Wireless communication network, GPS-tracked mobile spraying systems, and a command system configured for proactively spraying environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid on combustible property surfaces to protect property against fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11707639-B2
Application number	US-202117497962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2021
Priority date	Dec 2, 2017
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

A GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network configured for defending homes and neighborhoods against threat of wild fire by proactively spraying environmentally-safe anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on property surfaces to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network includes: a command center in operable communication with a wireless communication network; and one or more GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire liquid spraying systems, each having an integrated supply tank and a spray pump deployable at properties having building structures, for spraying the properties with environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly connected to said spray pump by way of a fluid connection. The system network further includes: 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 mobile anti-fire liquid spraying system, for GPS processing and GPS-coordinate location; and one or more mobile computing systems, each for use by a registered user including property parcel owners, spray contractors, and other stakeholders on the system network, to request and receive services supported by said system network. Each mobile computing system has a display screen supporting: messaging services; display of maps indicating where wild fires have been identified and mapped, tracked and ranked in terms of risk to the user and GPS-specified property; and scheduling of spray task to be performed, and recording tasks that been completed, and which are in progress, on the GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network configured for defending homes and neighborhoods against a threat of wild fire by proactively spraying environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid on GPS-specified property surfaces to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire, said GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network comprises:
a command center in operable communication with a wireless communication network;
one or more GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying systems, each having an integrated supply tank and a spray pump deployable at GPS-specified properties having building structures, for spraying said GPS-specified properties with environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly connected to said spray pump by way of a fluid connection;
one or more mobile computing systems, each for use by a registered user including property parcel owners, spray contractors, and other stakeholders on said GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network, to request and receive services supported by said GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network,
wherein said mobile computing system comprises a system bus, a processor operably connected to said system bus and supported by a memory architecture and an operating system for executing one or more mobile applications, and a GUI display screen interfaced with said system bus, for displaying information items including:
Messages, viewable by the user and sent via messaging services supported by said mobile application,
Maps, indicating where wild fires have been identified and mapped, tracked and ranked in terms of risk to the user and said GPS-specified property, and
Tasks, indicating where anti-fire chemical liquid spray tasks have been scheduled, have been completed, and are in progress, on said GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network; 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 said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system, for GPS processing and GPS-coordinate location.

2. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said command center sends instructions to said one or more GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying systems to spray said GPS-specified property with said environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid so as to proactively protect said GPS-specified property by inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire.

3. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said one or more mobile applications receive messages from said command center requesting the spraying of said GPS-specified property with said environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid and said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system registered on said GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network.

4. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said one or more mobile applications receive a notice or order, transmitted via email, SMS messaging and/or push-notifications, to spray-protect said GPS-specified property with said environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid so as to create and maintain a GPS-specified firebreak.

5. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said one or more mobile applications send to said command center, a request to refill of said environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid for supply to said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system registered on said wireless GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network.

6. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said one or more mobile applications send automatic notifications from said command center instructing the spraying of said GPS-specified property at certain times with said environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid contained in the tanks of said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system.

7. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said one or more mobile applications monitor consumption of sprayed environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid so as to achieve compliance with a home/neighborhood spray defense program.

8. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said one or more mobile applications receive a report on the current level of said environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid stored in said storage tank of said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system.

9. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said one or more mobile applications running on said mobile computing system display the status of wild-fire risk in a GPS-specified property region, and recommended actions to be taken before presence of a wild fire outbreak in the vicinity of said GPS-specified property.

10. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein remote imaging systems are deployed and used by said command center to collect intelligence about wild fire ignition risks and generate reports for transmission to said mobile computing systems.

11. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 10 , wherein said remote imaging systems includes multi-spectral imaging (MSI) systems and/or hyper-spectral-imaging (HSI) systems for remotely data sensing and gathering data about wild fires and progress in a GPS-specified property region.

12. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 11 , 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.

13. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein during a wild fire data sensing and mapping mission, a series of MSI images and HSI images can be 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 plans for said environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid spray operations seeking to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire.

14. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said command center employs multi-spectral imaging (MSI) systems and/or hyper-spectral-imaging (HSI) systems for remote sensing, including a MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer) satellite system, for generating MODIS imagery subsets from MODIS direct readout data acquired to produce satellite fire detection data maps.

15. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said command center comprises remote data sensing and capture instruments for (i) determining GPS-specified navigation plans for said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying systems, and (ii) practicing GPS-guided methods of wild fire defense.

16. The GPS tracking and mapping wild fire defense system network of claim 1 , wherein said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire chemical liquid spraying systems are selected from the group consisting of ground vehicle based spraying systems, backpa

Assignees

• Mighty Fire Breaker Llc

Inventors

• Conboy Stephen

Classifications

• A62C3/00 Primary

  Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places ({in oil wells E21B29/08, A62C35/00; in mines or tunnels E21F5/00} ; for nuclear reactors G21C9/04) · CPC title

• A62C3/0214

  for buildings or installations in fire storms · CPC title

• A62C3/0228

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

• A62C3/0271

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

• A62C31/005

  using nozzles · CPC title