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Hierarchical actions based upon monitored building conditions

  • US 10,760,991 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2020
  • Issued: 09/01/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring a stated condition of a structure, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a) fixedly positioning two or more wireless transceivers to reference positions within the structure;

    b) securing at least a first sensor to a first sensor position within the structure, said first sensor capable of wireless communication with the two or more wireless transceivers, said first sensor selected from a group consisting of a thermal sensor, a vibration sensor, a pressure sensor and a humidity sensor;

    c) wirelessly communicating between the two or more wireless transceivers and the first sensor to generate a data set comprising a transmission time and a receipt time;

    d) generating a set of positional coordinates for the first sensor based upon the data set, the set of positional coordinates comprising a first angular coordinate and a distance;

    e) generating a first table comprising a quantification of a physical condition present in the structure at a first time (T1);

    f) with the first sensor, transducing the physical condition present in the structure at a second time (T2) into a digital representation of the physical condition;

    g) operating a controller to compare the digital representation transduced from the physical condition within the structure at T2 with the physical condition present in the structure at T1;

    h) operating the controller to determine whether the physical condition in the structure at T1 is present at T2;

    i) associating the set of positional coordinates with a feature in a virtual model of the structure, wherein the set of positional coordinates designate a position relative to an agent supporting a wireless position device;

    j) receiving into a controller respective transmissions from the first sensor and from multiple disparate sensors each transmission comprising a digital value of a respective physical condition transduced by the first sensor or the multiple disparate sensors;

    k) determining whether the physical condition at T1 is present in the structure at T2 based upon the digital representation of the physical condition of the structure at T2; and

    l) transmitting location coordinates of one of the first sensor and the multiple disparate sensors measuring a condition within the structure.

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