System and Method of Providing Compliance and Alerting of Toxic Gas Exposure for Health Monitoring and Plant Maintenance

• US 20120150755A1
• Filed: 12/10/2010
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Kumar, Nukala Sateesh, K, Arunkumar, Stinson, Sean, Dasari, Kondaiah
• Application Number:
  US12/965,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150755A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/317
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0075 for multiple spatially distributed sensors, e.g. for environmental monitoring transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/001 Signalling to an emergency team, e.g. firemen

Abstract

An apparatus to obtain zoned real-time gas concentration and location information from a plurality of gas detectors and provide compliance information along with exposure trends and warning information. Acquired concentration and location information can be stored in a common memory unit for efficient trend analysis and generation of compliance information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of wireless gas detectors;

at least one processor to receive location and exposure data from members of the plurality; and

a storage device coupled to the processor to store the location and exposure data and including circuitry to analyze location and exposure data for selected trends.

2. A system as in claim 1 where the storage device includes government agency compliance information.

3. A system as in claim 2 including additional circuits to automatically provide compliance reports based on stored compliance information and the stored location and exposure data.

4. A system as in claim 3 where the processor executes at least one pre-stored control program to provide the compliance reports.

5. A system as in claim 1 where the processor includes circuitry to automatically generate alert indicators in response to the stored location and exposure data.

6. A system as in claim 5 where the circuitry tracks the location and exposure data per worker and generate the alert indicators based on pre-stored regulatory standards.

7. A system as in claim 1 where the processor establishes a plurality of zones of a region being monitored responsive to region size and toxic gas information.

8. A system as in claim 7 where the processor, in response to evaluated trends, automatically provides information to operators as to preventive actions which can be taken.

9. A system as in claim 8 where the processor executes a control program to automatically provide agency compliance information relative to the region being monitored.

10. A system as in claim 9 to associate pre-established regions with real-time gas concentrations, gas exposure, and location information to determine areas of risk.

11. A central station comprising:

circuitry that configures a plurality of zones in a predefined area;

circuitry that receives ambient condition data and location data from a plurality of wireless devices located in the predefined area;

circuitry that stores condition data and location data; and

circuitry that evaluates the stored condition data and location information for trends indicative of dangerous conditions.

12. The central station of claim 11 including a server or a personal computer.

13. The central station of claim 12 including a storage unit for concentration information and location information.

14. The central station of claim 13 further comprising circuitry that automatically generates compliance information.