US 12,437,541 B1
Systems and methods for mixed reality (mr) and artificial intelligence (ai)-enhanced fire investigation
Ryan M. Scanlon, East Hampton, CT (US); Douglas L. Roy, Plantsville, CT (US); Reyer D. Swengel, Saint Paul, MN (US); Ryan M. Malone, Sturbridge, MA (US); Pee T. Lim, Middletown, CT (US); and Keira R. Skenandore, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to The Travelers Indemnity Company, Hartford, CT (US)
Filed by The Travelers Indemnity Company, Hartford, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,082.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G08B 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/50 (2022.01) [G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G08B 17/125 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01); G06T 2210/56 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for Mixed Reality (MR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enhanced fire investigation, comprising:
a sensor device; and
an MR device in wireless communication with the sensor device, the MR device, comprising:
a processing device;
a wireless communication device in communication with the processing device and in selective communication with the sensor device;
a head-mounted see-through display in communication with the processing device;
a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor in communication with the processing device;
a camera in communication with the processing device;
one or more Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) devices in communication with the processing device;
a battery in communication with the processing device; and
a memory device in communication with the processing device, the memory device storing MR instructions that when executed by the processing device, result in:
acquiring, by the ToF sensor and at a first time and from a first location in an environment in which a wearer of the head-mounted see-through display is located, data descriptive of first distances from the MR device to a first plurality of surface points in the environment, wherein the first plurality of surface points are within a first field of view of the camera;
computing, by the processing device and utilizing the first distances and the first location, a first portion of a 3-D point cloud descriptive of locations of the first plurality of surface points in the environment;
tracking, after the acquiring of the first distances and by the one or more IMU devices, a first movement of the wearer from the first location in the environment to a second location in the environment;
acquiring, by the ToF sensor and at a second time and from the second location in the environment, data descriptive of second distances from the MR device to a second plurality of surface points in the environment, wherein the second plurality of surface points are within a second field of view of the camera;
computing, by the processing device and utilizing the second distances and the second location, a second portion of the 3-D point cloud descriptive of locations of the second plurality of surface points in the environment;
generating, by the processing device and utilizing the first and second portions of the 3-D point cloud, a 3-D wire mesh model descriptive of the environment;
receiving, by the wireless communication device and from the sensor device, (i) data descriptive of the environment that has been captured by the sensor device and (ii) positioning information descriptive of a location and orientation of the sensor device;
identifying, by the processing device and based on the positioning information descriptive of a location and orientation of the sensor device, a portion of the 3-D wire mesh model that corresponds to the data descriptive of the environment that has been captured by the sensor device; and
assigning, by the processing device and to the corresponding portion of the 3-D wire mesh model, an attribute representative of the data descriptive of the environment that has been captured by the sensor device.