System and method for the verified determining of a fire status, as well as vehicle and central unit for this purpose

1. A system ( 20 ) for determining a verified fire status, having:

a central unit ( 22 ), a stationary fire detector ( 14 ) and an unmanned vehicle ( 2 ),

wherein the fire detector ( 14 ) has a fire detector sensor unit ( 28 ), which is designed for capturing a reference fire parameter K R of a fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ),

wherein the fire detector ( 14 ) is designed for determining a reference fire status Z R by evaluating the reference fire parameter K R ,

wherein the fire detector ( 14 ) is designed for transmitting a fire detector signal S B , which represents the reference fire status Z R , to the central unit ( 22 ),

wherein the central unit ( 22 ) is configured for transmitting an instruction signal S I to the vehicle ( 2 ), in the event that the fire detector signal S B transmitted by the fire detector ( 14 ) represents a fire detector status Z R , which needs to be verified,

wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) has a vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ), which is designed for capturing a fire parameter K F of a vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ),

wherein the instruction signal S I represents at least one target location ( 16 ) for the vehicle ( 2 ),

wherein the vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ) is in sufficient overlap with the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ), when the vehicle ( 2 ) is at the target location ( 16 ),

wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed for navigating, independently, to the target location ( 16 ) on the basis of the transmitted instruction signal S I , so that the vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ) and the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) overlap sufficiently,

wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is configured for capturing the fire parameter K F at the target location ( 16 ) by means of the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) as a verification fire parameter K V of the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ),

wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed for determining a verification fire status Z V by evaluating the verification fire parameter K V ,

and wherein

the vehicle ( 2 ) is either designed for transmitting a verification signal S V , which represents the verification fire status Z V , to the central unit ( 22 ), and the central unit ( 22 ) is configured for determining the reference fire status Z R as verified reference fire status Z VR , in the event that the reference fire status Z R and the verification fire status Z V correspond at least sufficiently;

or wherein

the instruction signal S I furthermore represents the reference fire status Z R , the vehicle ( 2 ) is configured for determining the reference fire status Z R as verified reference fire status Z VR , in the event that the reference fire status Z R and the verification fire status Z V correspond at least sufficiently, and the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed for transmitting the verification signal S V , which represents the verified reference fire status Z VR , to the central unit ( 22 ).

2. The system ( 20 ) according to the claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) and/or the central unit ( 22 ) is or are designed, respectively, for determining an alarm signal S A on the basis of the verified reference fire status Z VR .

3. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) and/or the central unit ( 22 ) is or are designed, respectively, for determining a false alarm signal S F , which represents a faulty determination of a reference fire status Z R and/or a non-verified reference fire status, in the event that the reference fire status Z R has been determined as non-verified reference fire status Z VR .

4. The system ( 20 ) according claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed as an aircraft, a drone, a land vehicle, or a robot vehicle.

5. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) has a camera.

6. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed for determining a fire location ( 84 ) by means of the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) at the target location ( 16 ).

7. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is configured for determining the fire location ( 84 ) on the basis of a fire parameter K F captured at the target location ( 16 ).

8. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed for aligning the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) in the direction of the fire location ( 4 ).

9. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is configured for capturing the verification parameter when the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) is aligned in the direction of the fire location ( 84 ).

10. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) has a rotatable and/or pivotable aligning device ( 86 ), to which the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) is fastened, wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed for controlling the aligning device ( 86 ), in order to align the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ).

11. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed as an autonomous vehicle for the independent navigation to the target location ( 16 ).

12. The system ( 20 ) according to claim 2 , wherein

the system ( 20 ) has an extinguishing control center ( 64 ),

wherein the central unit ( 22 ) is designed for transmitting the alarm signal SA to the extinguishing control center ( 64 ), and

wherein the extinguishing control center ( 64 ) is designed for controlling an extinguishing installation ( 68 ) on the basis of the transmitted alarm signal SA for extinguishing a fire in the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ), the reference fire parameter KR of which has been captured by the fire detector sensor unit ( 28 ) of the fire detector ( 14 ), which has transmitted the fire detector signal S B to the central unit ( 22 ).

13. An unmanned vehicle ( 2 ) for determining a verified fire status, having:

a vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ), which is designed for capturing a fire parameter K F of a vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ),

a signal receiving unit ( 10 ) for receiving an instruction signal S I , which represents at least one target location ( 16 ), at which the vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ), is in sufficient overlap with a fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ), when the vehicle ( 2 ) is at the target location ( 16 ), and

a navigation control unit ( 18 ), which is designed for independently navigating the vehicle ( 2 ) to the target location ( 16 ) on the basis of the received instruction signal SI, so that the vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ) and the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) overlap sufficiently,

wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is configured for capturing the fire parameter K F by means of the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) as a verification fire parameter K V of the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) at the target location ( 16 ),

wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) is configured for determining a verification fire status Z V by evaluating the verification fire parameter K V ,

and wherein

the instruction signal S I furthermore represents a reference fire parameter K R of the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ), the vehicle ( 2 ) is configured for determining the reference fire status K R as verified reference fire status Z VR , in the event that the reference fire status Z R and the verification fire status Z V correspond at least sufficiently, and the vehicle ( 2 ) is designed for transmitting a verification signal S V , which represents the verified reference fire status Z VR , to a central unit ( 22 ).

