Safety automation system and method of operation

• US 10,424,190 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2016
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Zribi, Anis, Silver, Travis, Hughes, Jonathon, Andres, John, Rovenstine, Chris, Curley, Sean, Richards, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Casillashernandez, Omar
• Application Number:
  US15/743,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20180197402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• Field of Search: 340500
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/01 characterised by the transmission medium
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources

Abstract

A safety automation system (20) for an occupiable structure and method of operation includes a plurality of detection devices (30) to facilitate the detection of a hazard condition and output a hazard detected signal to a computing management system (44) that may be a cloud computing system. The management system includes a computer processor (46), and a computer readable storage medium (48) capable of generating various notifications to a mobile user interface device (32).

Claims

1. A safety automation system for an occupiable structure comprising:

a computing management system including a computer processor, and a computer readable storage medium;

a detection device adapted to detect a hazard condition and output an associated signal to the computing management system, and wherein the computing management system is configured to send a hazard notification signal to a user interface device remotely located from the occupiable structure; and

a satellite navigation transmitter device in wireless communication with a satellite navigation receiver of the wireless communication circuitry, wherein the satellite navigation transmitter device outputs a navigation signal to the computing management system indicative of a location of the mobile user interface device, wherein the computing management system is configured to send a notification signal to the mobile user interface device when the safety automation system is in need of maintenance and when the mobile user interface device is near a store that supplies at least one of maintenance parts and services.