Helmet mounted data acquisition system for security and monitoring applications

This paper describes a data acquisition system mounted on helmet for displaying environmental data and images in critical environments, particularly areas at risk of accident or in which an accident has occurred that enable sensors data fusion, in a networked integrated solution. The proposed solution exploits a distributed multi-sensor architecture for providing valuable information to human operators such as fire fighters or security/safety inspectors. Particular attention has been paid in designing the mesh-topology support network that allows seamless sharing of information between all the operators involved in the field operations. A working prototype of the complete helmet mounted device has been realized, some design aspects are discussed, and a sample application with thermocameras is presented.