Title:
ENHANCED, DOWNLINK-CAPABLE, FIRE-DATA GATHERING AND MONITORING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004085246
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Apparatus (12) and a method involving airborne ground-fire data-gathering for overlay mapping and fire-control purposes. From a methodologic point of view, the method includes, from an airborne platform, (a) gathering, for visual presentation and viewing purposes, related optical and thermal fire-perimeter data, (fig. 4) (b) gathering critical-alignment evaluation data which is associated with and relevant to such optical and thermal data, and transmitting all of such data, effectively in a geophysically-linked manner, to a remote site for map-display viewing and evaluation (fig 3).
Inventors:
JOHNSON DAVID A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/008720
Publication Date:
April 07, 2005
Filing Date:
March 22, 2004
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Assignee:
JOHNSON DAVID A (US)
International Classes:
G08B17/12; (IPC1-7): G08B17/12; G01J5/00; G01J5/02; G02F1/01; G08B17/00; G08B19/02
Foreign References:
| US5160842A | 1992-11-03 | |||
| US5734335A | 1998-03-31 | |||
| US5381338A | 1995-01-10 |
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