Patent ID: 8212211

Claim:
A portable system for protecting and/or guiding persons in dangerous situations, guiding firefighters or guiding rescue teams in buildings, the system comprising: an infrared camera for recording data including heat image data; an energy supply means including a battery; a data interface for transmitting data; a display means including at least one of a monitor and a warning light for providing a visual display of data; and an optical motion detector, wherein the data determined by said motion detector and the heat image data of said infrared camera are displayed on said display of said display means such that visually displayed data and visually displayed heat image data are simultaneously visible by a person within a field of vision of said display of said display means, said optical motion detector identifying local motions within the heat image, said optical motion detector sends data identifying the local motions to said display means by said data interface, said display means visually identifies the local motions together with said heat image data within a single field of view of an individual person.