Enhancing canine disaster search

Tran, Jimmy; Ferworn, Alexander; Ribeiro, Cristina; Denko, Mieso K.

doi:10.1109/sysose.2008.4724181

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“…There are suits that are equipped with devices and the handler can monitor the dog's location or environment, interact with the dog or give instructions to the dog. Suits were presented that were equipped with GPS to measure the position of dogs [2], [3], [4], [16], [17], [18], suits that equipped with camera to know environment of dogs [4], [5], [17], [18], [19], suits that communicate with handlers by biting and tugging [16], [20], communicate with voice or sound [2], [3], [4], suits giving instruction with vibration [2], [3], [4], [21], [22], and suits guiding dog with an attached light source [5], [6]. Controlling canine's motion by sounds and vibration devices attached to a canine suit has been studied.…”

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Canine Motion Control Using Bright Spotlight Devices Mounted on a Suit

Nishinoma

Ohno

Kikusui

et al. 2019

IEEE Trans. Med. Robot. Bionics

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Engineering to produce stimuli that trigger an organism's habits allows us to control it noninvasively. Because canines already have the habit to follow a light spot, light is a good stimulus for controlling their motion. We employed green laser beams to successfully control canine motion indoors. We developed a suit equipped with laser beam devices that face front, left, and right. The canine wore the suit and followed a light spot on the ground. Its trajectory was controlled remotely by switching the lights on the suit. However, this laser beam spot was too weak and small to be visible in grassy fields outdoors. Here, we propose a spotlight device that irradiates a bright and large spot (70 mm in diameter) for outdoor environments. The proposed spotlight device consists of a high brightness LED and a convex lens. To evaluate its performance, we conducted indoor and outdoor experiments using three canines. In the indoor experiments, the success rates of controlling the canine's motions were 100%, 83.3%, and 93.3% for each of the three canines, respectively. In outdoor experiments, these rates were 100%, 57.1%, and 62.5%, respectively. Hence, the proposed spotlight devices are effective for controlling a canine even in outdoor environments.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Canine Motion Control Using Bright Spotlight Devices Mounted on a Suit

Nishinoma

Ohno

Kikusui

et al. 2019

IEEE Trans. Med. Robot. Bionics

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“…Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is a difficult, time consuming and strenuous undertaking for humans [1]. Often canines are employed in the search because of their agility, speed and strong sense of smell.…”

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“…Often canines are employed in the search because of their agility, speed and strong sense of smell. While their agility is an asset to USAR it is also a potential impediment for canine handlers as the handler is not as fast or as agile as the dog [1,2]. As a result, the handlers and other emergency responders are sometimes unaware of the canine's actions and orientation [3,4].…”

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Canine Pose Estimation: A Computing for Public Safety Solution

Ribeiro

Ferworn

Denko

et al. 2009

2009 Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision

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In this paper we discuss determining canine pose in the context of common poses observed in Urban Search and Rescue dogs through the use a sensor network made up of accelerometers. We discuss the use of the Canine Pose Estimation System in a disaster environment, and propose techniques for determining canine pose. In addition we discuss the challenges with this approach in such environments. This paper presents the experimental results obtained from the Heavy Urban Search and Rescue disaster simulation, where experiments were conducted using multiple canines, which show that angles can be derived from acceleration readings. Our experiments show that similar angles were measured for each of the poses, even when measured on multiple USAR canines of varying size. We also developed an algorithm to determine poses and display the current canine pose to the screen of a laptop. The algorithm was successful in determining some poses and had difficulty with others. These results are presented and discussed in this paper.

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“…A system combining the best of the natural and artificial systems is described in [8][9][10][11][12]. We are propose an enhanced version of this system, which makes it more reliable, more useful, and reduces the time it takes to gain better SA, and thus save more people faster [13][14][15][16].…”

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An enhanced system for augmenting urban search and rescue canines

Gerdzhev¹

2021

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One of the most critical factors in urban search and rescue is time, as the chances of finding someone alive diminish with time. Emergency responders locate casualties, plan their rescue based on the available information, and then extract them. Measures are taken to do this as safely as possible as the harsh environment may lead to rescuers being injured. Our research demonstrates how emergency responders can obtain more information about the victim and the collapse faster, while potentially increasing their Situational Awareness (SA), and thus decreasing the time to rescue of the casualties. The system described is an enhanced version of Canine Augmentation Technology (CAT) -- a telepresence system for augmenting search canines. CAT integrates different technologies like wireless mesh networks, wearable computing, sensors, and software for recording, streaming, and scrubbing of video. The goal of our research is to reduce the time to rescue of victims by providing more relevant information to rescuers faster.

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Enhancing canine disaster search

Cited by 26 publications

References 7 publications

Canine Motion Control Using Bright Spotlight Devices Mounted on a Suit

Canine Motion Control Using Bright Spotlight Devices Mounted on a Suit

Canine Pose Estimation: A Computing for Public Safety Solution

An enhanced system for augmenting urban search and rescue canines

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