SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY VIEWING, COORDINATING, MANIPULATING AND INTERPRETING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL IMAGES OF STRUCTURES FOR PROVIDING TRUE SCALE MEASUREMENTS AND PERMITTING RAPID EMERGENCY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION
First Claim
1. An improved method for providing information of a digital raster image of the type whereindigitizing a paper document to create a digital raster image,recording scale information associated with the paper document and a digitizing device,embedding the scale information in a header of the digital raster image,storing the digital raster image as a first file, wherein said embedded scale information is embedded in said header of said first file,rendering the digital raster image in a digital image viewer wherein the improvement comprises:
- creating a three dimensional rendering of said digital raster image, wherein said three dimensional rendering has a three dimensional coordinate system;
storing the three dimensional rendering as a second file;
wherein said digital raster image has a two dimensional coordinate system,wherein said three dimensional coordinate system and said two dimensional coordinate system are matched and linked in real-time,wherein said digital raster image of the paper document and the three dimensional rendering of said digital raster image are capable of being viewed simultaneously.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a true-scale, coordinate-matched, linked in real-time, dual three-dimensional/two-dimensional visual display/viewer. The display simultaneously shows a 3D digital image and an associated 2D digital image of a selected drawing. The display of the present invention allows a user to visualize an asset'"'"'s location, surrounding environment and hazards and true scale structural details for interior or external structural scenes. Using the display and associated tools, the user can obtain real-time information of an environment, true-scale measurement, plan ingress/egress paths, shortest paths between points and the number of doorways in a structure and track objects within the displayed environment. The intelligence gained using the tools and 3D/2D display may be used and further manipulated by a single user or may be distributed to other users.
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22 Claims
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1. An improved method for providing information of a digital raster image of the type wherein
digitizing a paper document to create a digital raster image, recording scale information associated with the paper document and a digitizing device, embedding the scale information in a header of the digital raster image, storing the digital raster image as a first file, wherein said embedded scale information is embedded in said header of said first file, rendering the digital raster image in a digital image viewer wherein the improvement comprises: -
creating a three dimensional rendering of said digital raster image, wherein said three dimensional rendering has a three dimensional coordinate system; storing the three dimensional rendering as a second file; wherein said digital raster image has a two dimensional coordinate system, wherein said three dimensional coordinate system and said two dimensional coordinate system are matched and linked in real-time, wherein said digital raster image of the paper document and the three dimensional rendering of said digital raster image are capable of being viewed simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An improved system for presenting information of a digital raster image of the type in which
a digitizing device that digitizes a paper document to create a two dimensional digital raster image, wherein scale information associated with the paper document is recorded and embedded in a header of the two dimensional digital raster image, a digital image viewer that receives the two dimensional digital raster image and renders the two dimensional digital raster image to scale in a two dimensional display means, said viewer capable of receiving input from a user comprising a start and end point, and a processor that calculates a route from the start point to the end point, wherein the improvement comprises: -
said digital image viewer creating a three dimensional rendering based on said two dimensional digital raster image, said three dimensional rendering being to scale in a three dimensional display means, said three dimensional display means being part of said digital image viewer; wherein said three dimensional rendering uses the scale information recorded and embedded in the header of the two dimensional digital raster image, and wherein said three dimensional rendering is matched and linked in real-time the two dimensional digital raster image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22)
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12. An improved digital image viewer for presenting information based on a digital raster image of a paper drawing in which
a route is calculated between a first and second location specified on a digital raster image using a route calculator, a true scale measurement of the route is calculated using a measurement calculator, said true scale measurement being based at least in part on scale information embedded in a header of the digital raster image and coordinates of pixels defining the first and second location, and in which presentation means for displaying the route and true scale measurement in a two dimensional display means wherein the improvement comprises: a three dimensional display means for displaying the route and true scale measurement in a three dimensional rendering, said three dimensional display being part of said presentation means, said presentation means capable of displaying said digital raster image, said presentation means capable of displaying said three dimensional rendering, said three dimensional rendering being linked in real time and matched to said digital raster image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of tracking assets within a structure using a digital viewer in which the digital viewer includes a two dimensional display means displaying a two dimensional digital image of a scanned paper document of a structure, scale information of the paper document being embedded in a header of the two dimensional digital image, wherein the improvement comprises:
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displaying a three dimensional rendering of said two dimensional digital image in a three dimensional display means, said three dimensional rendering having a three dimensional coordinate system, said two dimensional digital image having a two dimensional coordinate system, said two dimensional coordinate system being matched to said three dimensional coordinate system forming a common coordinate system; providing a receiver location about the structure; and providing an asset with a receiving/transmitting device; wherein location of said asset within said structure can be detected on said common coordinate system, and wherein said two dimensional digital image is linked in real-time and coordinate matched with said three dimensional rendering. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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