Method and system for information management for an incident response

• US 10,354,350 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2016
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Nakfour, Juana E, Griesmann, Daniel S
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Toan N
• Application Number:
  US15/296,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20180108100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 3406916, 34053911, 34053913, 340540, 379 37, 379 42- 45, 4554041
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

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.

Claims

1. A method of information management for an incident response, comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a first communication allocating a group of responders 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 responders in the group of responders 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 the assignment information includes at least one of the following:

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.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the workflow based on incident scene data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time sensor data includes one or more of the following:

a location of the responder in the group;

a motion of the responder in the group;

an orientation of the responder in the group;

video of a view seen by the responder in the group; and

audio at the responder in the group.

5. 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.

6. The method of claim 5, 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.

7. A system for managing information for an incident response, the system comprising:

a graphic display;

and

a computing device in communication with the graphic display and one or more sensors and associated with one of a responder in a group of responders and a commander associated with the incident response, the computing device comprising;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer program code components executable by the processor to perform a set of functions including;

receive, at the computing device, a first communication allocating the group of responders to a specific work assignment relating to the incident;

receive, at the computing device, workflow information associated with the specific work assignment;

receive, from one or more sensors, real-time sensor data associated with the specific work assignment; and

cause the graphic display to display the assignment information and an indication of progress made in the specific work assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data and the workflow information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the assignment information includes at least one of the following:

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.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising the one or more sensors, and wherein the one or more sensors include a camera and the set of functions further include:

detect an object of interest associated with the specific work assignment in at least one video frame of a video stream from the camera.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the object of interest is one of the following within the view of a responder in the group:

an asset;

a vehicle;

a person of interest; and

another responder.

11. The system of claim 9, the set of functions further comprising:

displaying instructions for interacting with the object of interest on the graphic display.

12. The system of claim 9, the set of functions further comprising:

highlighting the object of interest on the graphic display.

13. The system of claim 9, the set of functions further comprising:

determining first metadata to identify the object of interest; and

displaying the first metadata on the graphic display.