Ember detector device, a bush/wild fire detection and threat management system, and methods of use of same

    公开(公告)号:US11482091B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17424122

    申请日:2020-01-17

    发明人: Graham Pole

    摘要: Embers created by fires, particularly fires in environments such as grassland, bushland, and forests, can lead to the loss of property and animal and human lives. In addition to the loss of property and lives, fires caused by embers lead to an increase in greenhouse gasses, an increase in the risk associated with an ember attack and/or a fire, and a reduced ability to effectively fight an ember attack and/or a fire. The concept bush/wildfire should be understood to include forest fires, grassland fires, and the like. The present disclosure relates to an ember detector device, a bush/wild fire detection and threat management system, and methods of reducing greenhouse gasses, reducing the risk associated with an ember attack and/or a fire, and enhancing an ability to effectively fight an ember attack and/or a fire.

    Smoke detectors with light shields and alarm systems including such

    公开(公告)号:US11227474B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US16715027

    申请日:2019-12-16

    摘要: Smoke detectors and smoke alarms are provided which have one or more light shields configured to block or minimize the transmission of ambient light to their light receivers. Light shield configurations for facilitating such functionality are provided as well. The shield/s include a material which attenuates a majority amount of light within a particular range of light that a light source of the smoke detector may be configured to only emit and/or the range of light the light receiver may configured to only convert to photocurrent. In some cases, the shield/s surrounds the light source and/or the light receiver arranged external to an interior chamber of the smoke detector. In some cases, the shield/s may at least partially span a connection side of an external housing of the smoke detector. Alternatively, the shield may be arranged in a space between the interior chamber and the connection side of the housing.

    Heatable smoke alarm
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10593180B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US15223249

    申请日:2016-07-29

    IPC分类号: G08B17/11 G08B17/107 H05B3/00

    摘要: A smoke alarm has a housing with a heating device for heating walls of the housing to a temperature above the dew point. The heating device has at least one heating light emitting diode (LED). The heating LED has an opening angle for the emission of light, which opening angle leads to an irradiated area of the housing.

    Ionization air filters for hazardous particle detection

    公开(公告)号:US10140831B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-27

    申请号:US15307494

    申请日:2015-04-17

    发明人: Anis Zribi

    摘要: An air filtration for detecting hazardous particles includes a housing having an air flow pathway extending therethrough. The housing is configured to receive air flow from an inlet of the housing and to expel air flow from an outlet of the housing. A pair of electrodes are positioned within the air flow pathway. A sensor system is operatively connected to the pair of electrodes to measure electrical current flowing therebetween. A processor is operatively connected to the sensor system to compare the measured electrical current with a stored baseline current. An alarm is operatively connected to the processor. The processor activates the alarm when the measured electrical current is different than the stored baseline current.

    WALL SWITCH
    8.
    发明申请
    WALL SWITCH 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180217003A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15927891

    申请日:2018-03-21

    申请人: Google LLC

    摘要: This patent specification relates to a wall switch that comprises a docking station and a user-removable wall-switch head unit. In some embodiments, the docking station is configured to receive the user-removable wall-switch head unit, and configured to be permanently connected to a wall and coupled to high-power voltage wires. In some embodiments, the user-removable wall-switch head unit is configured to be user-insertable into said docking station and user-removable therefrom such that the user is not exposed to high-voltage connections when inserting or removing. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises inputs and outputs and circuitry for switchably controlling household line current power to a household electrical fixture. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises an occupancy sensor, a temperature sensor, or a processor.

    USE OF OPTICAL REFLECTANCE PROXIMITY DETECTOR IN BATTERY-POWERED DEVICES
    9.
    发明申请
    USE OF OPTICAL REFLECTANCE PROXIMITY DETECTOR IN BATTERY-POWERED DEVICES 有权
    在电池供电的设备中使用光学反射近似检测器

    公开(公告)号:US20160351046A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US15234758

    申请日:2016-08-11

    申请人: Google Inc.

    发明人: Wayne T. Holcombe

    IPC分类号: G08B29/14 G08B17/11

    摘要: Various methods, systems, and devices for identifying a condition of a battery-powered device are presented. For example, a device may include a smoke detection sensor that detect smokes and, in response to detecting smoke, generate a smoke detection signal. The device may include test circuitry that tests an aspect of the battery-powered device. The device may include an audio output device that outputs a sound in response to the test circuitry determining a particular condition is present. The device may include a proximity detector that monitors for a wave movement of an object within a distance of the battery-powered device and generates a proximity detection signal when the proximity detector detects the wave movement performed by the object within the distance of the smoke detector device.

    摘要翻译: 提出了用于识别电池供电设备状况的各种方法,系统和设备。 例如,设备可以包括检测烟雾的烟雾检测传感器,并且响应于检测烟雾而产生烟雾检测信号。 该设备可以包括测试电池供电设备的一个方面的测试电路。 该设备可以包括音频输出设备,其响应于测试电路确定存在特定状况而输出声音。 该装置可以包括接近检测器,该接近检测器监测在电池供电设备的距离内的物体的波浪运动,并且当接近检测器检测到在烟雾探测器的距离内的物体执行的波浪移动时,产生接近检测信号 设备。

    Method and apparatus for detecting smoke in an ion chamber
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for detecting smoke in an ion chamber 有权
    用于在离子室中检测烟雾的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09207209B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-08

    申请号:US13667165

    申请日:2012-11-02

    摘要: A smoke detection sensor ion chamber has a leakage current that is dependent upon the permittivity of the ionized gas (air) in the chamber. Smoke from typical fires is mainly composed of unburned carbon that has diffused in the surrounding air and rises with the heat of the fire. The permittivity of the carbon particles is about 10 to 15 times the permittivity of clean air. The addition of the carbon particles into the air in the ion chamber changes the permittivity thereof that is large enough to detect by measuring a change in the leakage current of the ion chamber.

    摘要翻译: 烟雾检测传感器离子室具有取决于室中的电离气体(空气)的介电常数的泄漏电流。 典型火灾中的烟雾主要由在周围空气中扩散并随火的升高而升高的未燃碳组成。 碳颗粒的介电常数为清洁空气介电常数的约10至15倍。 将离子室中的碳颗粒添加到空气中通过测量离子室的泄漏电流的变化来改变其介电常数,其大到足以检测。