System for generating virtual building plan data based upon stored and scanned building data and related methods
First Claim
1. A method of generating virtual building plan data for active incident management, the method comprising:
- using a processor coupled to a communication interface toreceive a request from a user for virtual building plan data, the request being indicative of an active incident at a target building,after and within a threshold time of receiving the requestcooperate with the communication interface to obtain stored building data for the target building from a remote stored data source,cooperate with a building scanning system located outside of the target building to obtain scanned building data, the scanned building data being obtained after receiving the request for virtual building plan data and including a first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building without a second plurality of points of the entire exterior of the target building that are possible to scan, the first plurality of points being a subset of the second plurality of points that is sufficient to spatially relate an interior floor plan of a virtual building plan to the target building,generate the virtual building plan data based upon the stored building data and the scanned building data based upon the request from the user,spatially relate the target building to the virtual building plan data based on the first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building in the scanned building data scanned from outside the target building relating to corresponding points on the virtual building plan, wherein the first plurality of points on the target building are linked to a plurality of respective GPS points of the exterior of the target building, interior points in the virtual building plan data are related to GPS points of the interior of the target building, and the interior points of the target building are related to the interior floor plan of a virtual building, anddrive at least one display associated with the user based upon the virtual building plan data to display the interior floorplan of the virtual building that is related spatially to the target building so that the virtual building plan data is available to manage the active incident.
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Abstract
A system may include a building scanning device configured to scan a target building and generate scanned building data based thereon. The system may also include a processor and a communication interface coupled thereto. The processor may be configured to cooperate with the communication interface to obtain stored building data for the target building from a remote stored data source and cooperate with the building scanning device to obtain the scanned building data. The processor may also be configured to generate virtual building plan data based upon the stored building data and the scanned building data and drive at least one display based upon the virtual building plan data.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of generating virtual building plan data for active incident management, the method comprising:
using a processor coupled to a communication interface to receive a request from a user for virtual building plan data, the request being indicative of an active incident at a target building, after and within a threshold time of receiving the request cooperate with the communication interface to obtain stored building data for the target building from a remote stored data source, cooperate with a building scanning system located outside of the target building to obtain scanned building data, the scanned building data being obtained after receiving the request for virtual building plan data and including a first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building without a second plurality of points of the entire exterior of the target building that are possible to scan, the first plurality of points being a subset of the second plurality of points that is sufficient to spatially relate an interior floor plan of a virtual building plan to the target building, generate the virtual building plan data based upon the stored building data and the scanned building data based upon the request from the user, spatially relate the target building to the virtual building plan data based on the first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building in the scanned building data scanned from outside the target building relating to corresponding points on the virtual building plan, wherein the first plurality of points on the target building are linked to a plurality of respective GPS points of the exterior of the target building, interior points in the virtual building plan data are related to GPS points of the interior of the target building, and the interior points of the target building are related to the interior floor plan of a virtual building, and drive at least one display associated with the user based upon the virtual building plan data to display the interior floorplan of the virtual building that is related spatially to the target building so that the virtual building plan data is available to manage the active incident. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of displaying virtual building plan data on a display of a user interface device, the user interface device being configured to be carried by the user and comprising a user-wearable helmet configured to carry the display and a user device controller carried by the user-wearable helmet, the method comprising:
using the user device controller for obtaining the virtual building plan data from a virtual building plan data generator comprising a processor coupled to a communication interface and configured to receive a request from a user for virtual building plan data, the request being indicative of an active incident at a target building, the processor being configured to, after and within a threshold time of receiving the request cooperate with the communication interface to obtain stored building data for the target building from a remote stored data source, cooperate with a building scanning system located outside of the target building to obtain scanned building data, the scanned building data being obtained after receiving the request for virtual building plan data and including a first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building without a second plurality of points of the entire exterior of the target building that are possible to scan, the first plurality of points being a subset of the second plurality of points that is sufficient to spatially relate an interior floor plan of a virtual building plan to the target building, generate the virtual building plan data based upon the stored building data and the scanned building data based upon the request from the user, spatially relate the target building to the virtual building plan data based on the first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building in the scanned building data scanned from outside the target building relating to corresponding points on the virtual building plan, wherein the first plurality of points on the target building are linked to a plurality of respective GPS points of the exterior of the target building, interior points in the virtual building plan data are related to GPS points of the interior of the target building, and the interior points of the target building are related to the interior floor plan of a virtual building, and cooperating with the processor to display the virtual building plan data to display the interior floorplan of the virtual building that is related spatially to the target building so that the virtual building plan data is available to manage the active incident. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method of displaying virtual building plan data on a display of a user interface device, the user interface device being configured to be carried by the user and comprising a portable housing configured to carry the display and a user device controller carried by the portable housing, the method comprising:
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using the user device controller for obtaining the virtual building plan data from a virtual building plan data generator comprising a processor coupled to a communication interface and configured to receive a request from a user for virtual building plan data, the request being indicative of an active incident at a target building, the processor being configured to, after and within a threshold time of receiving the request cooperate with the communication interface to obtain stored building data for the target building from a remote stored data source, cooperate with a building scanning system located outside of the target building to obtain scanned building data, the scanned building data being obtained after receiving the request for virtual building plan data and including a first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building without a second plurality of points of the entire exterior of the target building that are possible to scan, the first plurality of points being a subset of the second plurality of points that is sufficient to spatially relate an interior floor plan of a virtual building plan to the target building, generate the virtual building plan data based upon the stored building data and the scanned building data based upon the request from the user, spatially relate the target building to the virtual building plan data based on the first plurality of points on the exterior of the target building in the scanned building data scanned from outside the target building relating to corresponding points on the virtual building plan, wherein the first plurality of points on the target building are linked to a plurality of respective GPS points of the exterior of the target building, interior points in the virtual building plan data are related to GPS points of the interior of the target building, and the interior points of the target building are related to the interior floor plan of a virtual building, and cooperating with the processor to display the virtual building plan data to display the interior floorplan of the virtual building that is related spatially to the target building so that the virtual building plan data is available to manage the active incident. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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