Wireless communication network, GPS-tracked ground-based spraying tanker vehicles and command center configured for proactively spraying environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid on property surfaces to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11654313-B2
Application number	US-202117497945-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2021
Priority date	Dec 2, 2017
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A wireless system network for managing one or more GPS-tracked spraying tanker systems commissioned to proactively spray environmentally-safe anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on surfaces of buildings, surrounding property, and ground to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire. The wireless system network includes a command center in operably communication with a wireless communication network. Each GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying tanker system is in operable communication with the wireless communication network, and includes a number of components, namely: a vehicle frame having a set of wheels carrying an integrated supply tank, and driven by a drive subsystem and navigated by a GPS-guided navigation subsystem while deployed on parcels of property with or without building structures; a spray pump in fluid communication with the supply tank, for spraying the properties with environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly; and a GPS system for transmitting GPS reference signals from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to a GPS transceiver installed aboard each GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid spraying tanker system for GPS signal processing and GPS-coordinate location. The GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying tanker system enables (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid from the GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid spraying tanker system when located at GPS-indexed coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a network database deployed on the wireless system network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless system network for managing a GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying tanker systems commissioned to proactively spray environmentally-safe anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on buildings, surrounding property and ground surfaces to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire, said wireless system network comprising:
a command center in operable communication with a wireless communication network;
one or more GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying tanker systems, each being in operable communication with said wireless communication network, and including
a vehicle frame having a set of wheels carrying an integrated supply tank, and driven by a drive subsystem and navigated by a GPS-guided navigation subsystem while deployed on property parcels having building structures; and
a spray pump in fluid communication with said supply tank, for spraying the properties with environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly; and
a GPS system for transmitting GPS reference signals transmitted from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to a GPS transceiver installed aboard each said GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid spraying tanker system, for GPS signal processing and GPS-coordinate location;
wherein said GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid spraying tanker system enables (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid from said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying tanker system when located at GPS-indexed coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a network database deployed on said wireless system network.

2. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein each said GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid spraying tanker system further includes:
a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem;
a micro-computing subsystem interfaced with said GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem by way of a system bus; and
a wireless communication subsystem interfaced to said micro-computing subsystem via said system bus.

3. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein each said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying tanker system sprays said environmentally-safe AF chemical liquid on ground surfaces to form a GPS-tracked environmentally-clean chemical firebreak that is automatically mapped and recorded in said network database, and which when dried, inhibits fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of a wild fire.

4. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein each said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying tanker system sprays said environmentally-safe AF chemical liquid on property surfaces to form a GPS-tracked environmentally-clean fire protection zone that is automatically mapped and recorded in said network database, and which when dried, inhibits fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of a wild fire.

5. The wireless system network of claim 1 , which further includes remote data sensing and capture instruments integrated into and used by said wireless system network for the purpose of determining GPS-specified flight/navigation plans for said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying tanker system.

6. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein a GPS-indexed property database system deployed on said wireless communication network stores the GPS coordinates of the vertices and maps of all property parcels contained in every town, county and state of the region over which said wireless system network is deployed and used to manage wild fires as wild fires may occur.

7. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein remote imaging systems are deployed and used by said command center so as to collect intelligence about wild fire ignition risks and generate reports to be transmitted to mobile computing systems.

8. The wireless system network of claim 7 , wherein said remote imaging systems comprise data sensing and capture instruments that include multi-spectral imaging (MSI) systems and/or hyper-spectral-imaging (HSI) systems for remotely data sensing and gathering data about a wild fire and its progress.

9. The wireless system network of claim 8 , wherein said MSI systems and said HSI systems are space/satellite-based and/or drone-based airborne vehicles remotely-controlled by a human operator, or guided under an automated navigation system.

10. The wireless system network of claim 8 , wherein said remote imaging systems include a MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite system for generating MODIS imagery subsets from MODIS direct readout data acquired to produce satellite fire detection data maps.

11. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein during a wild fire data sensing and mapping mission, a series of multi-spectral imaging (MSI) images and hyper-spectral-imaging (HSI) images are captured during a wild fire, and mapped to GPS-specific coordinates, and said mapped data is transmitted back to said network database for storage, analysis and generation of GPS-specified flight plans for anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spray operations seeking to stall and suppress said wild fires, and mitigate risk of damage to property and harm to human and animal life.

12. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein remote data sensing and capture instruments, tools and technologies are integrated into and used by said command center for the purpose of (i) determining GPS-specified flight/navigation plans for GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying tanker systems, and (ii) practicing various GPS-guided methods of wild fire defense.

13. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein said command center sends instructions to said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying tanker systems for human operators to spray GPS-specified property with said environmentally-safe anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid so as to proactively protect such property against risk of ignition and flame spread when in presence of wild fire.

Assignees

• Mighty Fire Breaker Llc

Inventors

• Conboy Stephen

Classifications

• A62C3/0214

  for buildings or installations in fire storms · CPC title

• A62C3/0271

  Detection of area conflagration fires (fire alarms for forest fires G08B17/005) · CPC title

• A62C3/0228

  with delivery of fire extinguishing material by air or aircraft (fire-fighting aircraft B64D1/16) · CPC title

• G06Q10/06311

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title