Patent ID: 8888042

Claim:
An emergency vision apparatus for providing an operator in a station visual access to information during a vision-obscuring emergency, comprising: a) an expandable first enclosure filled with clear air, said first enclosure having front and rear transparent panels to allow an operator visual access through said first enclosure to a first source of information disposed in front of said front panel; b) an expandable second enclosure filled with clear air, said second enclosure having a rear panel and a transparent front panel for being disposed in proximity to a second source of information; c) a first camera disposed at said rear panel of said second enclosure, said camera being directed toward said front panel to image said second source of information through said second enclosure front panel; and d) a first display operably connected to said camera, said display being operably associated with said first enclosure to be visible to the operator through said first enclosure rear panel.