US 12,357,855 B2
AI-driven off-grid fire prevention system and method
Kevin Joseph Chandler, San Diego, CA (US); and Christopher Corgan Troye, Brentwood, CA (US)
Assigned to Vigillent Inc, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Vigillent Inc, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/420,115.
Application 18/420,115 is a continuation of application No. 17/585,662, filed on Jan. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,911,640.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157179 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. A62C 3/00 (2006.01); A62C 35/02 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC A62C 3/00 (2013.01) [A62C 35/02 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for protecting an area from fire, comprising:
one or more area fire prevention units, each area fire prevention unit comprising a nozzle, a turret, a control box, and a suppression subsystem comprising at least one tank of fluid;
a first sensor communicatively coupled to a computing device, the first sensor being configured to detect a firebrand and to relay positional data about the firebrand to the computing device;
the computing device communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the one or more area fire prevention units, wherein the computing device is configured to:
detect the firebrand within an area using the first sensor;
determine a trajectory of the firebrand from the positional data about the firebrand data;
determine a final position of the firebrand from the trajectory;
send a signal to the turret of a first area fire prevention unit of the one or more fire prevention units, the signal causing the turret to position a nozzle of the first fire prevention unit toward the final position of the firebrand;
calculate a spread and a distance of a fluid discharge needed to extinguish the firebrand at the final position from the first fire prevention unit;
calculate a nozzle aperture for the nozzle required to make the fluid discharge at the calculated spread and distance;
send a signal to the nozzle, wherein the signal actively configures the nozzle to an appropriate aperture size, according to the calculated spread and distance and the final position;
calculate an amount of fluid needed to extinguish the firebrand based on the calculated spread and distance and the final position;
and discharge the amount of fluid from the suppression subsystem to extinguish the firebrand at the final position.