GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH HAZARD DETECTOR AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HAZARD ALERTS THEREBY

• US 20160163184A1
• Filed: 02/01/2016
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Thompson, Latonya Slack
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Thompson, Latonya Slack
• Inventors: Thompson, Jonathan, Slack, Latonya
• Granted Patent: US 9,721,457 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/10 Actuation by presence of smoke or gases , e.g. automatic alarm devices for analysing flowing fluid materials by the use of optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/10 responsive to calamitous events, e.g. tornados or earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/14 Toxic gas alarms G08B21/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/00 Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations

Abstract

The present invention relates to detectors of hazardous environmental conditions (e.g., smoke, gas, motion). Specifically, the invention relates to a hazard detector configured to transmit and/or receive information related to hazardous environmental conditions based at least in part on the location of the hazard detector as identified through one or more location based service means (e.g., global positioning systems (GPS), cellular triangulation, Internet IP geolocation).

Claims

1. A hazard detector system, comprising:

a hazard detector communicatively connected to one or more computing devices, said hazard detector comprising;

a power source;

a plurality of hazard detection devices that are each different, each hazard

detection device detecting a hazardous environmental condition different from that detected by another hazard detection device, wherein said plurality of hazard detection devices include at least a first hazard detection device that is a smoke and/or carbon monoxide detector, a second hazard detection device that is a heat detector, a third hazard detection device that is a water sensor, and a fourth hazard detection device that is a seismic detector,

wherein said plurality of hazard detection devices are configured to transmit hazardous environmental conditions such as signals for smoke, carbon monoxide, heat and water to and from said one or more computing devices;

an alert device configured to provide a perceptible alert to individuals in proximity to the hazard detector;

a geolocation device configured to identify the geographic location of the hazard detector;

a secondary location component comprising

one or more of an accelerometer, a level device, an anemometer or an altimeter; and

a control interface incorporating an interaction device selected from the group comprising a keyboard, a touchscreen, and a voice recognition device;

wherein said control interface provides said individual individuals in proximity of the hazard detector the ability to provide additional information about said hazardous environmental conditions by interacting with said interaction device of said control interface, including providing confirmation of the existence of said hazardous environmental conditions, wherein the control interface further allows for individuals in proximity of the hazard detector to cause the hazard detector to perform a plurality of actions selected from the group comprising;

disarming one of said plurality of hazard detection devices, adding a hazard detection device to said plurality of hazard detection devices, removing a hazard detection device from said plurality of hazard detection devices, requesting aid, checking status of said hazard detector, and checking status of said power source;

wherein at least one of said one or more computing devices is a hazard detection and alert system configured to receive hazard information from and transmit hazard information to one or more hazard detectors based on the location of the one or more hazard detectors, wherein said hazard detection and alert system is communicatively connected to a third party system that provides environmental hazard information, and is configured to receive information from said third party system; and

wherein said power management, said plurality of hazard detection devices, aid alert device, said geolocation device, said secondary location component, said control interface, and said control interface are communicatively connected to one or more computing devices are contained and connected to the same portable hazard detector unit.

2. The hazard detector system of claim 1, wherein said alert device is selected from the group comprising, speakers, video displays, LEDs, warning lights, strobe lights, force feedback devices, electro stimulation devices and tone generators.

3. The hazard detector system of claim 1, further comprising one or more power sources selected from the group comprising an AC power source, a DC power source, a battery powered power source, and a solar power source.

4. The hazard detector system of claim 1, further comprising a hazard detector means configured to detect the presence of one or more types of hazards.

5. The hazard detector system of claim 4, wherein said hazard detection means is selected from the group comprising a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector, a heat detector, a motion sensor, a video camera, a glass break sensor, a microphone, a Geiger counter and a water sensor.

6. The hazard detection system of claim 1, wherein said remote hazard detection and alert system contains data identifying alert means types present in each of said one or more hazard detectors and transmits warnings to said one or more hazard detectors based on said alert means types.

7. The hazard detector system of claim 1, further comprising at least one visually perceptible alert means or/and at least one audibly perceptible alert means configured to provide alerts in sequence(s) to inform the individual(s) in the proximity of the type, nature, or/and severity of the hazardous environmental condition(s).

8. The hazard detector system of claim 7, wherein the alert means comprises at least one visually perceptible alert means of different color(s), sequences, and luminous intensity based on said hazard alert type, nature, or/and severity of the hazardous environmental condition(s) or/and at least one audibly perceptible alert means of varying decibel intensity based on said hazard alert type, nature, or/and severity of the hazardous environmental condition(s).