator box 23, and as selected by the user and highlighted by a flashing red dot in the digital graphic layout/plan depicted in quadrant 26.
  • Quadrant 27 depicts, in digital graphic layout/plan form, the larger area encompassing the currently selected region, as well as other, adjoining regions for to enhance situational awareness of the user.
  • Quadrant 28 displays a legend of symbols, or icons, denoting pertinent items located within the present building or facility, such as the following:
  • alarm panel locations including central alarm panel; 12. roof access location;
  • the present invention provides for receipt of an electronic indication from the central alarm panels of a monitored facility, identifying the particular panel or panels that have been activated.
  • the icons or symbols corresponding to such active panels will flash or otherwise be highlighted in the display of quadrants 26 and 27, offering responders immediate visual indications of precisely where in the facility the alarm has been activated.
  • an activated alarm communicates with the central alarm panel of the building, and the central alarm panel in return further communicates with an input data port or connection of the web server of the present invention, causing the web application to display a flashing icon matching the exact location of where the alarm has been triggered.
  • the user may selectively enable or disable specific symbols or icons, by clicking on their representation within the legend of quadrant 28. This, in turn, will result in the selective display, or removal from display, respectively, of the corresponding icons or symbols in quadrants 26 and 27.
  • This feature permits the user to reduce display clutter, as desired, and permits the location of more pertinent items within the building or facility to be more easily located. As shown, for example, in Fig. 5, hallways of the building or facility are shown highlighted in green in the floor plan / layout depicted in quadrant 26. This facilitates the responders' ability to visualize paths and routes to be taken during the response, including the determination of optimal routes of ingress and egress.
  • screen print functionality is provided, including the option to print the visual information provided for an individual quadrant of the overall video display.
  • a screen capture of primary facility display page 20 in a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 5.
  • facility display page 20 includes drop-down list box 29 proximate quadrant 25. This list box permits direct, immediate visual navigation to any predetermined room or other specific, individual position within the building or facility being monitored.
  • user selection of a particular room causes display page 20 to be updated to reflect the chosen navigation, including the display of text describing the selected room in locator box 23, the display of text identifying the current area in locator box 24, the selected room's panoramic image to be displayed in quadrant 25, the region containing the selected room, with the selected room's position therein highlighted by a flashing red dot, to be displayed in quadrant 26, and the larger area encompassing the current room and region, to be displayed in quadrant 27.
  • quadrant 26 includes automatically update indicia, such as "Area 08", indicating the currently selected and displayed area
  • quadrant 27 includes automatically updated indicia, such as "Level 1", indicating the currently selected floor or level being displayed.
  • an individual room may be navigated to by clicking on a gray dot
  • quadrant 27 shows, in conjunction with fire hydrant exterior locations, the distance of the exterior fire hydrant from the building or facility, facilitating fire response planning, e.g., the positioning of fire trucks and other equipment, determining the length and number of fire hoses required, and related considerations.
  • Other exterior symbols or icons depicted in quadrant 27 likewise preferably have both location and distance identification associated therewith.
  • facility display page 20 includes drop-down list box 30 proximate quadrant 26.
  • This list box permits direct, immediate visual navigation to the position of any predetermined utility (such as an electrical panel or water valve) or specific roof access location within the building or facility being monitored.
  • any predetermined utility such as an electrical panel or water valve
  • specific roof access location within the building or facility being monitored.
  • user selection of a particular utility causes display page 20 to be updated to reflect the chosen navigation, including the display of text describing the selected utility or roof access position in locator box 23, the display of text identifying the current area in locator box 24, the selected utility's panoramic image to be displayed in quadrant 25, the region containing the selected utility, with the selected utility's position therein highlighted by a flashing red dot, to be displayed in quadrant 26, and the larger area encompassing the current utility and region, to be displayed in quadrant 27.
  • an individual utility or roof access location may be navigated to by clicking on a gray dot (i.e., a symbol or icon employed to depict a utility, roof access location, or other area available for navigation) depicted in the layout or floor plan of quadrant 26, preceded, if necessary, by selecting the desired larger numbered area by clicking on a numbered area depicted in quadrant 27.
  • a gray dot i.e., a symbol or icon employed to depict a utility, roof access location, or other area available for navigation
  • facility display page 20 includes drop-down list box 31 proximate quadrant 27.
