A full-scale prototype multisensor system for fire detection and situational awareness

Christian P. Minor; Kevin Johnson; Susan Rose-Pehrsson; Jeffrey Owrutsky; Stephen Wales; Daniel Steinhurst; Daniel Gottuk

doi:10.1117/12.719764

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9 April 2007 A full-scale prototype multisensor system for fire detection and situational awareness

Christian P. Minor, Kevin Johnson, Susan Rose-Pehrsson, Jeffrey Owrutsky, Stephen Wales, Daniel Steinhurst, Daniel Gottuk

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Proceedings Volume 6571, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2007; 65710E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719764
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

A data fusion-based, multisensory detection system, called "Volume Sensor", was developed under the Advanced Damage Countermeasures (ADC) portion of the US Navy's Future Naval Capabilities program (FNC) to meet reduced manning goals. A diverse group of sensing modalities was chosen to provide an automated damage control monitoring capability that could be constructed at a relatively low cost and also easily integrated into existing ship infrastructure. Volume Sensor employs an efficient, scalable, and adaptable design framework that can serve as a template for heterogeneous sensor network integration for situational awareness. In the development of Volume Sensor, a number of challenges were addressed and met with solutions that are applicable to heterogeneous sensor networks of any type. These solutions include: 1) a uniform, but general format for encapsulating sensor data, 2) a communications protocol for the transfer of sensor data and command and control of networked sensor systems, 3) the development of event specific data fusion algorithms, and 4) the design and implementation of modular and scalable system architecture. In full-scale testing on a shipboard environment, two prototype Volume Sensor systems demonstrated the capability to provide highly accurate and timely situational awareness regarding damage control events while simultaneously imparting a negligible footprint on the ship's 100 Mbps Ethernet network and maintaining smooth and reliable operation in a real-time fashion.

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Christian P. Minor, Kevin Johnson, Susan Rose-Pehrsson, Jeffrey Owrutsky, Stephen Wales, Daniel Steinhurst, and Daniel Gottuk "A full-scale prototype multisensor system for fire detection and situational awareness", Proc. SPIE 6571, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2007, 65710E (9 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719764

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