Infrared Detector Array Fire Detection System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fire detection systems are not effective in detecting fires in their early stages, leading to delayed warnings and increased damage.
Innovation Solution
A fire detection system utilizing an infrared detector array that can monitor a target environment over time, detect increased infrared radiation, and adjust its field of view using a positioning apparatus to identify early signs of a fire, allowing for timely alerts and minimizing damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional smoke and/or fire detectors are used to detect combustion gases or heat, then the detectors can identify fires that have already developed, but they fail to detect fires in early stages leading to delayed warnings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an infrared detector array as an intermediary that detects thermal radiation from fires in their early stages, before combustion gases are produced or heat becomes detectable by traditional sensors. This intermediary detection method provides advance warning by identifying fires at a stage when they emit characteristic infrared signatures but have not yet generated sufficient smoke or heat for conventional detectors to respond.
2Area of stationary object
If a fixed field of view infrared detector array is used, then the system can monitor a specific area, but it cannot effectively scan a larger target environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a positioning apparatus that dynamically adjusts the field of view of the infrared detector array, enabling the system to scan and monitor a larger target environment. The positioning apparatus allows the detector array to change its orientation and coverage area as needed, transforming a static monitoring system into a dynamic one that can adapt to monitor different portions of the environment sequentially.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively detects fires in their early stages, providing advance warnings and reducing damage by accurately identifying temperature increases and locating potential fires within a larger environment.
Implementation Method 1
detect a fire via an increased infrared radiation given off by the fire
Implementation Method 2
an infrared detector array may be coupled to an apparatus that permits lateral and/or vertical movement of the field of view of the array
Data Source
AI summary
A fire detection system for detecting fires may include an infrared detector array. The fire detection system may use the infrared detector array to monitor the temperature of a target environment over time. In some cases, a positioning apparatus may be used to move the field of view of the infrared detector array, allowing the infrared detector array to scan a relatively large target environment while still achieving a given resolution.