IP Library Granted Patent US 10,777,052
Granted Patent B2
US 10,777,052 · App. 16/683,997 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Evacuation system

Inventors: Kurt Joseph Wedig (Mount Horeb, WI); Daniel Ralph Parent (Mount Horeb, WI); Scott Holmstrom (Mount Horeb, WI); Paul Robert Mullaly (Santa Monica, CA)
Assignee: OneEvent Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,777,052
App. No.
16/683,997
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for monitoring devices based at least in part on detected conditions includes accumulating, by one or more sensory nodes, sensed information in an area that includes a controllable device. The method also includes analyzing the sensed information to identify historical information regarding the area that includes the controllable device. The method also includes sensing a condition within the area by the one or more sensory nodes. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the sensed condition and at least in part on the historical information, that the sensed condition relates to the controllable device. The method further includes generating, responsive to said determining, an alert regarding the controllable device.

Claims (37)

1. A method for monitoring devices comprising:

sensing information at one or more sensory nodes in an area of a structure that includes a controllable device;

identifying a condition by the one or more sensory nodes within the area, based at least in part on the sensed information;

determining, by a processor, that the identified condition relates to the controllable device;

generating, by the processor, an alert pertaining to the controllable device in response to determining the identified condition relates to the controllable device;

receiving, by the processor, a status signal from the controllable device, wherein the status signal indicates a current state of the controllable device; and

sending, by at least one of the processor or a user device, a control signal to the controllable device in response to, at least in part, both occupancy detected within the structure and the received status signal indicating an unfavorable current state of the controllable device, wherein the control signal causes a modification of the current state of the controllable device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition comprises at least one of an elevated smoke level, an elevated heat level, an elevated carbon monoxide level, a humidity level, occupancy, or water flow.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modification of the current state of the controllable device causes the controllable device to be placed into an off state.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a severity of the identified condition.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising sending a control signal to the controllable device upon identifying a condition in response to the severity of the identified condition being above a predetermined threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the alert to a user device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining trends in the sensed information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein identifying a condition is based at least in part on the determined trends in the sensed information.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending a control signal to the controllable device is based, at least in part, on a proximity of the controllable device to the one or more sensory nodes identifying the condition.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the condition relates to the controllable device comprises determining that the condition is caused by the controllable device.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the condition relates to the controllable device comprises determining that the condition affects the controllable device.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a request for a status signal to the controllable device.

13. A system comprising:

one or more sensory nodes configured to:

sense information in an area that includes a controllable device; and

identify a condition within the area based on the sensed information;

a processor that is configured to:

determine that the identified condition relates to the controllable device;

generate an alert pertaining to the controllable device in response to determining the identified condition relates to the controllable device; and

receive a status signal from the controllable device, wherein the status signal indicates a current state of the controllable device; and

a user device that is configured to:

send a control signal to the controllable device that causes a modification of the current state of the controllable device, wherein the control signal is sent by the user device in response to, at least in part, both occupancy detected within the structure and the received status signal indicating an unfavorable current state of the controllable device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the condition comprises at least one of an elevated smoke level, an elevated heat level, an elevated carbon monoxide level, a humidity level, occupancy, or water flow.

15. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit the alert to a user device.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more sensory nodes are configured to identify the condition based at least in part on a determined trend in the sensed information.

17. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit the alert to a control unit of the controllable device.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the user devices is configured to send the control signal to the controllable device based, at least in part, on a proximity of the controllable device to the one or more sensory nodes identifying the condition.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the condition affects the controllable device or determine that the condition is affected by the controllable device.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the identified condition relates to the controllable device comprises comparing a type of the sensed information to a function associated with the controllable device.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the identified condition relates to the controllable device comprises determining a type of the sensed information and, responsive to determining the type of the sensed information, determine that the controllable device mitigates the identified condition based on the type of sensed information.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the identified condition relates to the controllable device comprises comparing a location associated with the sensory node identifying the condition to a location associated with the controllable device and determining that the identified condition relates to the controllable device in response to the location associated with the sensor node satisfies the location associated with the controllable device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: WEDIG, KURT JOSEPH; PARENT, DANIEL RALPH; HOLMSTROM, SCOTT; MULLALY, PAUL ROBERT
To: ONEEVENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 059144/0465 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16027115 · Jul 3, 2018
Provisional Application 62528803 · Jul 5, 2017
Related Publication 20200082683A1 · Mar 12, 2020
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