US 11,670,145 B1
Exit route indication via synchronized audible cues
Stuart Bryan Ball, Ibstock (GB); Gavin Davidson, Madrid (ES); Syed Naeem Ahmad, Wigston (GB); James Junior Nkhata, Leicester (GB); Sanjana Sethiya, Coventry (GB); Arjun Poovathingal Radhakrishnan, Leicester (GB); and Ranjay Kumar, Leicester (GB)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,811.
Int. Cl. G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 7/066 (2013.01) [G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 7/062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A system comprising:
a plurality of sounder devices for emitting an audible alarm, each of the plurality of sounder devices having an internal clock;
an alarm panel operatively coupled to the plurality of sounder devices, the alarm panel configured to:
send to each of the plurality of sounder devices a specific position within an alarm sequence that specifies an order in which the plurality of sounder devices are to each output their audible alarm;
broadcast to each of the plurality of sounder devices an alarm signal; and
in response to receiving the alarm signal, each of the plurality of sounder devices emitting an audible alarm in accordance with their specific position within the alarm sequence.