  • This list box permits direct, immediate visual navigation to one of several enumerated general areas within the building or facility being monitored.
  • user selection of a particular general area causes display page 20 to be updated to reflect the chosen navigation (and, in particular, the navigation to and selection of an individual room proximate the geometric center of the selected general area), including the display of text describing the selected center room in locator box 23, the display of text identifying the current area in locator box 24, the selected center room's panoramic image to be displayed in quadrant 25, the region containing the selected room, with the selected room's position therein highlighted by a flashing red dot, to be displayed in quadrant 26, and the selected general area to be displayed in quadrant 27.
  • a general area may be navigated to by clicking on the associated numbered area depicted graphically in the layout / floor plan of quadrant 27.
  • facility display page 20 includes drop-down list box 32 proximate quadrant 28.
  • This list box permits direct, immediate visual navigation to the position of any predetermined floor (for any multi-floor building or facility) within the building or facility being monitored.
  • Fig. 11 illustrates that this list box permits direct, immediate visual navigation to the position of any predetermined floor (for any multi-floor building or facility) within the building or facility being monitored.
  • user selection of a particular floor causes display page 20 to be updated to reflect the chosen navigation (and, in particular, the navigation to and selection of an individual room proximate the geometric center of the selected floor), including the display of text describing the selected center room in locator box 23, the display of text identifying the current area in locator box 24, the selected center room's panoramic image to be displayed in quadrant 25, the region containing the selected room, with the selected room's position therein highlighted by a flashing red dot, to be displayed in quadrant 26, and the selected general area to be displayed in quadrant 27.
  • Figs. 13 and 14 One manner of user navigation from one room to another is shown in Figs. 13 and 14.
  • the current position is the "commons" room of general area 1, as shown by the flashing red dot of quadrant 26, the descriptive text of locator box 23, and the panoramic photograph of real time video feed of quadrant 25.
  • the user clicks on the gray dot towards the bottom of the library room of the layout / floor plan depicted in quadrant 26.
  • the selected dot is becomes highlighted in red, and the dot corresponding to the "commons" room returns to a gray color.
  • the selected location named "Library 2" is displayed in locator box 23, and a panoramic photograph or live video feed of this location is shown in quadrant 25.
  • locator box 22 contains a hyperlink entitled "school information”. Clicking on this hyperlink causes a separate browser window to be displayed, such as an overlaying window or a separate browser tabbed display, as shown in Fig. 16.
  • This separate browser window presents general information concerning the current building and facility, such as, for example in the case of a school, its physical address, emergency contact information, exterior photograph, square footage, year constructed, and the number of students, faculty and staff, gas shutoff procedures, physical blueprints, hazard plans, water shutoff procedures, and electric utility shutoff procedures.
  • FIG. 17 A request for, and the display of, the satellite map location information concerning the current building or facility are shown in Figs. 17 and 18.
  • locator box 22 contains a hyperlink entitled "satellite map location". Clicking on this hyperlink causes a separate browser window to be displayed, such as an overlaying window or a separate browser tabbed display, as shown in Fig. 18.
  • This separate browser window presents a satellite image of the current building or facility.
  • This satellite image may be pre-stored in a file on the applicant's web server, as metadata in the application's database, or the application may access an external service or source for the satellite image, such as Google Maps or Google Earth.
  • Geographic Information may be pre-stored in a file on the applicant's web server, as metadata in the application's database, or the application may access an external service or source for the satellite image, such as Google Maps or Google Earth.
  • Geographic Information may be pre-stored in a file on the applicant's web server, as metadata in the application's database, or the application may access
  • GIS data may be provided, alternatively or in addition to the satellite imagery.
  • a user may pan any panoramic photograph displayed in quadrant 25 in the left, right, up, and down directions, by clicking and dragging the mouse on the image in any desired direction.
  • the compass cardinal directions of North, South, East and West are superimposed on each panoramic image, to provide a visual indication of the general direction being viewed at any given time.
  • the general area display of quadrant 27 likewise includes a compass display. In one embodiment of the present invention, the compass display of quadrant 27 will rotate in real time to match to current compass direction displayed in the panoramic image of quadrant 25.
  • a digital compass display is instead provided.
  • the compass display and panning of the image in quadrant 25 is performed with a "vector display" in quadrant 26.
  • the flashing red dot in quadrant 26, denoting the currently selected location is enhanced to include a red arrow symbol originating from the flashing red dot. The head of the arrow corresponds to the compass direction currently being viewed in the panoramic photograph or live video feed of quadrant 25.
  • Fig 19 shows a panoramic photograph at normal zoom level.
  • zoom-in button 35 designated by a plus sign
  • zoom-out button 36 designated by a minus sign
  • Clicking a mouse (or other suitable pointing device) on zoom-in button 35 causes the displayed image, in its current panoramic orientation, to become enlarged, as shown in Fig. 20.
  • Repeatedly clicking on zoom-in button 35 causes the image to be repeatedly enlarged in further increments, until a maximum zoom level is reached.
  • clicking a mouse on zoom-out button 36 causes the displayed image, in its current panoramic orientation, to become reduced in magnification.
  • quadrants 26 and 27 likewise include their own dedicated zoom-in and zoom-out buttons to facilitate rapid resizing of the layout / floor plan (for quadrant 26) and general area depiction (for quadrant 27), respectively.
  • quadrant's 25, 26 and 27 each preferably include a "balloon feature", permitting a user to immediately expand the quadrant to fill the entire screen. This full screen display may then be exited at any time by the user, resuming to the standard, four quadrant display.
  • the display of live video feed data is shown in Fig. 21.
  • Rooms or other positions having live video feed capability are denoted by a yellow, rather than a gray dot in quadrant 26. Clicking on any gray dot navigates to its associated position, and causes the associated live video feed to bee displayed within quadrant 25, as shown in Fig. 21.
  • Existing security camera systems may be employed (i.e., "tapped into") to provide the live video feeds.
  • dedicated video cameras may be installed specifically to support the live video capabilities of the present invention.
  • the primary facility display page 20' for an alternative embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 28 as comprising regions or quadrants 25', 26', 27' and 28'. As shown in Fig. 28, while regions of the display may be referred to as quadrants, these regions may differ in relative size, and their boundaries are not necessarily defined by the intersection of two orthogonal lines.
  • locator boxes 22, 23 and 24, are no longer present.
  • the name or identifier of the currently displayed facility 37 is presented adjacent a drop-down facility selection list box 38, which also permits the user to select a different facility for display and which eliminates the requirement to display similar information in a locator box, such as locator box 22 of Fig. 5.
  • the currently displayed location is displayed in drop-down list box 29', eliminating the requirement to display similar information in a locator box, such as locator box 23 of Fig. 5 and permitting the current location to be rapidly changed.
  • the currently displayed section or area is displayed in two drop-down list boxes 31 ', either of which may be used to rapidly select a new section, as identified by corresponding indicia within the wide area view of quadrant 27'.
  • the display of a current area or section in drop-down list boxes 31 ' eliminates the requirement to display similar information in a locator box, such as locator box 24 of Fig. 5.
  • the currently displayed floor is displayed in two drop-down list boxes 32', either of which may be used to rapidly select a new floor of the currently selected region of the currently selected facility for display.
  • the currently displayed utility or roof access location is displayed in drop-down list box 30', permitting the currently selected utility or roof access location to be rapidly changed.
  • clicking on print screen button 39 with a pointing device causes a hardcopy snapshot of the currently displayed information to be printed.
  • Clicking on help guide button 40 causes user help information to be displayed in a separate window.
  • Clicking on report bug button 41 causes a user bug reporting dialog to be displayed in a separate window.
  • Data entered by the user in this dialog is stored in an associated database table on the web server hosting the application.
  • An email to a predetermined administrator, containing the data entered by the user, may also or alternatively be generated as a part of user bug reporting.
  • text entry box 75 permits search information to be entered by the user.
  • Current position indicators 56 of quadrants 26' and 27', as well as the 360° panoramic image of quadrant 25', will all be simultaneously updated to reflect to location matching the search data entered by the user in this text box.
  • Quadrant 25' of primary facility display 20' is shown in enlarged form in Fig. 29.
  • several tabs are presented towards the top of the quadrant. Clicking on a particular tab causes different associated information to be displayed below the tabs.
  • clicking on virtual tour tab 42, the default and initially highlighted/selected tab of this quadrant causes a 360° panoramic photograph of the currently selected location to be displayed.
