US 11,792,037 B2
Safety automation system
Anis Zribi, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Travis Silver, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Jonathon Hughes, Durham, NC (US); John Andres, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Chris Rovenstine, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Sean Curley, Greensboro, NC (US); and Michael L. Richards, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,623.
Application 17/544,623 is a continuation of application No. 15/744,611, granted, now 11,240,056, previously published as PCT/US2016/041998, filed on Jul. 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/191,809, filed on Jul. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103394 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G08B 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G08B 17/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/14 (2006.01); A62C 37/44 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/2818 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G08B 17/00 (2013.01); G08B 19/005 (2013.01); H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); A62C 37/44 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); G08B 25/14 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety automation system for an occupiable structure comprising:
a computing management system including a computer processor, and a computer readable storage medium configured to run embedded software;
a first detection device adapted to detect a hazard condition and to output an associated hazard condition detected signal to the computing management system; and
a second detection device adapted to detect the presence of an occupant in the occupiable structure and the occupant's proximity to the first detection device, and to output an occupied signal to the computing management system, and wherein the computing management system adjusts the sensitivity of the first detection device based on occupancy and proximity of the occupant to the first detection device;
at least one ancillary alert device including lighting configured to accept respective electrical command signals from the computing management system associated with the hazard condition detected signal to assist in home evacuation;
wherein the computing management system is further configured to track and associate, in accordance with the associated hazard condition detected signal output by the first detection device, the location and propagation path of the hazard condition and thereby control the lighting of the at least one ancillary device to assist in home evacuation without user intervention.