System for the monitoring and detection of heat sources in open areas
First Claim
1. A system for the monitoring and detection of heat sources in open areas, in particular for the detection and identification of fires in open areas of greater than one square kilometer, comprising a plurality of autonomous transportable vision subsystems and a central station for control and image processing, said vision subsystems including infrared and diurnal remote vision cameras each producing a respective video signal, positioners and complementary means, and which are located in observatories distributed throughout a zone to be monitored, and a communications module, said central station being where processing of images received from the vision subsystems is centralized and where the general operation of the system is monitored and controlled;
- said central station comprising video processors which digitally process infrared and diurnal images received from the remote vision cameras, said central station displaying said digitally processed images to produce an alarm when a heat source develops; and
wherein said central station comprises at least one control processor, plural video processors, and a number of sets of communications equipment equal to the number of vision subsystems, and a control console including a main video monitor which displays a video signal chosen by the operator from one of the vision subsystems or the video recorder, a graphics screen which can display maps and information about the zone being monitored, an alarm panel provided with signalling means for indicating pre-alarm and alarm conditions generated by the video processors, and a control panel which constitutes the man/machine interface for the general control and supervision of the system.
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Abstract
A system for the monitoring and detection of heat sources in open areas crising an integrated assembly of observatories which include autonomous means (2) of infrared vision (11) and diurnal vision (12) and which are linked to a central control station (1) where the images are processed in real time for the automatic detection of heat sources, in particular fires, within a certain area of coverage. The system can be applied to the automatic detection of forest fires in areas of several square kilometres.
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1. A system for the monitoring and detection of heat sources in open areas, in particular for the detection and identification of fires in open areas of greater than one square kilometer, comprising a plurality of autonomous transportable vision subsystems and a central station for control and image processing, said vision subsystems including infrared and diurnal remote vision cameras each producing a respective video signal, positioners and complementary means, and which are located in observatories distributed throughout a zone to be monitored, and a communications module, said central station being where processing of images received from the vision subsystems is centralized and where the general operation of the system is monitored and controlled;
- said central station comprising video processors which digitally process infrared and diurnal images received from the remote vision cameras, said central station displaying said digitally processed images to produce an alarm when a heat source develops; and
wherein said central station comprises at least one control processor, plural video processors, and a number of sets of communications equipment equal to the number of vision subsystems, and a control console including a main video monitor which displays a video signal chosen by the operator from one of the vision subsystems or the video recorder, a graphics screen which can display maps and information about the zone being monitored, an alarm panel provided with signalling means for indicating pre-alarm and alarm conditions generated by the video processors, and a control panel which constitutes the man/machine interface for the general control and supervision of the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- said central station comprising video processors which digitally process infrared and diurnal images received from the remote vision cameras, said central station displaying said digitally processed images to produce an alarm when a heat source develops; and
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10. A system for the monitoring and detection of heat sources in open areas, in particular for the detection and identification of fires in open areas of greater than one square kilometer, comprising a plurality of autonomous transportable vision subsystems and a central station for control and image processing, said vision subsystems including infrared and diurnal remote vision cameras each producing a respective video signal, positioners and complementary means, and which are located in observatories distributed throughout a zone to be monitored, and a communications module, said central station being where processing of images received from the vision subsystems is centralized and where the general operation of the system is monitored and controlled;
- said central station comprising at least one control processor, plural video processors and a number of sets of communications equipment equal to the number of vision subsystems, and a control console including a main video monitor which displays a video signal chosen by the operator from one of the vision subsystems or the video recorder, a graphics screen which can display maps and information about the zone being monitored, an alarm panel provided with signalling means for indicating pre-alarm and alarm conditions generated by the video processors, and a control panel which constitutes the man/machine interface for the general control and supervision of the system.
- View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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