  • the user may "click and drag" the pointing device on the displayed image, in order to pan the image to the left, right, up and down.
  • a scroll wheel or other component of the pointing device may be employed to change the magnification of the image; i.e., to zoom the image in and out.
  • buttons 46, 47, 49 and 49 causes the panoramic image to pan to the left, right, down, and up, respectively, and clicking on buttons 50 and 51 cause the panoramic image to be enlarged (zoomed in) or reduced (zoomed out) in magnification, respectively.
  • Indicia 52 below the panoramic image describes the contents of the current image.
  • video memo tab 43 When video memo tab 43 is selected, such as by clicking on the tab with a pointing device, a previously recorded video and/or audio clip, preferably containing information pertinent to the currently selected location or room displayed in virtual tour tab 42, or globally pertinent to the presently selected facility or section/area of the presently selected facility, is played to the user.
  • hi-res photo tab 44 When hi-res photo tab 44 is selected, a high resolution still photographic image is presented in the region immediately below tab 44. Typically, this high resolution image will be predetermined and will represent a pertinent item within the currently displayed room or section, such as, for example, a close-up image of a control panel, switches, buttons, gauges, or other utility-related information.
  • Quadrant 26' of primary facility display 20' is shown in enlarged form in Fig. 30.
  • several tabs are presented towards the top of the quadrant. Clicking on a particular tab causes different associated information to be displayed below the tabs.
  • clicking on floorplan view tab 53 the default and initially highlighted/selected tab of this quadrant, causes an enlarged floor plan of the section or region currently selected by the user to be displayed immediately below the tab.
  • current position indicator 56 which may comprise, for example, a flashing red or other contrastingly colored dot.
  • Adjacent current position indicator 56 a region 57 is highlighted, indicating both the approximate direction of view and the approximate field of view corresponding to the current orientation of the panoramic image in quadrant 25'. As a user horizontally pans or horizontally rotates the 360° panoramic image displayed in quadrant 25', highlighted region 57 is simultaneously rotated in synchronization with the changing orientation of the panoramic image.
  • locations in the displayed floorplan may include identifying indicia displayed therein.
  • the indicia "Band Room” is employed to identify the common name for a particular room within the facility displayed in Fig. 30.
  • the separate indicia "B 102”, corresponding to the room number for the same room is also displayed.
  • the indicia "Auditorium” refers to a large region of the floorplan, while the indicia “Stage”, “Seating”, and “Ramp” refers to sub-regions of the Auditorium.
  • dots or other displayable indicia are not used to depict nodes, or selectable locations having corresponding panoramic 360° images available. Instead, whenever the user uses a pointing device to select a particular location within the currently viewed floorplan of quadrant 26', the nearest available node location having a corresponding panoramic image in the database, relative to the position selected by the user, is automatically "jumped to" and selected.
  • buttons 58 are displayed above the floorplan. Clicking on button 58 automatically moves current position indicator 56 to the geometric center of the currently displayed portion of the floorplan in quadrant 26'.
  • buttons 59 and 61 Clicking on button 59 causes the floorplan of quadrant 26' to enter pan mode, and re-clicking on button 59 causes the floorplan of quadrant 26' to exit pan mode.
  • the pointing device may be employed to drag the floorplan up, down, left and right, thus panning the enlarged floorplan of quadrant 26' in order to display different portions of the overall floorplan depicted in quadrant 27'.
  • highlighted portion 66 of the overall floorplan displayed in quadrant 27' is simultaneously updated, such that, at any given time, the highlighted portion in quadrant 27' corresponds to the currently displayed, enlarged partial floorplan of quadrant 26' .
  • Clicking on button 60 causes the magnification of the partial floorplan of quadrant 26' to be enlarged and, in turn, causes a smaller portion of the overall floorplan to be displayed in this quadrant, and a simultaneously causes a smaller portion of the overall floorplan of quadrant 27' to be highlighted.
  • Clicking on button 61 causes the magnification of the partial floorplan of quadrant 26' to be reduced and, in turn, causes a larger portion of the overall floorplan to be displayed in this quadrant, and a simultaneously causes a smaller portion of the overall floorplan of quadrant 27' to be highlighted.
