US 12,424,071 B2
Fire detection, localization and monitoring system and method for a vehicle compartment
Holger Mehrholz, Hamburg (DE); and Lennard Bischof, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,825.
Claims priority of application No. 22169792 (EP), filed on Apr. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0343198 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 17/125 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fire detection, localization and monitoring system for a vehicle compartment comprising:
a thermal imaging camera configured to provide thermal monitoring data on heat sources within a monitored area of the vehicle compartment;
an optical camera configured to provide visual monitoring data of the monitored area; and
a system control configured to:
analyze the thermal monitoring data and to determine temperature hot spots indicating a potential fire within the monitored area based on the analyzed thermal monitoring data;
determine a criticality of each determined temperature hot spot based on vehicle configuration data;
evaluate the criticality of each determined temperature hot spot to determine an appropriate response; and
provide a visual indication of the determined temperature hot spots within the visual monitoring data.