Carbon monoxide purge system for a property

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11624519-B2
Application number	US-202016737124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2020
Priority date	Jan 10, 2019
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, purging carbon monoxide (CO) from within a property. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining a reading from a carbon monoxide sensor in a property, determining that carbon monoxide in a property satisfies a carbon monoxide criteria based on the reading from the carbon monoxide sensor, obtaining a reading from a fire sensor, determining that a fire is not in the property based on the reading from the fire sensor, and in response to determining that carbon monoxide in the property satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria and that a fire is not in the property, triggering air in the property to be vented outside the property.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining a first reading from a first carbon monoxide sensor in a building;
determining that carbon monoxide in the building satisfies a carbon monoxide criteria based on the first reading from the first carbon monoxide sensor;
obtaining a reading from a fire sensor in the building;
determining that a fire is not in the building based on the reading from the fire sensor;
in response to determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria and that a fire is not in the building, determining that a second reading, from a second carbon monoxide sensor outside the building, indicates that a concentration of carbon monoxide outside the building is lower than the concentration of carbon monoxide inside the building; and
in response to determining that the second reading indicates that the concentration of carbon monoxide outside the building is lower than the concentration of carbon monoxide inside the building, triggering air in the building to be vented outside the building.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the reading from the fire sensor comprises:
in response to determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria, providing a request to the fire sensor for a status; and
receiving the reading from the fire sensor in response to the request.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the reading from the fire sensor comprises:
receiving the reading from the fire sensor before determining that carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that a fire is not in the building comprises:
determining that the reading indicates that no current fire was detected by the fire sensor.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the second reading, from the second carbon monoxide sensor outside the building, indicates that the concentration of carbon monoxide outside the building is lower than the concentration of carbon monoxide inside the building comprises:
in response to determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria and that a fire is not in the building, providing a request to the second carbon monoxide sensor for a status; and
receiving the second reading from the second carbon monoxide sensor in response to the request.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the first reading from the first carbon monoxide sensor in the building comprises:
obtaining, at a control unit in the building, an indication of a particular carbon monoxide concentration detected by the first carbon monoxide sensor.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria comprises:
determining that the concentration detected by the first carbon monoxide sensor is above a particular safety threshold.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein triggering the air in the building to be vented outside the building comprises:
providing an instruction to a heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in the building that instructs the HVAC system to vent the air outside the building.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein triggering the air in the building to be vented outside the building comprises:
determining a path to vent the carbon monoxide through the building; and
controlling vents in the building based on the path that was determined.

10. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
obtaining a third reading from a third carbon monoxide sensor that is closer to a combustion appliance than the first carbon monoxide sensor;
determining that the combustion appliance is likely producing the carbon monoxide based on the first reading and the third reading; and
in response to determining that the combustion appliance is likely producing carbon monoxide based on the first reading and the third reading, deactivating the combustion appliance.

11. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a first reading from a first carbon monoxide sensor in a building;
determining that carbon monoxide in the building satisfies a carbon monoxide criteria based on the first reading from the first carbon monoxide sensor;
obtaining a reading from a fire sensor in the building;
determining that a fire is not in the building based on the reading from the fire sensor;
in response to determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria and that a fire is not in the building, determining that a second reading, from a second carbon monoxide sensor outside the building, indicates that a concentration of carbon monoxide outside the building is lower than the concentration of carbon monoxide inside the building; and
in response to determining that the second reading indicates that the concentration of carbon monoxide outside the building is lower than the concentration of carbon monoxide inside the building, triggering air in the building to be vented outside the building.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the reading from the fire sensor comprises:
in response to determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria, providing a request to the fire sensor for a status; and
receiving the reading from the fire sensor in response to the request.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the reading from the fire sensor comprises:
receiving the reading from the fire sensor before determining that carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining that a fire is not in the building comprises:
determining that the reading indicates that no current fire was detected by the fire sensor.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining that the second reading, from the second carbon monoxide sensor outside the building, indicates that the concentration of carbon monoxide outside the building is lower than the concentration of carbon monoxide inside the building comprises:
in response to determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria and that a fire is not in the building, providing a request to the second carbon monoxide sensor for a status; and
receiving the second reading from the second carbon monoxide sensor in response to the request.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the first reading from the first carbon monoxide sensor in the building comprises:
obtaining, at a control unit in the building, an indication of a particular carbon monoxide concentration detected by the first carbon monoxide sensor.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein determining that the carbon monoxide in the building satisfies the carbon monoxide criteria comprises:
determining that the concentration detected by the first carbon monoxide sensor is above a particular safety threshold.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a first reading from a first carbon monoxide sensor in a building;
determining that carbon monoxide in the building satisfies a carbon monoxide c

Assignees

• Objectvideo Labs Llc
• Object Video Labs Llc

Inventors

• Eubanks Dana
• Scanlon Andrew
• Madden Donald

Classifications

• F24F11/0001 Primary

  for ventilation (F24F11/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F24F2011/0002

  for admittance of outside air · CPC title

• F24F11/33

  to fire, excessive heat or smoke · CPC title

• F24F2110/72

  Carbon monoxide · CPC title

• F24F2110/52

  of the outside air · CPC title