EMERGENCY GUIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20130049930A1
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WANG, SHIH-CHENG
• Application Number:
  US13/219,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20130049930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/8.1
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 3/00 Devices or single parts for facilitating escape from buildings or the like, e.g. protection shields, protection screens; Portable devices for preventing smoke penetrating into distinct parts of buildings A62B1/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation

Abstract

An emergency guiding system is provided. The emergency guiding system includes a database unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The determination unit receives an alarm signal from a hazard processing apparatus including a plurality of sensors, wherein the alarm signal includes status information of the actuated sensors. The database unit includes a plurality of predetermined guiding schemes corresponding to the sensors. After the determination unit chooses one of the predetermined guiding schemes according to the status information of the actuated sensors in the alarm signal, the control unit performs an operation according to the chosen predetermined guiding scheme. The disclosure further provides an emergency guiding method.

Claims

1. An emergency guiding system, comprising:

a control unit;

a determination unit receiving an alarm signal from a hazard processing apparatus including a plurality of sensors, wherein the alarm signal includes status information of the actuated sensors; and

a database unit including a plurality of predetermined guiding schemes corresponding to the sensors;

wherein the determination unit chooses one of the predetermined guiding schemes according to the status information of the actuated sensors in the alarm signal, the control unit performs an operation according to the chosen predetermined guiding scheme.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined guiding schemes are separated into a plurality of evacuation schemes and refuge schemes, the determination unit determines whether there is a possibility to evacuate according to the actuated sensors, one of the evacuation schemes is chosen when there is a possibility to evacuate, one of the refuge schemes is chosen when there is no possibility to evacuate.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the hazard processing apparatus further includes a plurality of terminal devices, each of the predetermined guiding schemes includes a list of the terminal devices to be enabled, the operation of the control unit includes transmitting a control signal for enabling the terminal devices in the list to the hazard processing apparatus.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising an output unit, wherein the operation of the control unit includes enabling the output unit to display a guide map according to the chosen predetermined guiding scheme.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the guide map includes a floor plan corresponding to the scene where the sensors are located, the location of the sensors are indicated on the floor plan.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the sensors correspond to at least one protection region, the operation of the control unit includes transmitting a control signal for informing a client corresponding to the protection region of the actuated sensors.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising an output unit, wherein the operation of the control unit includes enabling the output unit to output a warning message.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the warning message includes a timer of allowable evacuation time corresponding to the status information of the actuated sensors in the alarm signal.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a processing unit corresponding to the hazard processing apparatus, wherein the determination unit receives the alarm signal from the hazard processing apparatus through an interface adapter including a computer network interface coupled to the emergency guiding system and a serial communication interface coupled to the hazard processing apparatus;

the processing unit derives the status information of the actuated sensors of the hazard processing apparatus from the alarm signal received from the interface adaptor.

10. An emergency guiding method, comprising the following steps:

receiving an alarm signal including status information of actuated sensors of a hazard processing apparatus;

choosing one of a plurality of predetermined guiding schemes corresponding to the sensors of the hazard processing apparatus according to the status information of the actuated sensors in the alarm signal; and

performing an operation according to the chosen predetermined guiding scheme.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the predetermined guiding schemes are separated into a plurality of evacuation schemes and refuge schemes, the step of choosing one of the predetermined guiding schemes includes:

determining whether there is a possibility to evacuate according to the actuated sensors;

if there is a possibility to evacuate, choosing one of the evacuation schemes; and

if there is no possibility to evacuate, choosing one of the refuge schemes.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the predetermined guiding schemes includes a list of terminal devices of the hazard processing apparatus to be enabled, the operation includes transmitting a control signal for enabling the terminal devices of the hazard processing apparatus in the list to the hazard processing apparatus.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the operation includes enabling an output unit to display a guide map according to the chosen predetermined guiding scheme.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the guide map includes a floor plan corresponding to the scene where the sensors are located, the location of the sensors are indicated on the floor plan.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the sensors correspond to at least one protection region, the operation includes transmitting a control signal for informing a client corresponding to the protection region of the actuated sensors.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the operation includes enabling an output unit to output a warning message.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the warning message includes a timer of allowable evacuation time corresponding to the status information of the actuated sensors in the alarm signal.