US 12,406,567 B2
Electrical power line mounted fire warning system
Jagdishbhai U. Patel, Granada Hills, CA (US); and David Q. Zhu, North Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Lindsey Firesense, LLP, Azusa, CA (US)
Filed by LINDSEY FIRESENSE, LLC, Azusa, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/858,506.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,851, filed on Apr. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0342744 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. G08B 25/06 (2006.01); G08B 17/06 (2006.01); G08B 17/10 (2006.01); G08B 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 25/06 (2013.01) [G08B 17/06 (2013.01); G08B 17/10 (2013.01); G08B 17/12 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An overhead electrical power line mounted wildfire warning system comprising:
a plurality of sensor nodes, each comprising:
a housing mountable on an overhead electrical power line;
one or more sensors supported by the housing and comprising an IR sensor and/or a bolometer to detect a wildfire in a vicinity of the overhead electrical power line;
a microcontroller configured to determine existence of a wildfire or a wildfire risk based on one or more parameters detected by the one or more sensors; and
a communication device configured to send a signal away from the sensor node when the microcontroller determines existence of a wildfire or a wildfire risk,
wherein the communication device is configured to send the signal to a neighboring sensor node of the plurality of sensor nodes, and the neighboring sensor node is configured to receive the signal and verify the existence of a wildfire or a wildfire risk.