Dynamic Emergency Plan Generation Using BIM and Sensor Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Static emergency action plans become insufficient for complex buildings and sites, failing to effectively support both site managers and first responders during emergencies, as they lack real-time information and dynamic response planning capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatically generating a real-time emergency action plan that integrates building information models, sensor data, and environmental information to create an interactive rescue plan, including tools for ingress and egress planning, accessible by first responders and site managers, utilizing sensors, an emergency control module, a modeling module, and a responder support module.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a static emergency action plan is used for simple buildings, then the plan is easy to implement and understand, but it becomes insufficient for complex buildings and sites
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static emergency action plan into a dynamic system that automatically updates in real-time based on sensor data, building information models, and emergency conditions. The system generates and updates evacuation plans dynamically during emergencies, allowing the plan to adapt to changing conditions rather than relying on pre-defined static routes and procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates continuous feedback loops where sensors monitor environmental conditions (smoke, heat, gas levels) and feed this information back to the emergency action plan generation system. This feedback mechanism allows the plan to be automatically updated based on real-time building conditions, sensor locations, and detected emergencies, making the plan responsive to actual situations.
2Reliability
If real-time sensor data and building information models are integrated, then the emergency response effectiveness is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a multi-functional integrated platform that combines sensor data acquisition, building information model processing, real-time data integration, and emergency plan generation into a single unified system. This universal system handles multiple functions across different emergency scenarios and building types, reducing the need for separate specialized systems while maintaining comprehensive capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary emergency action plan generation system that acts as a mediator between the raw sensor data/building information models and the first responders. This intermediary layer processes, integrates, and translates complex data from multiple sources into actionable emergency plans, simplifying the interface between the complex data infrastructure and the end users.
3Measurement precision
If detailed building information and real-time environmental data are provided to first responders, then the response accuracy is improved, but the information processing time may increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and storing building information models and sensor data configurations before emergencies occur. During emergencies, the system leverages these pre-prepared data structures and relationships to rapidly generate evacuation plans without requiring extensive real-time processing, thus reducing information processing time while maintaining high accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The emergency action plan generation system operates autonomously to process and integrate data from multiple sources without requiring manual intervention. The system automatically queries sensor data, processes building information models, generates evacuation plans, and updates them in real-time, eliminating the need for human operators to manually process the information while maintaining high accuracy and speed.
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AI summary
A first responder support system is disclosed. The first responder support system includes a plurality of sensors deployed within a building, such that each of the plurality of sensors is configured to communicate an environmental condition, an emergency control module in communication with the plurality of sensors deployed within the building, the emergency control module is configured to receive the environmental conditions provide by the plurality of sensors, a modeling module configured to receive a building information model and to generate a building representation, and a responder support module in communication with the emergency control module and the modeling module and configured to generate an interactive rescue plan based on the building representation and the received environmental conditions.