SAFETY AUTOMATION SYSTEM

• US 20180204441A1
• Filed: 07/13/2016
• Published: 07/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Zribi, Anis, Silver, Travis, Hughes, Jonathon, Andres, John, Rovenstine, Chris, Curley, Sean, Richards, Michael L.
• Application Number:
  US15/744,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20180204441A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A safety automation system (20) for an occupiable structure includes a microphone (54) configured to receive an audible signature (50) and output an audible signature signal. A computing management system (40) of the automation system is configured to receive the audible signature signal and output a command signal. The command signal may be sent to appliances (36) within the structure that perform specific tasks in response to the command.

Claims

1. A safety automation system for an occupiable structure comprising:

a microphone configured to receive an audible signature and output an audible signature signal; and

a computing management system configured to receive the audible signature signal and output a command signal.

2. The safety automation system set forth in claim 1 further comprising:

an alert device configured to produce an audible alert as the audible signature.

3. The safety automation system set forth in claim 2 further comprising:

an appliance configured to receive the command signal from the computing management system and perform a task in response to the command signal.

4. The safety automation system set forth in claim 2 further comprising:

a detection device configured to detect a hazard condition and send an initiate alarm signal to the alert device.

5. The safety automation system set forth in claim 4, wherein the detection device is at least one of a smoke, carbon monoxide, toxic gas, and flammable gas detectors.

6. The safety automation system set forth in claim 1, wherein the computing management system includes a cloud computing network.

7. The safety automation system set forth in claim 6, wherein the computing management system includes a hub and a router for receiving the signature signal and outputting a notification signal to the cloud computing network.

8. The safety automation system set forth in claim 7, wherein the hub and the router are located in the occupiable structure.

9. The safety automation system set forth in claim 1 further comprising:

an appliance configured to receive the command signal from the computing management system and perform a task in response to the command signal.

10. The safety automation system set forth in claim 9, wherein the appliance is a HVAC system.

11. The safety automation system set forth in claim 9, wherein the appliance is an electrically actuated lock.

12. The safety automation system set forth in claim 9, wherein the appliance is a kitchen appliance.

13. The safety automation system set forth in claim 9, wherein the appliance is hazard abatement equipment.

14. The safety automation system set forth in claim 1, wherein the audible signature signal and the command signal are sent over a wireless path.

15. The safety automation system set forth in claim 6, wherein the computing management system is configured to send a wireless signal indicative of the audible signature signal through the cloud computing network, to a user interface device remotely located from the occupiable structure.

16. The safety automation system set forth in claim 1, wherein the microphone is part of a listening device in the occupiable structure and is configured to output the audible signature signal wirelessly.

17. The safety automation system set forth in claim 1, wherein the microphone is part of a smoke detector having dual functioning circuitry for producing an audible alarm and detecting an audible signature.

18. A safety automation system for an occupiable structure comprising:

a detection device configured to detect a hazard condition;

an alert device configured to initialize an audible alert indicative of the hazard condition;

a listening device configured to pick-up the audible alert as an audible signature;

a computing management system configured to receive a wireless audible alert signal sent by the listening device; and

an appliance configured to receive a wireless command signal sent by the computing management system, and initializing a task in response to the command signal.

19. The safety automation system set forth in claim 18, wherein the computing management system is configured to send a wireless signal to a user interface device indicative of the audible signature.

20. The method set forth in claim 19, wherein the computing management system includes a cloud computing network.