  • the underlying data stored within database server 11 (Fig. 1) and used to generate the floorplan images is vector, rather than pixel based. This permits the generated floorplan image of quadrant 26' to be enlarged and reduced in magnification without significant loss of image resolution and quality.
  • Clicking on perspective view tab 54 causes the floorplan type view shown in Fig.
  • GIS geographic information system
  • Quadrant 27' of primary facility display 20' is shown in enlarged form in Fig. 31 is shown in enlarged form in Fig. 31.
  • several tabs are presented towards the top of the quadrant. Clicking on a particular tab causes different associated information to be displayed below the tabs.
  • indicia 65 may be employed to identify specific sections or areas of the overall floorplan, such as "Section A”, “Section B", and “Section C”.
  • a highlighted region such as rectangular region 66, identifies the portion or subset of the overall floorplan of quadrant 27' that is currently displayed in association with floorplan view tab 53 of quadrant 26'.
  • current position indicator 56 and highlighted region 57 collectively provide an indication of the currently selected position, as well as the currently selected field of view, corresponding to the 360° panoramic image currently displayed in quadrant 25'.
  • floor level view tab 63 Clicking on floor level view tab 63 causes the birds eye overall floorplan view to be replaced with an exterior, top to bottom profile view or 3 -dimensional image of the entire facility.
  • a pointing device may be employed in "click and drag" or other suitable mode in order to rotate the profile view of the facility.
  • clicking on satellite view tab 55 causes the birds eye floorplan type view shown in Fig. 31 to be replaced with a geographic information system (GIS) map of the currently selected facility.
  • GIS geographic information system
  • buttons are presented towards the top of the quadrant. Clicking on a particular tab causes different associated information to be displayed below the tabs.
  • clicking on location info tab 67 causes the currently selected location, section/area, utilities/roof access associated with the currently selected location to be displayed immediately below.
  • search tags associated with the currently selected location used to facilitate pattern matching of search date entered by the user in text box 75, are displayed.
  • the file name of the flash video or other data used to create the 360° panoramic image associated with the current location is displayed in this tab.
  • the associate filename is likewise displayed in this tab.
  • Additional notes may likewise be entered and displayed via this tab.
  • Clicking on facility info tab 68 causes information pertaining to the overall facility, including emergency contact names and associated telephone numbers, building occupancy information, gas/water and other utility cutoff procedures and utility contact information, to be displayed immediately below the tab.
  • Clicking on access log tab 69 causes application access log data to be retrieved from database server 11 and displayed immediately below the tab.
  • Clicking on map key tab 70 causes icons, similar to those shown in the legend of quadrant 28 of Fig. 11, to be displayed, together with associated textual descriptions of each icon. These icons are preferably consistent with standards promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association.
  • each such icon displayed in quadrant 28' has an associated checkbox displayed immediately adjacent the icon.
  • Checking a checkbox causes each instance of the associated icon contained within the enlarged portion of the facility floorplan currently displayed within quadrant 26' to be made visible. Conversely, un-checking a checkbox causes each instance of the associated icon contained within the enlarged portion of the facility floorplan currently displayed within quadrant 26' to be hidden from view. In this manner, the user may employ these checkboxes to control the amount of detail displayed in the enlarged floorplans of quadrant 26', and to "de-clutter" quadrant 26' by hiding from display information that is currently considered to be of lesser relevance or importance to the current emergency or crisis.
  • the present invention includes a mechanism for tracking when rooms have been visually "cleared” or otherwise checked by responding personnel. This capability is particularly useful to users responding to a bomb threat or other situation requiring groups of rooms, or an entire facility, to be cleared. Clicking on a particular room or region in quadrant 26 indicates that the associated room or region has been cleared. Upon such selection of a room or region, the color of the selected room or region will be changed to a highlighted color, or to flash on and off in the highlighted color, simultaneously in three locations: a) the font of designated room or location in drop-down list box 29; b) the color of the room displayed in quadrant 26 and c)when an entire section of a building has been designated as "cleared", the indicated area in quadrant 27.
  • each responder caries a position transponder, such as a Global Positioning System (GPS) or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transponder, which continually broadcasts both the responder' s current position, as well as data indicating the identity of the particular responder.
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • RFID Radio Frequency Identification
  • Such information may, for example, be provided through cellular telephones carried by the responders, in conjunction with location-dependent services and software frameworks provided by cellular telephone service providers.
