Environment and hazard condition monitoring system
First Claim
1. An environment monitoring system adapted to communicate with a plurality of preexisting sensors, comprising:
- a user interface; and
a plurality of sensor agents, each sensor agent structured to communicate with at least one other sensor agent, the user interface, and the plurality of preexisting sensors, at least one of the user interface and the plurality of sensor agents enabled to receive a plurality of rule sets for monitoring a plurality of environmental conditions corresponding to a plurality of interests of one or more users, at least one of the plurality of rule sets being different from at least another one of the plurality of rule sets.
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Abstract
An environment and hazard condition monitoring system is provided. One embodiment of the environment monitoring system is adapted to incorporate a plurality of preexisting sensors. The environment monitoring system comprises at least one user interface and a plurality of sensor agents, with each sensor agent communicating with the preexisting sensors, the user interface and with the other sensor agents. Another embodiment of the invention provides new sensors that include sensor agents that can communicate with each other and with a user interface. The sensor agent in either environment monitoring system can also communicate with portable devices.
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46 Claims
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1. An environment monitoring system adapted to communicate with a plurality of preexisting sensors, comprising:
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a user interface; and
a plurality of sensor agents, each sensor agent structured to communicate with at least one other sensor agent, the user interface, and the plurality of preexisting sensors, at least one of the user interface and the plurality of sensor agents enabled to receive a plurality of rule sets for monitoring a plurality of environmental conditions corresponding to a plurality of interests of one or more users, at least one of the plurality of rule sets being different from at least another one of the plurality of rule sets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An environment monitoring system comprising:
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a substantially stationary user interface;
a portable user interface; and
a plurality of sensors structured to communicate with each other, with the substantially stationary user interface and with the portable user interface, at least one of the user interface and the portable user interface enabled to receive a plurality of rule sets for monitoring a plurality of environmental conditions corresponding to a plurality of interests of one or more users, at least one of the plurality of rule sets being different from at least another one of the plurality of rule sets. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An environment monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors;
at least one user interface;
a plurality of sensor agents, each sensor agent structured to communicate with at least one other sensor agent, the user interface, and the plurality of sensors; and
a processing unit selectively located on the user interface and the sensor agent, the processing unit configured to perform a plurality of steps including;
receiving a plurality of user-specific rules for monitoring a plurality of environmental conditions corresponding to a plurality of interests of one or more users, at least one of the plurality of user-specific rules being different from at least another one of the plurality of user-specific rules;
receiving sensor data from the plurality of sensors;
comparing the sensor data with the plurality of user-specific rules; and
setting an alarm if the sensor data does not agree with one of the plurality of user-specific rules, the alarm being directed to a user who specified the one of the plurality of user-specific rules that did not agree with the sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
a video display;
a structure diagram;
a compartment list;
a sensor list; and
a sensor data display.
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33. The environment monitoring system of claim 32, wherein the structure is selected from the group consisting of:
- a ship, a building, a train, a subway, a factory, a power generating facility, and a spacecraft.
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34. An environment monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of preexisting sensors communicating with at least one substantially stationary user interface over a first network; and
a plurality of sensor agents, each sensor agent structured to communicate with at least one preexisting sensor, and with at least one other sensor agent over a second network that can be selectively accessed by a portable user interface and the substantially stationary user interface, at least one of the user interface and the plurality of sensor agents enabled to receive a plurality of rule sets for monitoring a plurality of environmental conditions corresponding to a plurality of interests of one or more users, at least one of the plurality of rule sets being different from at least another one of the plurality of rule sets. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. An environment monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors;
a user interface;
a plurality of sensor agents, means for communication between the sensor agents, the user interface, and the plurality of sensors;
means for generating a plurality of user-specific rules for monitoring a plurality of environmental conditions corresponding to a plurality of interests of one or more users, at least one of the plurality of user-specific rules being different from at least another one of the plurality of user-specific rules;
means for receiving sensor data from the plurality of sensors;
means for comparing the sensor data with the plurality of user-specific rules; and
means for setting an alarm if the sensor data does not agree with one of the plurality of user-specific rules, the alarm being directed to a user who specified the one of the plurality of user-specific rules that did not agree with the sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of communicating with a plurality of preexisting sensors, the method comprising the steps of:
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communicating with the plurality of preexisting sensors over a first network; and
providing a plurality of sensor agents, each sensor agent communicating with at least one preexisting sensor, and with at least one other sensor agent over a second network, at least one of the user interface and the plurality of sensor agents enabled to receive a plurality of rule sets for monitoring a plurality of environmental conditions corresponding to a plurality of interests of one or more users, at least one of the plurality of rule sets being different from at least another one of the plurality of rule sets. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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