An interactive visualization system for urban search & rescue mission planning

Author

Bock, Alexander ; Kleiner, Alexander ; Lundberg, Jonas ; Ropinski, Timo

Author_Institution

Sci. Visualization Group, Linkoping Univ., Linkoping, Sweden

fYear

2014

fDate

27-30 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

We present a visualization system for incident commanders in urban search & rescue scenarios that supports the inspection and access path planning in post-disaster structures. Utilizing point cloud data acquired from unmanned robots, the system allows for assessment of automatically generated paths, whose computation is based on varying risk factors, in an interactive 3D environment increasing immersion. The incident commander interactively annotates and reevaluates the acquired point cloud based on live feedback. We describe design considerations, technical realization, and discuss the results of an expert evaluation that we conducted to assess our system.

Keywords

data visualisation; disasters; emergency management; inspection; path planning; rescue robots; risk management; access path planning; incident commanders; inspection; interactive 3D environment; interactive visualization system; live feedback; point cloud data; post-disaster structures; risk factors; unmanned robots; urban search & rescue mission planning; Buildings; Educational institutions; Hazards; Integrated circuits; Rendering (computer graphics); Robots; Three-dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hokkaido

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSRR.2014.7017652

Filename

7017652