  • dedicated GPS or RFID transponders of other position indicating transponders may alternatively be used. Real time tracking of the locations of such first responders as they move throughout a monitored building or facility are thus provided.
  • each tracked responder is indicated by associated colored rectangles in quadrants 26 and 27.
  • the position of each colored rectangle is continuously updated as the associated responders move through the building or facility. Placing a mouse pointer over a given rectangle results in the display of additional information, such as the identity of the particular responder.
  • a "best way in/out feature” is provided.
  • the shortest route between a location identified by a user as being of particular interest within the building or facility and the nearest exit/entry way is calculated and highlighted on the display.
  • This route is displayed by red lines overlaying the green lines that indicate hallways in quadrant 26, and appear in both quadrant 26, and quadrant 25 (superimposed over the displayed panoramic image or live video feed of this quadrant).
  • the user may manipulate the automatically calculated evacuation/entry route, should the automated route not be able for use due to crisis related circumstances.
  • the user may draw their own route in quadrant 26 using a mouse or other pointing device, click an update button, and the system will then display the newly created route in the manner described above.
  • the user may optionally designate one or more particular evacuation/entry points as being inaccessible, such as by selecting an associated item from a pop-up selection menu, provided to the user by after the user clicks on a particular evacuation/entry point position in quadrant 26.
  • the automatically calculated evacuation/entry route will then be calculated or recalculated, as the case may be, along a route which excludes all evacuation/entry points designated by the user as being unavailable.
  • the present invention further includes an instant message subsystem, permitting multiple contemporaneous users relative to the same building or facility to securely exchange text and other information as a part of the overall emergency response or crisis management efforts.
  • Equipment typically employed at the production stage include a 10 MB digital camera equipped with a monopod camera support, an Eye360 panorama adapter lens, at least GB of flash memory; a laptop or Personal Digital
  • PDA Personal Assistant
  • a complete set of location nodes i.e., points of relevant interest, such as rooms or portion of rooms, to be identified as gray dots in quadrant 26
  • panoramic photographs are taken of each location node.
  • Each location node is recorded on the facility floor plan, together with a uniquely assigned node number, and text describing the node location. This information is likewise recorded a local database on the laptop, for later entry into the backend database portion of the present web application.
  • Equipment used for post production includes a desktop post production computer and/or laptop, the web server and database server software, and several off the shelf software packages, such as Photo Warp
  • a satellite image may initially be presented to an unauthenticated user, with one or more facilities or buildings, for which emergency response or crisis management information is potentially available, being colored, marked, or otherwise highlighted in the satellite image to indicate to the user the availability of interior mapping information relative to such specific facilities or buildings.
  • a username/password dialog is presented, such as by superimposing associated text entry boxes proximate the selected building or facility.
  • indicia identifying accessible areas or regions of buildings or facilities such as area identifying indicia "1", “2", “3", “4", “8", “9", "11” and “12” of quadrant 27 in Fig. 6, are superimposed over a satellite image, such as the satellite image shown in Fig. 18.
  • a username/password dialog box is superimposed over the satellite image, with a line connecting the dialog box to the selected area as a further indicator of the user's selection.

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La présente invention concerne une cartographie numérique interactive des intérieurs des bâtiments et installations, notamment de grands bâtiments commerciaux et administratifs, au moyen d'un réseau sécurisé. Les zones sous surveillance de ces installations font l'objet d'une documentation en temps réel mise à la disposition des personnels des services de police, d'incendie et de secours, ce qui permet aux agents de première intervention de repérer avec exactitude l'emplacement d'une situation d'urgence à traiter. En l'occurrence, on prend des photographies panoramiques à 360° de la totalité de l'installation, et on utilise une carte intérieure numérique pour établir les correspondances entre ces photographies et les emplacements exacts. Des zones critiques sont mises en évidence, notamment les emplacements des panneaux de commande électriques, les bouches d'incendie, les sorties de secours, les accès en toiture, les vannes d'arrêt d'eau. Les images panoramiques ou les injections vidéo en direct, les informations d'implantation ou de plan d'étage, des vues de zones élargies, et des symboles ou des icones, accessibles par l'intermédiaire d'un navigateur Internet, s'affichent simultanément en quatre quadrants dans un écran vidéo.
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