FireSight
Prototyping
Product Design
UX Design
Overview
A safety equipment concept designed to support firefighters in smoke-filled environments. The mask integrates environmental sensing and information feedback to help firefighters maintain orientation, monitor conditions, and navigate hazardous spaces.
Time
2024 Spring
Categories
Product Design
Prototyping
Human-Machine Interface
Tools
Solidworks
KeyShot
Figma
3D Printing
Role
Interaction Designer
Product Designer
Inspiration
In emergency environments, information needs to become immediate action
In the scenario of fire scene, people will get panic and urge to get out. In this situation, some important information like hidden fire soure and toxic gas. This project is a smart fire mask which aim to help user gather those important information to help user to avoid those danger through wearable device. For the physical part, it is using M5Stack with ATOM S3 as core to build up the wearable device. Also, an app is built to connect to the device to get the surrounding information from the mask.
How might we design a wearable system that translate invisible environmental risks into clear, immediate guidance?
Detect environmental and body-related risk
Guide the user toward safer directions
Communicate system status through visual feedback
Design Outcome
Smart Fire Mask
Thermal sensing
Gas detection
Environment monitoring
The mask continuously monitors surrounding environmental conditions and translates invisible risks such as heat, gas, and humidity into simplified safety signals that can be understood immediately in high-pressure situations.
Directional LED feedback
Embedded display
Fainted-state detection
The wearable feedback system provides immediate physical and visual responses through LEDs, vibration, and the embedded display. By reducing the need for complex interpretation, the interface helps users react quickly and maintain spatial awareness during emergency conditions.
System Detail
State Diagram
By combining sensor input, motion analysis, and environmental data, the system continuously evaluates surrounding risks and determines the appropriate feedback response. Each state represents a different level of environmental awareness or user condition, while the transitions define how the system reacts to changes such as increased heat, detected movement, or prolonged inactivity. Through this logic structure, the mask is able to shift between monitoring, guidance, warning, and emergency-response behaviors in real time.
Wiring Diagram
The wearable system is built around the M5AtomS3 as the central controller, connecting environmental sensors, motion tracking, thermal sensing, LED feedback, and the embedded display through I2C and digital communication. Sensor data is continuously transmitted to the controller for real-time processing, allowing the system to react immediately to changes in environmental conditions or user movement.
Software & Communication
