Viewing a compartment
First Claim
1. A method of viewing a compartment, comprising:
- providing at least one camera in the compartment;
receiving image signals from the at least one camera;
enhancing the image signals to provide enhanced image signals;
providing a selector switch that receives the image signals and receives the enhanced image signals;
providing a screen that receives a video signal from the selector switch, wherein the video signal is one of the image signals or the enhanced image signals depending upon actuation of the selector switch;
providing on the screen for viewing at least one of an image using the image signals or an enhanced image using the enhanced image signals in accordance with the selector switch at a first point in time to visually inspect the compartment and determine whether a fire is present;
providing a means to perform a fire suppression action in response to determining that a fire is present after viewing at the first point in time; and
providing an indicator indicating whether said fire suppression action is performed, wherein, when said indicator indicates that said fire suppression action is performed, said enhancing includes filtering the image signals to remove image distortion caused by said fire suppression action.
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Abstract
Detecting video phenomena, such as fire in an aircraft cargo bay, includes receiving a plurality of video images from a plurality of sources, compensating the images to provide enhanced images, extracting features from the enhanced images, and combining the features from the plurality of sources to detect the video phenomena. The plurality of sources may include cameras having a sensitivity of between 400 nm and 1000 nm and/or may include cameras having a sensitivity of between 7 and 14 micrometers. Extracting features may include determining an energy indicator for each of a subset of the plurality of frames. Detecting video phenomena may also include comparing energy indicators for each of the subset of the plurality of frames to a reference frame. The reference frame corresponds to a video frame taken when no fire is present, video frame immediately preceding each of the subset of the plurality of frames, or a video frame immediately preceding a frame that is immediately preceding each of the subset of the plurality of frames.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of viewing a compartment, comprising:
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providing at least one camera in the compartment; receiving image signals from the at least one camera; enhancing the image signals to provide enhanced image signals; providing a selector switch that receives the image signals and receives the enhanced image signals; providing a screen that receives a video signal from the selector switch, wherein the video signal is one of the image signals or the enhanced image signals depending upon actuation of the selector switch; providing on the screen for viewing at least one of an image using the image signals or an enhanced image using the enhanced image signals in accordance with the selector switch at a first point in time to visually inspect the compartment and determine whether a fire is present; providing a means to perform a fire suppression action in response to determining that a fire is present after viewing at the first point in time; and providing an indicator indicating whether said fire suppression action is performed, wherein, when said indicator indicates that said fire suppression action is performed, said enhancing includes filtering the image signals to remove image distortion caused by said fire suppression action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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22. A computer program product on a computer readable medium that allows viewing a compartment, the computer program product comprising:
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executable code that receives image signals from at least one camera; executable code that enhances the image signals to provide enhanced image signals; executable code that provides image signals and enhanced image signals to a selector switch; executable code that receives a video signal from the selector switch, wherein the video signal is one of the image signals or the enhanced image signals depending upon actuation of the selector switch; executable code that displays on a screen at least one of an image using the image signals or an enhanced image using the enhanced image signals in accordance with actuation of the selector switch; executable code that initiates a fire suppression action; and executable code that provides an indicator indicating whether said fire suppression action is performed, wherein, when said indicator indicates that said fire suppression action is performed, said enhancing includes filtering the image signals to remove image distortion caused by said fire suppression action.
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23. Apparatus that allows viewing a compartment, comprising:
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at least one camera in the compartment, wherein the at least one camera provides image signals; at least one selector switch; at least one screen coupled to the selector switch; a first component that provides an indicator indicating whether a fire suppression action is performed; and at least one processor, coupled between the at least one camera and the at least one selector switch, wherein the at least one processor provides enhanced image signals by enhancing the image signals and wherein the at least one select switch selects for display on the at least one screen one of;
the image signals and the enhanced image signals, wherein when said indicator indicates that said fire suppression action is performed, said enhancing includes filtering the image signals to remove image distortion caused by said fire suppression action.
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