Abstract:
A system and method of better alarm management is provided. The method includes importing a floor map of a monitored area onto a workstation, configuring the floor map, and generating an optimal guidance route map on the floor map. The optimal guidance route map provides a user with at least one route from the workstation to a designated device in the monitored area.
Abstract:
A system and method of monitoring zones for alarm conditions and automatically alerting individuals in a plurality of zones about the safety of a particular zone is provided. The method includes providing a site map of a predefined area, configuring a plurality of zones in the predefined area, receiving ambient condition data and location data from a plurality of wireless devices located in the predefined area, computing an alarm level for each zone in the plurality of zones based on the received ambient condition data and location data, and transmitting alert notifications to the plurality of wireless devices. The alert notification sent to each wireless device is based on the computed alarm level of the zone in which that wireless device is located relative to the computed alarm level of the other zones in the plurality of zones.
Abstract:
A system for monitoring a gas leakage incident in an industrial facility comprises a local area network, and a plurality of closed-circuit television cameras operatively connected to the local area network. The closed-circuit television cameras are positioned to provide video images of plural areas in a facility, with a central station operatively connected to the network for receiving video images from the television cameras. As plurality of gas detectors positioned in plural areas of the facility are operatively connected to the local area network, with each gas detector being operable to provide a signal which indicates occurrence of a gas leakage incident. Real-time monitoring of one or more gas-leakage incidents facilitates efficient evacuation of operating personnel, with the system preferably configured to automatically direct one or more of the closed-circuit television cameras to the area from which a gas leakage signal originates.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for detecting hazardous gases. The method includes the steps of providing a central station and a plurality of environmental detectors within a protected area, each of the plurality of environmental detectors detecting environmental events within the protected area and reporting detected events to the central station, one of the plurality of environmental detectors detecting an environmental event within the protected area and reporting that event to the central station, the central station determining a location of the detected event and of each of the plurality of environmental detectors within the protected area, the central station dynamically computing a route from the determined location of each of the plurality of environmental detectors to the closest and safest exit based upon the determined location of the detected environmental event and the central station generating and sending a respective map showing the computed route to the closest and safest exit for that environmental detector to each of the plurality of environmental detectors.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for detecting hazardous gases. The method includes the steps of providing a central station and a plurality of environmental detectors within a protected area, each of the, plurality of environmental detectors detecting environmental events within the protected area and reporting detected events to the central station, one of the plurality of environmental detectors detecting an environmental event within the protected area and reporting that event to the central station, the central station determining a location of the detected event and of each of the plurality of environmental detectors within the protected area, the central station dynamically computing a route from the determined location of each of the plurality of environmental detectors to the closest and safest exit based upon the determined location of the detected environmental event and the central station generating and sending a respective map showing the computed route to the closest and safest exit for that environmental detector to each of the plurality of environmental detectors.
Abstract:
A system and method store a map of an area in a computer storage device. The map includes objects in the area. Objects on the map and locations of the objects on the map are identified, and properties are associated to the identified objects. The identified objects, the locations of the identified objects, and the properties of the identified objects are provided to a radio frequency (RF) planning tool such that the RF planning tool can determine RF wave propagation and RF wave attenuation as a function of the identified objects, the locations of the identified objects, and the properties of the identified objects.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for finding fires. The method includes providing a plurality of reference locations within a facility where each of the reference locations is associated with a readily identifiable feature of the facility, detecting a fire within the facility, receiving a fire location request from a monitoring location within the facility and dynamically generating a routing map from the monitoring location to a location of the fire and from the fire to a fire exit of the facility using at least some of the plurality of reference locations based upon the request.