Remote Fire Detector Hushing via Wireless Advertisement Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fire detectors often activate unnecessarily, such as during cooking, requiring manual intervention by someone nearby to silence them, which can be inconvenient, especially when the property owner is not available.
Innovation Solution
A method and system allowing a trusted individual to remotely silence fire detectors using a computer application that detects wireless advertisements from the detectors and transmits a hush request via short-range wireless signals like Bluetooth or internet connections, with authority granted by the property owner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If physical buttons on fire detectors are pressed manually by a person located in proximity to the fire detector, then the fire detector can be hushed, but the operation becomes inconvenient when the property owner is not available or when false alarms occur during cooking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote computing device as an intermediary between the fire detector and the user. This intermediary device, located remotely from the fire detector, communicates with the detector via a communication network to transmit hush requests, eliminating the need for physical proximity and manual button pressing while maintaining the ability to silence false alarms conveniently
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical button pressing with an electronic/digital system. Instead of mechanically pressing buttons on the fire detector, users interact with a remote computing device that sends electronic signals through a communication network to the detector's controller, enabling remote hushing operation
2Ease of operation
If trusted individuals are granted access to remotely hush fire detectors, then convenience is enhanced, but security and authorization control become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authorization where the property owner pre-configures and grants access permissions to trusted individuals before any hush operation occurs. The system stores authorization information in advance, allowing trusted individuals to remotely hush the detector without requiring real-time authentication, thus simplifying the operational flow while maintaining security
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of authorization credentials that can be transmitted and stored. Instead of physical access or unique physical keys, the system uses replicated digital authorization data that can be securely stored and transmitted across communication networks, enabling multiple trusted individuals to access the hush function remotely
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AI summary
A method of hushing one or more fire detectors of a fire detector system including: receiving an alert using a computer application of a trusted individual computing device, the alert indicating that fire has been detected by at least one of the one or more fire detectors; searching for a wireless advertisement emitted from the one or more fire detectors in response to the alert using the computer application; detecting the wireless advertisement being emitted from the one or more fire detectors using the computer application; and receiving a manual input via an input device of the trusted individual computing device to hush the fire detector from a trusted individual in possession of the trusted individual computing device; and transmitting a hush request to the one of the one or more fire detectors in response to the manual input using the computer application.