SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS HEAT DETECTION
First Claim
1. A heat sensor comprising:
- a thermoelectric power component for receiving heat energy and for transforming the heat energy to electric power; and
a transmitting circuit coupled to the thermoelectric power component to receive the electric power therefrom to generate a wireless signal representative of a thermal condition of an object.
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Abstract
A system for wireless heat detection is disclosed. The system includes one or more heat sensors that convert sensed heat energy into electrical power for transmitting an alarm signals. A remote system may trigger an alarm based on the received alarm signals. The heat sensors may be placed at discrete locations within an interior of a building to monitor a condition of the infrastructure of the building. The remote system can include a communications module for receiving the signal and transmitting an alarm signal to an associated fire panel. The fire panel may analyze the signal, as well as signals generated from adjacent sensors, to determine whether a fire condition exists within a building. Appropriate notification devices may then be activated based on the determination. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
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1. A heat sensor comprising:
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a thermoelectric power component for receiving heat energy and for transforming the heat energy to electric power; and a transmitting circuit coupled to the thermoelectric power component to receive the electric power therefrom to generate a wireless signal representative of a thermal condition of an object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A temperature monitoring system, comprising:
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a sensor for converting received heat energy to electric power and for generating a wireless signal representative of a temperature of an object; a communication module for receiving the wireless signal and for transmitting a corollary signal to a control module; wherein the control module is configured to determine, from the corollary signal, if the temperature of the object is less than a predetermined alarm value, and to initiate an alarm when the temperature of the object is greater than the predetermined alarm value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of monitoring an object, comprising:
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receiving, at a communication module, a wireless signal from a sensor, the wireless signal representative of a temperature to which the sensor is exposed; transmitting a corollary signal from the communication module to a control module of a fire panel, the corollary signal representative of the wireless signal received from the sensor; at the control module, processing the corollary signal received from the communication module to determine if an alarm condition exists at a monitored location associated with the sensor; and generating an alarm when the control module determines that the alarm condition exists. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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