Patent ID: 11915376
Assignee: QWAKE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 11:
12. An assisted perception platform, comprising:
one or more wireless assisted perception modules, each of the one or more assisted perception modules comprising:
an attachment mechanism to attach the assisted perception module to different user helmet styles, makes, and models;
a housing mounted to the attachment mechanism, the housing to integrate modular components comprising:
a thermal imaging camera (TIC) carried by the user to collect thermal images of an incident;
a processor coupled to the TIC, wherein the processor executes one or more assisted perception engines, including an edge enhancement engine to process the thermal images into enhanced characterization images comprising reduced and enhanced thermal image content representing one or more of the thermal images reduced to one or more main geometric features of an object with enhanced edges of the object; and
a display device in a line of sight of the user to electronically receive the enhanced characterization images from the processor and to display the enhanced characterization images as augmented reality images;
one or more buttons spaced to allow interaction with a gloved hand, at least one of the one or more buttons configured to enable a selection between two or more viewing modes, at least one of the two or more viewing modes configured to cause the enhanced characterization images to be displayed on the display device; and

a command and control interface displayed on a portable device located in proximity to the incident but remote from the one or more assisted perception modules, the command and control interface in wireless communication with the one or more assisted perception modules through the portable device to enable a person of authority to manage the incident by receiving and displaying the enhanced characterization images from the one or more assisted perception modules, and by transmitting commands back to the one or more assisted perception modules, the commands comprising one, or a combination, of a visual symbol, text, and icon imparted with meaning through training.