IP Library Granted Patent US 8,970,365
Granted Patent B2
US 8,970,365 · App. 13/083,266 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Evacuation system

Inventors: Kurt Joseph Wedig (Mount Horeb, WI); Daniel Ralph Parent (Mount Horeb, WI); Tammy Michelle Wedig (Mount Horeb, WI); Kristin Ann Sutter-Parent (Mount Horeb, WI)
Assignee: OneEvent Technologies, Inc.
G08B7/066G08B25/016G08B17/00G08B21/22G08B21/0423G08B21/02
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Patent No.
US 8,970,365
App. No.
13/083,266
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a server, an indication of an evacuation condition from a sensory node located in a structure. The method also includes determining a severity of the evacuation condition. The method further includes adjusting a sensitivity of at least one sensory node in the structure based at least part on the severity of the evacuation condition.

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server, an indication of an evacuation condition from at least one first sensory node located in a structure;

determining an amount of dispersion of the evacuation condition based at least in part on known global positioning system (GPS) locations of a plurality of sensory nodes;

determining a severity of the evacuation condition based at least in part on the indication of the evacuation condition and the amount of dispersion; and

adjusting a sensitivity of at least one second sensory node in the structure based at least part on the severity of the evacuation condition.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the severity is based at least in part on a magnitude of the evacuation condition.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining that the severity of the evacuation condition is high if the magnitude exceeds a magnitude threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the severity is based at least in part on a rate of change of the evacuation condition.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining that the severity of the evacuation condition is high if the rate of change exceeds a rate of change threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the severity is based at least in part on a type of the evacuation condition.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the severity of the evacuation condition is high if the amount of dispersion exceeds a dispersion threshold.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising assigning a priority to the evacuation condition based at least in part on the severity.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising providing the priority to an emergency responder.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second sensory node comprises the at least one first sensory node from which the indication is received.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second sensory node is located proximate to the at least one first sensory node.

12. A system server comprising:

a memory configured to store an indication of an evacuation condition received from at least one first sensory node located in a structure; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to:

determine an amount of dispersion of the evacuation condition based at least in part on known global positioning system (GPS) locations of a plurality of sensory nodes;

determine a severity of the evacuation condition based at least in part on the indication of the evacuation condition and the amount of dispersion; and

adjust a sensitivity of at least one second sensory node in the structure based at least part on the severity of the evacuation condition.

13. The system server of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a magnitude of the evacuation condition based at least in part on the indication of the evacuation condition, and wherein the severity is based at least in part on the magnitude of the evacuation condition.

14. The system server of claim 12 , wherein the processor determines the severity based at least in part on a rate of change of the evacuation condition.

15. The system server of claim 12 , wherein the sensitivity comprises a sample rate of one or more sensors on the at least one second sensory node.

16. The system server of claim 15 , wherein the at least one second sensory node comprises multiple sensors, and wherein the system server is configured to increase the sensitivity for the one or more sensors that detected the evacuation condition.

17. The system server of claim 12 , wherein the at least one second sensory node is located proximate to the at least one first sensory node.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon for execution by a computing device, the computer-readable instructions comprising:

instructions to store an indication of an evacuation condition received from at least one sensory node located in a structure;

instructions to determine an amount of dispersion of the evacuation condition based at least in part on known global positioning system (GPS) locations of a plurality of sensory nodes;

instructions to determine a severity of the evacuation condition based at least in part on the indication of an evacuation condition and the amount of dispersion; and

instructions to adjust a sensitivity of at least one second sensory node in the structure based at least part on the severity of the evacuation condition.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the sensitivity comprises a sample rate of one or more sensors on the at least one second sensory node.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: TKO DESIGN GROUP
To: ONEEVENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 028939/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2011
From: WEDIG, KURT JOSEPH; WEDIG, TAMMY MICHELLE; PARENT, DANIEL RALPH; SUTTER-PARENT, KRISTIN ANN
To: TKO DESIGN GROUP
Reel/Frame 026497/0146 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 12346362 · Dec 30, 2008
Continuation In Part 12389665 · Feb 20, 2009
Related Publication 20110241877A1 · Oct 6, 2011