Patent
Systems and methods for dynamic building evacuation
| العنوان: | Systems and methods for dynamic building evacuation |
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| Patent Number: | 11948,450 |
| تاريخ النشر: | April 02, 2024 |
| Appl. No: | 17/988519 |
| Application Filed: | November 16, 2022 |
| مستخلص: | A disclosure and claims to systems and methods for allowing rapid detection and display of an emergency condition using a plurality of specially-constructed multifunction sensors and display units, which allow building evacuation plans to be evaluated, modified, and transmitted to building occupants. |
| Inventors: | Kronz, Jason (Suwanee, GA, US); Dispain, Christopher (Suwanee, GA, US) |
| Assignees: | Buildingreports.com, Inc. (Suwanee, GA, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A building emergency evacuation system comprising: one or more legacy sensors each adapted to generate a first signal; one or more sensor and signal units, comprising: a ceiling-recessed smoke sensor cavity adapted to generate a second signal; a signal housing adapted to display evacuation information; connecting structure joining the smoke sensor cavity and the signal housing, the connecting structure comprising a plurality of vents adapted to permit smoke flow into the cavity; and a microcontroller adapted to (i) receive an evacuation signal comprising information associated with an evacuation plan, and (ii) cause said signal housing to display evacuation information based on the evacuation plan; one or more pull stations comprising one or more of a motion sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, smoke sensor, noise sensor, or pressure sensor, the one or more pull stations adapted to generate a third signal; and a local control unit coupled to the legacy sensors, sensor and signal units and pull stations, and adapted to (i) detect either the first signal, second signal, or third signal, (ii) generate the evacuation signal; and a set of software instructions stored in a remote control station comprising a database, the set of software instructions adapted to interface with the local control unit and to permit real-time modification of the evacuation plan by an authority having jurisdiction. |
| Claim: | 2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the local control unit is further adapted to autonomously generate the evacuation plan. |
| Claim: | 3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote control station database is located in a personal computing device. |
| Claim: | 4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal housing is omnidirectional. |
| Claim: | 5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the signal housing comprises high intensity signal lights. |
| Claim: | 6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the high intensity signal lights comprise multi-color LEDs. |
| Claim: | 7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal housing comprises multifunction displays. |
| Patent References Cited: | 4301674 November 1981 Haines et al. 5565852 October 1996 Peltier et al. 5838223 November 1998 Gallant et al. 11508223 November 2022 Kronz 20130053063 February 2013 McSheffrey 20140320282 October 2014 Zhang 20150137967 May 2015 Wedig et al. 20160180663 June 2016 McMahan |
| Primary Examiner: | Pendleton, Dionne |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP Ourada, Gregory T. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.11948450 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |