Smart Home Fire Response Control With Escape Route Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to aggregate and analyze data from smart devices to detect fires and determine appropriate responses to mitigate risks effectively, leading to inadequate emergency situations in buildings.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a hardware controller to receive, analyze, and respond to sensor data from multiple devices within a property, determining the location of a fire and directing smart devices to perform actions that mitigate risks, such as facilitating evacuation and communicating escape routes to individuals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If smart devices communicate data via mesh networks, then data availability increases, but the ability to aggregate and analyze data to detect fires and determine responses remains absent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple smart devices and their sensor data into a unified system managed by a controller. The controller aggregates data from various devices (smoke detectors, temperature sensors, cameras) and performs centralized analysis to detect fires and determine appropriate responses, resolving the inability to aggregate and analyze distributed data.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller serves multiple functions: it aggregates data from various smart devices, analyzes sensor data to detect fires, determines fire locations, identifies appropriate responses, and coordinates device actions. This multi-functional approach enables comprehensive fire detection and response management without requiring separate specialized systems.
2Reliability
If the system directs devices to perform actions to mitigate fire risks, then property damage reduction improves, but real-time dynamic adjustment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes response protocols and device capabilities before fire events occur. The controller maintains an inventory of available devices and their functions, and pre-determines appropriate responses for different fire scenarios. When a fire is detected, the controller quickly matches the situation to pre-planned responses, enabling rapid mitigation without complex real-time decision-making.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors sensor data and device status to provide feedback to the controller. This feedback loop enables the controller to track fire development, assess the effectiveness of mitigation actions, and dynamically adjust device operations in real-time based on changing conditions, improving reliability while managing complexity through systematic monitoring and adjustment.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for generating a response to detecting a fire on a property are provided. In certain aspects, a smart home controller (or other smart controller) may analyze data received from smart devices disposed on, within, or proximate to a property. If it is determined that a fire is present on the premises of the property, the smart home controller may determine a location of the fire as compared to the smart devices. The smart home controller may then generate and transmit instructions causing a portion of the smart devices to perform a set of actions to mitigate risks associated with the presence of the fire on the property. The smart home controller may also compare the location of the fire with a location of an occupant, and generate an escape route for the occupant. Insurance policies, premiums, or discounts may be adjusted based upon the fire response/mitigation functionality.