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This just adds a depth camera to the phone and uses it and the visible light camera to map the space and orient the device. If a human is disoriented in a no-v
by lotyrin 13y ago
This just adds a depth camera to the phone and uses it and the visible light camera to map the space and orient the device. If a human is disoriented in a no-visibility situation due to smoke, the cameras will not likely be able to orient them either, except maybe something like a power outage, where visible light is unavailable but the depth camera can still function.
- mattlutze 13y agoIn the case that a new image couldn't be mapped, the phone could still use its gyros to determine orientation and provide a route out along the mapping that it had made during ingress. A first-person-shooter-style "this way to the next waypoint" arrow, or something like that, could provide directional cues in low/no visibility situations. It could also be networked with other devices, such that all of the routes mapped could be composited and help in the identification of alternative routes should one become blocked.
- JshWright 13y agoWhy does it need to be a visible light camera? Why not infrared?
- lotyrin 13y agoDepth camera isn't visible light, but will likely also be blocked by smoke.