Epson Moverio smartglasses are tested with drones as response systems in natural disasters

Epson and the independent Japanese organization National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) They have carried out various tests in the city of Sakaide, in the Japanese prefecture of Kagawa, to analyze the feasibility of a new post-disaster rapid response system that combines the most advanced technologies of both collaborators.

The collaboration project between Epson, who has contributed their Moverio BT-200 smartglasses, and the independent organization National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT), with its satellite communication system, has successfully completed the tests carried out in the Japanese city of Sakaide regarding the effectiveness of these technologies when a disaster occurs to offer a rapid response.

The NICT provided a system to communicate with Kizuna, a very high speed Internet satellite, with passenger-less flight systems (drones) for wireless communications in disaster situations. This system would allow images captured by a drone that flies over regions devastated by disasters to be transmitted in real time via satellite..

Para is test, Epson and NICT combined their technology to build a disaster response system like the one shown in the accompanying graphic, in which a drone would be used to film or photograph a disaster site.

Information about filmed or photographed locations would be sent virtually in real time using NICT wireless technology to the disaster team acting on the ground or on site.. In turn, This data would be retransmitted to a Moverio BT-200 from a 'mirror' wireless adapter.

Rescue specialists on the ground, equipped with Moverio smartglasses, They would be able to observe their own context while receiving aerial images displayed on the screen of their glasses, helping them make the right decisions quickly in emergencies. The test carried out demonstrated that the system displayed the information as planned.

Epson and the NICT also explored a new method of operating a remotely controlled drone using Moverio smartglasses.. Usually, The drones are controlled with a special command. The problem with these controls is that the user has to constantly look at the controller itself and, therefore, loses your vision of the drone. However, An operator controlling a drone using the Moverio can see a semi-transparent screen projected in their field of vision and control it without losing sight of it..