Computer implemented system and method for determining geospatial fire hazard rating of an entity

• US 9,710,867 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2015
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kundu, Biswaketan, Talagadadeevi, Praveen kumar, Bhaskaramurthy, Suresh, Nagarajan, Niranjan Vallur, Sharma, Neha
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Shahid
• Application Number:
  US14/663,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20160275087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 707709
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

A computer implemented system and method for determining geospatial fire hazard rating of an entity is envisaged. The entity represents any object, structure, or any physical article that is susceptible to fire due to its properties, placement and surrounding environment. The system of the present disclosure takes into consideration an inherent fire hazard rating value of the entity and calculates a final fire hazard rating by considering various factors based on entity'"'"'s geospatial information. These factors may increase the probability of susceptibility to fire for the entity or they may be safety factors decreasing the total fire hazard rating thereby providing a safety measurement for the entity in a particular environment.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system for determining geospatial fire hazard rating of an entity, said system comprising:

a system repository configured to store a pre-determined set of rules;

a system processor cooperating with the system repository and possessing functional elements to provide system processing commands based on said pre-determined set of rules;

a central repository configured to store plurality of types of entities, inherent fixed fire hazard values for respective entities, a plurality of fire hazard factors and a set of pre-determined rules for assigning weightages, said central repository comprising a sub repository configured to store a question bank comprising questionnaire related to said entities;

a first input module configured to accept under influence of the system processing commands, an entity type and corresponding geospatial information of said entity;

a fire hazard factor identifier cooperating with the first input module to receive the accepted entity type and the geospatial information and configured to identify from said central repository, under influence of the system processing commands, said stored fire hazard factors related to said accepted entity type and said accepted geospatial information;

a crawler and extractor cooperating with said fire hazard factor identifier and configured to crawl through the sub repository and extract, under influence of the system processing commands, said stored questionnaire based on geospatial information of said entity and said identified fire hazard factors;

a display cooperating with said crawler and extractor and configured to display under influence of the system processing commands, said extracted questionnaire;

a second input module configured to accept under influence of the system processing commands, answers to the displayed questionnaire;

a weightage allotter cooperating with said central repository, said second input module and said crawler and extractor to respectively receive said set of pre-determined rules for assigning weightages, said answers to the displayed questionnaire and said identified fire hazard factors and configured to allot weightages to said identified fire hazard factors based on said answers and said pre-determined rules to obtain weighted fire hazard factors, wherein said weightages are one of additive weightage and subtractive weightage; and

a computational unit cooperating with said central repository and said weightage allotter to respectively receive said inherent fixed fire hazard value for said accepted entity type and said weighted fire hazard factors related to said accepted entity type, and configured to compute a geospatial fire hazard rating for said entity based on said received inherent fixed fire hazard value and said received weighted fire hazard factors.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sub repository stores set of questionnaire related to said entities based on geospatial information of said entities and fire hazard factors.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first input module accepts geospatial information of said entity from sensors present within said entity.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said geospatial information corresponding to said entity is resolved by said system processor based on location data of said entity.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said weightage allotter is configured to allot weightages by accepting weightage values from an authorized person.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said additive weightage results in increased geospatial fire hazard rating thereby providing a reduced safety value for said entity.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said subtractive weightage results in decreased geospatial fire hazard rating thereby providing an increased safety value for said entity.

8. A computer implemented method for determining geospatial fire hazard rating of an entity, said method comprising the following:

providing system processing commands based on said pre-determined set of rules;

storing in a central repository, a plurality of types of entities, inherent fixed fire hazard values for respective entities, a plurality of fire hazard factors and a set of pre-determined rules for assigning weightages and storing in a sub repository, a question bank comprising questionnaire related to said entities;

accepting under influence of the system processing commands, an entity type and corresponding geospatial information of said entity;

receiving the accepted entity type and the geospatial information and identifying from said central repository, under influence of the system processing commands, said stored fire hazard factors related to said accepted entity type and said accepted geospatial information;

crawling through the sub repository and extracting, under influence of the system processing commands, said stored questionnaire based on geospatial information of said entity and said identified fire hazard factors;

displaying, under influence of the system processing commands, said extracted questionnaire;

accepting under influence of the system processing commands, answers to the displayed questionnaire;

receiving said set of pre-determined rules for assigning weightages, said answers to the displayed questionnaire and said identified fire hazard factors and allotting weightages to said identified fire hazard factors based on said answers and said pre-determined rules to obtain weighted fire hazard factors, wherein said weightages are one of additive weightage and subtractive weightage; and

receiving said inherent fixed fire hazard value for said accepted entity type stored in the central repository and said weighted fire hazard factors related to said accepted entity type, and computing a geospatial fire hazard rating for said entity based on said received inherent fixed fire hazard value and said received weighted fire hazard factors.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said step of storing a question bank includes step of storing questionnaire related to said entities based on geospatial information of said entities and fire hazard factors.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said step of accepting geospatial information of said entity comprises a step of accepting geospatial information from sensors present within said entity.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said method includes step of resolving geospatial information corresponding to said entity based on location data of said entity.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said step of allotting weightages includes step of accepting weightage values from an authorized person.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said additive weightage results in increased geospatial fire hazard rating thereby providing a reduced safety value for said entity.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said subtractive weightage results in decreased geospatial fire hazard rating thereby providing an increased safety value for said entity.