Patent ID: 7302101

Claim:
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.