3CR has announced a new project due to start in early 2008. ViewNet aims to fuse mobile vision and location technologies to create context-enhanced networked services.
Emergency service personnel often enter a scene without adequate maps. They report movements and surroundings to a control centre and this is used to direct the response. In ViewNet, sensor networks will provide distributed localisation and mapping. By fusing visual mapping with RF localisation, each operative will be located absolutely and in relation to key features.
ViewNet aims to improve the effectiveness and dynamic cooperation between emergency services by enabling new models of collaboration between personnel and providing enhanced knowledge presentation and sharing in increasingly complex chains of command.
The project partners are 3CR, Thales, Toshiba, Micron, SEPURA, University of Bristol, STMicroelectronics, NPL, ComSine, TRW Conekt and the Home Office Scientific Development Branch.
The funding for the project comes from the Technology Strategy Board's Technology Programme.
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