Hazardous Substance Release Notification System

• US 20090018780A1
• Filed: 04/25/2008
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yoganand John Sookhu
• Original Assignee: Yoganand John Sookhu
• Inventors: Sookhu, Yoganand John
• Application Number:
  US12/109,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20090018780A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method and system for obtaining information on contaminants in ambient air. Multiple detection systems sample the ambient air for the contaminants in real time. Each of the multiple detection systems analyzes contaminants for hazardous substances. The multiple detection systems transmit information on the hazardous substances to a satellite monitoring system. The satellite monitoring system receives the transmitted information. The satellite monitoring system packages the information transmitted from each of the detection systems and analyzes the packaged information. The satellite monitoring system transmits the analyzed information to a console deployed on a computing device at a command station. The console receives the transmitted information from the satellite monitoring system and communicates user interaction based on the transmitted information to the satellite monitoring system.

Claims

1. A system for obtaining information on contaminants in ambient air, comprising:

a plurality of detection systems for sampling said ambient air for said contaminants in real time, wherein each of said detection systems comprises;

a first microcontroller comprising an analyzer for analyzing the contaminants for hazardous substances; and

a first transceiver for transmitting information on said hazardous substances to a satellite monitoring system, wherein said information on the hazardous substances is transmitted as data packets;

said satellite monitoring system comprising;

a second microcontroller for packaging the information transmitted from each of the detection systems and analyzing said packaged information;

a second transceiver for transmitting said analyzed information to a console deployed on a computing device at a command station; and

said console for receiving said transmitted information from the satellite monitoring system and communicating user interaction based on the transmitted information to the satellite monitoring system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the detection systems comprises a sensing module for sensing the contaminants in the ambient air.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the satellite monitoring system provides communication between the console and the detection systems, further wherein the satellite monitoring system aggregates the information from the detection systems.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said second transceiver of the satellite monitoring system receives said data packets transmitted by each of the detection systems.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the detection systems is deployed in a vehicle.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the detection systems are installed in said vehicle equipped with a heating system, a ventilating system, and an air conditioning system.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein one or more fans are installed on the detection systems in absence of a heating system, a ventilating system, and an air conditioning system in said vehicle, wherein the detection systems suck air circulated by said fans.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a radio frequency monitoring system for receiving and transmitting information on the hazardous substances from the detection systems on infeasibility of direct satellite communication.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the detection systems is deployed at a fixed location.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the detection systems comprises radio frequency identification tags for detecting tampering of the detection systems.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the console graphically represents the transmitted information from the satellite monitoring system.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said first microcontroller packages information on contaminants, vehicle information, and global positioning system information, wherein said information packaging is performed on one of triggering an alarm and on reaching a predefined threshold.

13. A method of obtaining information on contaminants in ambient air, comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of detection systems for performing the steps of;

sampling said ambient air for said contaminants in real time;

analyzing the contaminants for hazardous substances;

transmitting information on said hazardous substances to a satellite monitoring system, wherein said information on the hazardous substances is transmitted as data packets;

receiving said transmitted information by said satellite monitoring system from each of said detection systems, wherein the satellite monitoring system packages the transmitted information, further wherein the satellite monitoring system analyzes said packaged information;

transmitting said analyzed information to a console deployed on a computing device at a command station by the satellite monitoring system; and

receiving said transmitted information by said console from the satellite monitoring system and communicating user interaction based on the transmitted information to the satellite monitoring system;

whereby the transmitted information based on said analyzed contaminants comprising hazardous substances is notified to said command station.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising a step of providing communication between the console and the detection systems by the satellite monitoring system, wherein the satellite monitoring system aggregates the information from the detection systems.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein one or more of the detection systems is deployed in a vehicle.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein one or more of the detection systems is deployed at a fixed location.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising a step of detecting tampering of the detection systems by radio frequency identification tags in the detection systems.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising a step of graphically representing the transmitted information from each of the detection systems on the console.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising a step of packaging the information on the contaminants, vehicle information, and global positioning system information by each of the detection systems, wherein said information packaging is performed on one of triggering an alarm and on reaching a predefined threshold.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the contaminants are one or more of radiological contaminants, biological contaminants, and chemical contaminants, further wherein the contaminants are airborne contaminants.

21. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium, wherein said computer program product comprises:

a first computer parsable program code for analyzing contaminants for hazardous substances by a plurality of detection systems;

a second computer parsable program code for transmitting information on said hazardous substances to a satellite monitoring system from said detection systems;

a third computer parsable program code for receiving said transmitted information by said satellite monitoring system from each of the detection systems;

a fourth computer parsable program code for packaging and analyzing the transmitted information by the satellite monitoring system; and

a fifth computer parsable program code for transmitting said analyzed information to a console deployed on a computing device at a command station by the satellite monitoring system.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising a sixth computer parsable program code for graphically representing the transmitted information from each of the detection systems.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising a seventh computer parsable program code for packaging information on the contaminants, vehicle information, and global positioning system information by the detection systems.