14. A central unit ( 22 ) for determining a verified fire status, wherein

the central unit ( 22 ) is designed for receiving a fire detector signal S B of a fire detector ( 14 ), the central unit ( 22 ) is configured, in the event that a fire detector signal S B received from the fire detector ( 14 ) represents a reference fire status Z R , which needs to be verified, for transmitting an instruction signal S I to a vehicle ( 2 ),

wherein the instruction signal S I represents at least one target location ( 16 ) for the vehicle ( 2 ),

wherein a vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ) of a vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) of the vehicle ( 2 ) is in sufficient overlap with a fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) of the fire detector ( 14 ), when the vehicle ( 2 ) is at the target location ( 16 ), so that the vehicle ( 2 ) can capture a verification fire parameter K V of the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) by means of the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ),

wherein the central unit ( 22 ) is designed for receiving a verification signal S V , which represents a verification fire status Z V , which corresponds to the verification fire parameter K V , from the vehicle ( 2 ),

and

wherein the central unit ( 22 ) is configured for determining the reference fire status Z R as verified reference fire status Z VR , in the event that the reference fire status Z R and the verification fire status Z V correspond at least sufficiently.

15. The central unit ( 22 ) according to claim 14 , wherein the central unit ( 22 ) is a fire detector and/or extinguishing control center or is at least partially formed thereby.

16. A method for determining a verified fire status, having the following steps:

a) capturing a reference fire parameter K R of a fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) by means of a fire detector sensor unit ( 28 ) of a fire detector ( 14 );

b) determining a reference fire status Z R by evaluating the reference fire parameter K R by means of the fire detector ( 14 );

c) transmitting a fire detector signal S B , which represents the reference fire status Z R , from the fire detector ( 14 ) to a central unit ( 22 );

d) transmitting an instruction signal S I from the central unit ( 22 ) to a vehicle ( 2 ), in the event that the fire detector signal S B transmitted by the fire detector ( 14 ) represents a reference fire status Z R , which needs to be verified, wherein the vehicle ( 2 ) has a vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ), which is designed for capturing a fire parameter K F of a vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ), and wherein the instruction signal S I represents at least one target location ( 16 ) for the vehicle ( 2 ), wherein the vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ) is in sufficient overlap with the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ), when the vehicle ( 2 ) is at the target location ( 16 );

e) navigating the vehicle ( 2 ), independently, to the target location ( 16 ) on the basis of the transmitted instruction signal S I by means of a navigation control unit ( 18 ) of the vehicle ( 2 ), so that the vehicle monitoring area ( 8 ) and the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) overlap sufficiently;

f) capturing the fire parameter K F as a verification fire parameter K V of the fire detector monitoring area ( 12 ) by means of the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ); and

g) determining a verification fire status Z V by evaluating the verification fire parameter K V by means of the vehicle ( 2 );

wherein the method either includes the steps:

h1) transmitting a verification signal S V , which represents the verification fire status Z V , from the vehicle ( 2 ) to the central unit ( 22 ); and

i1) determining the reference fire status Z R as verified reference fire status Z VR by means of the central unit ( 22 ), in the event that the reference fire status Z R and the verification fire status Z V correspond at least sufficiently;

or includes the steps:

h2) determining the reference fire status Z R as verified reference fire status Z V R by means of the vehicle ( 2 ), in the event that the reference fire status Z R and the verification fire status Z V correspond at least sufficiently, wherein the instruction signal S I furthermore represents the reference fire status Z R ; and

i2) transmitting a verification signal S V , which represents the verified reference fire status Z VR , to the central unit ( 22 ).

17. The method according to claim 16 , including the step: determining an alarm signal S A by means of the vehicle ( 2 ) or by means of the central unit ( 22 ), respectively, wherein the alarm signal S A represents the verified reference fire status Z VR , in the event that the reference fire status Z R has been determined as verified reference fire status Z VR .

18. The method according to claim 16 , including the step: determining a false alarm signal S F by means of the vehicle ( 2 ) or the central unit ( 22 ), respectively, wherein the false alarm signal S F represents a faulty determination of a reference fire status Z R and/or a non-verified reference fire status, in the event that the reference fire status Z R has not been determined as verified reference fire status Z VR .

19. The method according to claim 16 , including the further step: determining a fire location ( 84 ) by means of the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) of the vehicle ( 2 ), when the vehicle ( 2 ) is at the target location ( 16 ).

20. The method according to claim 19 , including the further step: aligning the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) in the direction of the fire location ( 4 ).

21. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the vehicle has a rotatable and/or pivotable aligning device ( 86 ), to which the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) is fastened, and wherein the method further includes the step: aligning the vehicle sensor unit ( 6 ) by means of the aligning device ( 86 ) in the direction of the fire location ( 84 ).