System for hierarchical actions based upon monitored building conditions

• US 10,620,084 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2018
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Middle Chart, LLC
• Original Assignee: Middle Chart, LLC
• Inventors: Santarone, Michael S., Duff, Jason E., Wodrich, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Henson, Mischita L
• Application Number:
  US16/171,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20190128771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 536 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/00 Investigating the elasticity of structures, e.g. deflection of bridges or air-craft wings G01M9/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0066 by exciting or detecting vibration or acceleration vibration testing of structures G01M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads

Abstract

Method and apparatus for measuring conditions within a structure to generate objective data indicative of an overall status of the structure. Aggregated objective measurements may quantify as built and experiential conditions of the structure over time. Utilizing objective measurements a determination is made of, among other things, compliance with applicable building codes. A remediation table is provided to assess the risk of noncompliance with the applicable building codes and to prescribe appropriate remedial actions. Alternatively a table of scaled alphanumeric ratings may be generated and associated with measured conditions within the structure.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring a stated condition of a structure, the method comprising the steps of:

a) affixing two or more wireless transceivers to reference positions within the structure;

b) securing at least a first sensor to a first sensor position within the structure, said first sensor capable of wireless communication with the two or more wireless transceivers, said first sensor selected from a group consisting of a thermal sensor, a vibration sensor, a pressure sensor and a humidity sensor;

c) wirelessly communicating between the two or more wireless transceivers and the first sensor to generate a data set;

d) generating a set of positional coordinates for the first sensor based upon the data set, the positional coordinates comprising X, Y and Z coordinates;

e) generating a first table comprising conditions present in the structure precedent to deployment of the structure;

f) with the first sensor[s], transducing a physical condition in the structure to a digital representation;

g) recording a time registration in a controller, the time registration indicating when the physical condition within the structure was transduced into a digital representation;

h) operating the controller to compare the digital representation of the physical conditions within the structure with a condition present in the structure precedent to deployment of the structure; and

i) operating the controller to determine that the condition precedent to deployment of the structure is present within the structure at a given point in time, based upon the transducing of the physical condition in the structure to a digital representation of the physical and the time registration;

j) associating the X, Y and Z positional coordinates with a feature in a virtual model of the structure, wherein the positional coordinates designate a position relative to an agent supporting a wireless position device,

k) receiving into a controller respective transmissions from the first sensor and from multiple disparate sensors each transmission comprising a digital value of a respective physical condition transduced by the first sensor and the multiple disparate sensors;

l) determining whether conditions precedent to deployment are present in the structure based upon a comparison of the values of the multiple conditions measured within the structure and the conditions present in the structure precedent to deployment of the structure; and

m) transmitting location coordinates of any of the first sensor and the multiple disparate sensors measuring a condition within the structure that has not met a condition precedent to deployment included in the first table.

2. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising generating a second table comprising a remedial action that may be taken to address a condition within the structure.

3. The method of claim 2 additionally comprising the step of transmitting why the condition within the structure compares with a condition precedent to deployment included in the table.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the first Table comprises building codes.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the first Table comprises ANSI standards.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of pressure.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of heat.

8. The method of claim 2 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of vibration.

9. The method of claim 2 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of movement.

10. The method of claim 2 wherein the first Table comprises variables of an appraisal report.

11. A method of determining a physical state of a structure, the method comprising the steps of:

a) generating with a controller a first table comprising values pertaining to conditions within the structure and an alphanumeric scaled rating for different ranges of the values pertaining to conditions within the structure;

b) generating in the controller a second table comprising measured values of the conditions within the structure, wherein the measured values are generated via the steps of;

i) affixing multiple wireless transceivers to reference positions within the structure;

ii) securing at least a first sensor to a position within the structure, said first sensor selected from a group consisting of a thermal sensor, a vibration sensor, a pressure sensor and a humidity sensor;

iii) wirelessly communicating between the first sensor and the multiple wireless transceivers to generate a data set;

iii) with the controller, generating a set of positional coordinates for the first sensor based upon the data set;

iv) with the first sensor, generating measured values of a condition within the structure via transducing of a first sensor state to a digital value;

v) recording a time registration in the controller indicating when each of the measured values of the condition within the structure was measured;

c) with the controller, associating a respective alphanumeric scaled rating from the first table with each of the measured values of the condition within the structure; and

d) with the controller, generating an aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating for the structure based upon a weighted combining of the respective alphanumeric scaled ratings associated with each measured value.

12. The method of claim 11 additionally comprising the step of generating a collateral value based upon the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating.

13. The method of claim 11 additionally comprising the step of generating a value of an insurance amount based upon the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating.

14. The method of claim 11 additionally comprising the step of including the structure in a securitized pool based upon the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating.