System and method for identifying, reporting, and evaluating presence of substance
First Claim
1. A remote sensing unit for collecting data for identifying a substance, the remote sensing unit comprising:
- a position-determining mechanism adapted to determine a geographic location of the remote sensing unit;
an imaging device adapted to generate a magnified image of the substance; and
a first transmitter adapted to transmit the geographic location and the magnified image.
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Abstract
A system and method for identifying, reporting, and evaluating a presence of a solid, liquid, gas, or other substance of interest, particularly a dangerous, hazardous, or otherwise threatening chemical, biological, or radioactive substance. The system comprises one or more substantially automated, location self-aware remote sensing units; a control unit; and one or more data processing and storage servers. Data is collected by the remote sensing units and transmitted to the control unit; the control unit generates and uploads a report incorporating the data to the servers; and thereafter the report is available for review by a hierarchy of responsive and evaluative authorities via a wide area network. The evaluative authorities include a group of relevant experts who may be widely or even globally distributed.
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66 Claims
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1. A remote sensing unit for collecting data for identifying a substance, the remote sensing unit comprising:
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a position-determining mechanism adapted to determine a geographic location of the remote sensing unit;
an imaging device adapted to generate a magnified image of the substance; and
a first transmitter adapted to transmit the geographic location and the magnified image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A remote sensing unit for identifying a substance, the system comprising:
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a position-determining mechanism adapted to determine a geographic location of the remote sensing unit;
an imaging device adapted to generate a magnified image of the substance;
an image analysis and recognition component adapted to substantially automatically compare the magnified image to a plurality of reference images associated with known substances and thereby attempt to identify the substance based upon similarities between the magnified image of the substance and one or more of the plurality of reference images; and
a transmitter adapted to transmit the geographic location, the magnified image, and the identification of the substance by the image analysis and recognition component. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for identifying a substance, the system comprising:
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a remote sensing unit including— a position-determining mechanism adapted to determine a geographic location of the remote sensing unit, an imaging device adapted to generate an image of the substance, and a first transmitter adapted to transmit the geographic location and the image; and
a control unit including— a receiver adapted to receive the geographic location and the image transmitted by the remote sensing unit, an image analysis and recognition component adapted to substantially automatically compare the image to a plurality of reference images associated with known substances and thereby attempt to identify the substance based upon similarities between the image of the substance and one or more of the reference images, and one or more second transmitters adapted to transmit a report including the geographic location of the remote sensing unit, the image, and the identification of the substance by the image analysis and recognition component. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A system for identifying a substance, the system comprising:
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a remote sensing unit including— a position-determining mechanism adapted to determine a geographic location of the remote sensing unit, a data collection mechanism adapted to collect data for identifying the substance, and a transmitter adapted to transmit the geographic location and the data collected by the data collection mechanism; and
a control unit including— a receiver adapted to receive the geographic location and the data transmitted by the remote sensing unit, a display and user interface adapted to allow an operator of the control unit to view the geographic location and the data, a primary transmitter adapted to allow for communicating a report including the geographic location and the data over a network via a first type of communications link, and a secondary transmitter adapted to allow for communicating the report over the network via a second type of communications link. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A system for identifying a substance, the system comprising:
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a remote sensing unit including— a position-determining mechanism adapted to determine a geographic location of the remote sensing unit, an imaging device adapted to generate an image associated with the substance, an image analysis and recognition component adapted to substantially automatically compare the image to a plurality of reference images associated with known substances and thereby attempt to identify the substance based upon similarities between the image of the substance and one or more of the plurality of reference images, and a transmitter adapted to transmit the geographic location, the image, and the identification of the substance by the image analysis and recognition component; and
a control unit including— a receiver adapted to receive the geographic location, the image, and the identification of the substance transmitted by the remote sensing unit, a display and user interface adapted to allow an operator of the control unit to view the geographic location, the image, and the identification of the substance, a primary transmitter adapted to allow for communicating a report including the geographic location, the image, and the identification of the substance over a network via a first type of communications link, and a secondary transmitter adapted to allow for communicating the report over the network via a second type of communications link. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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