| 20090086015 | SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A positionable sensor assembly for a real-time remote situation awareness apparatus includes a camera for capturing an image of a scene, a plurality of first acoustic transducers for capturing an audio input signal from an environment including the scene, at least one second acoustic transducer excitable to emit an audio output signal, a support structure for supporting the camera, the plurality of first acoustic transducers and the at least one second acoustic transducer, the support structure connected to a base, moveably at least about an axis of rotation relative to the base by a remote controllable support structure positioning actuator, and a transmission unit adapted to transfer in real-time between the transducer assembly and a remote location a captured image of the scene, a captured audio input signal from the environment, an excitation signal to the second acoustic transducer, and a control signal to the support structure positioning actuator. A positionable sensor assembly for a real-time remote situation awareness apparatus. The sensor assembly comprises a camera arranged to capture an image of a scene, a plurality of first acoustic transducers adapted to capture an audio input signal from an environment comprising said scene, at least one second acoustic transducer excitable to emit an audio output signal, a support structure arranged to support said camera, said plurality of first acoustic transducers and said at least one second acoustic transducer, said support structure connected to a base, moveably at least about an axis of rotation relative to said base by a support structure positioning actuator controllable from a remote location, and a transmission means adapted to transfer in real-time between said transducer assembly and said remote location a captured image of said scene, a captured audio input signal from said environment, an excitation signal to said second acoustic transducer, and a control signal to said support structure positioning actuator. | 04-02-2009 |
