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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno State module subordinate has patented a caller instrumentality that tin assistance firefighters prevention much lives.
The assemblage says the “System and Method for Human and Animal Detection successful Low Visibility" tin beryllium utilized to spot done dense smoke, making it easier to find and rescue radical and animals. The handheld instrumentality uses an infrared camera and a radar sensor to process information and relay objects of involvement successful existent time.
The perchance life-saving invention was patented by Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Hovannes Kulhandjian. The invention primitively started with 3 students arsenic a elder plan project.
“By tackling a captious situation faced by firefighters successful hunt and rescue operations, peculiarly successful environments with dense smoke, this invention showcases the university's committedness to innovation and societal impact," Kulhandjian said. "It not lone enhances the information and ratio of firefighting activities but besides underscores the university's relation arsenic a person successful cutting-edge exertion with real-world applications.”
According to Fresno State, Kulhandjian plans to commercialize the invention by processing a afloat functional prototype and seeking partnerships with groups funny successful mass-producing the tool.
