Computer-based system and method for providing situational awareness for a structure using three-dimensional modeling

Abstract

A system for providing real-time or near real-time situational awareness for a structure USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING includes a database module for storing structural information associated with the structure. The system includes a situational awareness module for gathering situational awareness information associated with the structure. The system includes a three-dimensional (3-D) rendering module in communication with the database module and the situational awareness module for rendering a 3-D virtual model of the structure utilizing the structural information associated with the structure, and for integrating into the 3-D virtual model the situational awareness information associated with the structure. The system includes a graphical user interface module in communication with the 3-D rendering module for displaying to a user the 3-D virtual model of the structure integrating the situational awareness information associated with the structure.

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[0001] Copyright Notice [0002] Portions of this disclosure of this patent document contain copyrighted material, and the copyright owner has no objection to the reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as shown in the patent files or files of the USPTO, but reserves all other copyright rights of any nature right. field of invention [0003] The present invention relates to information systems, and more particularly to a computer-based system and method for providing real-time or near-real-time situational awareness using three-dimensional virtual models of buildings. Background technique [0004] Situational awareness is the awareness of the elements in an environment, the meaning and relative importance of those elements, and the projection of the location of those elements in the near future. In other words, situational awareness involves an individual's cognitive state or mental model of what is happening around the person in which a conti...

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However, the on-paper images of these critical information may be locked away, or computer-aided design (CAD) images that are equally difficult to locate immediately

If the network system or storage facility where these documents or electronic data are located is destroyed, it becomes extremely difficult to locate such information immediately

Additionally, paper drawings and individual CAD files may lack critical information about how a building or facility is connected to other adjacent surrounding area buildings, facilities, and utilities

Therefore, not only are critical information on the location of these sites lost during an emergency, but large areas of infrastructure at these locations are also affected by the emergency

[0006] The 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Virginia, the 2003 blackout in the Northeastern United States and the devastating 2005 Typhoon Katrina poignantly illustrate the vulnerability of critical information delays and inevitability to relief efforts. mistake

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