Radiation protection integrated monitoring system
First Claim
1. An environmental monitoring system for monitoring workers in a hazardous work area, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a video source for providing a video image signal of said workers in the work area;
(b) individual sensors for said workers in the work area remote from said video source for providing a signal representative of a measurement of at least one predetermined parameter for said workers in the work area;
(c) a gen/lock overlay unit connected to said video source and said individual sensors for converting said sensor signal from said individual sensors to a visual video representation of said sensor measurement and for combining said video image signal and said visual video representation, wherein said visual video representation is overlaid onto said video image of the work area; and
(d) a video display connected to said gen/lock overlay unit for displaying said visual video representation overlaid onto said video image of the work area.
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Abstract
An environmental monitoring system for a hazardous work area, such as a nuclear power plant, which monitors the radiation exposure of personnel working in the nuclear power plant and overlays a visual representation of the exposure data onto a video display of the location the personnel are working in. The apparatus includes a video source, such as a plurality of PTZ cameras, for providing video image signals of the work area. In the preferred embodiment, individual radiation exposure sensors provide signals representative of the radiation received by each worker in the work area. A computer, outside of the work area, is connected to the sensors for converting the sensor signals to a visual video representation of the sensor measurements. A gen/lock overlay unit is connected to the computer for combining the video image signals and the visual video representation of the sensor measurements wherein the visual video representations are overlaid onto the video images of the work area. In the preferred embodiment, a remote relay unit first receives the video image signals and the sensor signals adjacent to the work area and relays the video image signals and the sensor signals to the computer and the gen/lock overlay unit outside the work area through a fiber optic cable.
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1. An environmental monitoring system for monitoring workers in a hazardous work area, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) a video source for providing a video image signal of said workers in the work area;
(b) individual sensors for said workers in the work area remote from said video source for providing a signal representative of a measurement of at least one predetermined parameter for said workers in the work area;
(c) a gen/lock overlay unit connected to said video source and said individual sensors for converting said sensor signal from said individual sensors to a visual video representation of said sensor measurement and for combining said video image signal and said visual video representation, wherein said visual video representation is overlaid onto said video image of the work area; and
(d) a video display connected to said gen/lock overlay unit for displaying said visual video representation overlaid onto said video image of the work area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A video overlay unit for an environmental monitoring system for monitoring workers in a hazardous work area having a video source for providing a video image signal of said workers in the work area and individual sensors for said workers in the work area remote from said video source for providing a signal representative of a measurement of at least one predetermined parameter for said workers in the work area, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) a computer connected to said individual sensors for converting said signal from said individual sensors to a visual video representation of said sensor measurement;
(b) a gen/lock overlay unit connected to said computer for combining said video image signal and said visual video representation of said sensor measurement, wherein said visual video representation is overlaid onto said video image of the work area;
(c) a screen splitter connected between said computer and said gen/lock overlay unit for splitting the visual representation signal into a graphical user interface signal and a data overlay signal; and
(d) a video display connected to said gen/lock overlay unit for displaying said visual video representation overlaid onto said video image of the work area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An environmental monitoring system for monitoring workers in a hazardous work area, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) a video source for providing a video image signal of said workers in the work area;
(b) individual sensors for said workers in the work area remote from said video source for providing a signal representative of a measurement of at least one predetermined parameter for said workers in the work area;
(c) a computer connected to said individual sensors for converting said sensor signal from said individual sensors to a visual video representation of said sensor measurement;
(d) a gen/lock overlay unit connected to said computer for combining said video image signal and said visual video representation of said sensor measurement, wherein said visual video representation is overlaid onto said video image of the work area;
(e) a remote relay unit for receiving said video image signal and said sensor signal adjacent to the work area and relaying said video image signal and said sensor signal to said computer and said gen/lock overlay unit outside the work area;
(f) a screen splitter connected between said computer and said gen/lock overlay unit for splitting the visual representation signal into a graphical user interface signal and a data overlay signal; and
(g) a video display connected to said gen/lock overlay unit for displaying said visual video representation overlaid onto said video image of the work area. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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