Method to auto-configure gas detectors based on real-time location
First Claim
1. A method for configuring a gas detector device which has moved from a first location zone to a second location zone, the method comprising:
- determining the gas detector device is in the second location zone, wherein the gas detector device is configured to hold a plurality of gas sensors at the same time and to activate or deactivate any number of the plurality of gas sensors at the same time;
deactivating a first sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device which is required to detect a first gas in the first location zone;
activating a second sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device which is required to detect a second gas in the second location zone; and
detecting the second gas, by the second sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device, in the second location zone.
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Abstract
Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for determining the location of a gas detector device, wherein the location may be within a predefined location zone, and automatically configuring the gas detector device based on the location zone. Each location zone in a facility may be associated with a configuration for the gas detector device. The location of the gas detector device may be monitored by a central station, and when it is determined that a gas detector device has moved from one location zone to another, the configuration of the gas detector device may be updated accordingly. Additionally, other parameters may be monitored by the central station and/or the gas detector device to determine the appropriate configuration of the gas detector device.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for configuring a gas detector device which has moved from a first location zone to a second location zone, the method comprising:
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determining the gas detector device is in the second location zone, wherein the gas detector device is configured to hold a plurality of gas sensors at the same time and to activate or deactivate any number of the plurality of gas sensors at the same time; deactivating a first sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device which is required to detect a first gas in the first location zone; activating a second sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device which is required to detect a second gas in the second location zone; and detecting the second gas, by the second sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device, in the second location zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for configuring a gas detector device which has moved from a first location zone to a second location zone, the method comprising:
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determining that the gas detector device is in the second location zone; deactivating a first sensor of a plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device which is required to detect a first gas in the first location zone; activating a second sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device which is required to detect a second gas in the second location zone; detecting the second gas, by the second sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device, in the second location zone; activating a third sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device which is required to detect a third gas in the second location zone, wherein the step of activating a third sensor is performed at the same time as the step of activating a second sensor; and detecting the third gas, by the third sensor of the plurality of gas sensors in the gas detector device, in the second location zone. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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